Carla Bruni Sarkozy, Style Icon

by Marissa Gold (Subscribe to Marissa Gold's posts)
Posted Sep 25th 2009 at 4:15PM

Carla Bruni, wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, never disappoints us with her on-point political style. See a few of her best recent looks, as well as some older outfits we dug up from the fashion archives:

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Carla Bruni Style Evolution

Political spouses in the US are expected to keep a low profile and support their significant other, ideally in a red suit (or blue, depending on the affiliation. But French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a musician and a former supermodel, always keeps things stylish.

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Style Evolution of Carla Bruni

Pittsburgh, September 24, 2009
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni arrive at the Pittsburgh airport to attend the G-20 summit. Bruni wears a beige dress and matching button-down coat, with a coral bag thrown in for a little color.

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New York, September 23, 2009
Bruni wears a simple black 3/4 sleeve dress to the 64th General Assembly at the U.N. Thanks to her stellar figure (and low-key accessories like a shiny belt and ballet flats), she makes it dressing up look easy.

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New York, September 21, 2009
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy steps out on the streets of New York with husband Nicolas. The First Lady of France looks absolutely stunning in her silver dress.

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Spain, April 27, 2009
Bruni-Sarkozy met Princess Letizia of Spain. The European first ladies dressed up for a gala dinner at the Zarzuela Palace outside Madrid. Bruni went for classic, Audrey Hepburn-esque glamour in a black backless dress, while the Princess donned a dress befitting of her title - an eggshell blue satin gown with a glittering train.

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This week marks Bruni-Sarkozy's inaugural visit to the U.S. as First Lady of France. Since marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy in February after a whirlwind romance, Madame Sarkozy has charmed diplomats, heads of state and even the notoriously critical French public.

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The First Lady and President Nicolas Sarkozy in New York on September 23, 2008. In town for the United Nations General Assembly, Sarkozy was given the "World Statesman Award."

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Keeping up with Carla: Bruni-Sarkozy puts her hubby through his paces on the streets of NYC on September 22, 2008. Later she joined U.S. First Lady Laura Bush for lunch at a museum.

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Madame Bruni-Sarkozy (in a purple Christian Dior suit) looks a bit shocked at a Bastille Day ceremony in July. Earlier that week, the singer/songwriter did the seemingly impossible and startled French sensibilities with her new album, on which she sings "You are my junk. More deadly than Afghan heroin. More dangerous than Colombian white (powder)," adding: "My guy, I roll him up and smoke him."

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On the same album Bruni-Sarkozy sings that "I am a child/ Despite my 40 years/ Despite my 30 lovers/ A child," which must have been a great conversation starter when she and her husband welcomed Pope Benedict XVI and a contingent of priests from the Vatican in early September.

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Earlier this summer, Bruni-Sarkozy played hostess to another religious leader. The Dalai Lama showed the retired super model the proper way to wear a Tibetan prayer shawl.

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limobarbie, 9-26-2009, 6:39AM

Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!! Tall, slim and beautifully dressed--what a First Lady SHOULD be!! It's too bad our fat pig of a FLOTUS didn't take some notes from Carla! If Michelle would drop about 80 pounds and get out of her size 18's we'd have a FLOTUS with style instead of a flat chested giant-assed bow-legged media joke.

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Right on Barbie! Wouldn't add a thing to the truths you wrote.

karenphila, 9-27-2009, 9:45AM

Your comments on WHAT a first lady SHOULD look like and your outrageous comments about Michelle Obama are despicable. It's comments like that hurt girls'/women's perception of self worth and self esteem. Shame on you.

Luci, 9-27-2009, 9:56AM

I didn't hear you calling First Lady Barbara Bush a "fat cow" and she was 3 times the size of Mrs. Obama. Hello?

style1, 9-27-2009, 1:51PM

I agree totally. Carla looks fabulous. Michelle looks like a gorilla in clothes.. and the media is trying to make the masses think that Michelle is beautiful and a style icon.

stillwill2, 9-27-2009, 1:54PM

yeah, "that's what i'm talking 'bout- white!" she looks quite brautiful, obviously a takeoff on the great jackie kennedy. however, she has nothing on mochelle o. other than she's not of color.

Todd, 9-27-2009, 12:07PM

No one surrenders like the French

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Master Shake, 9-27-2009, 6:37AM

And no one LOSES wars to Third World countries like America. You would have lost World War II if it wasn't for Russia saving your ass. Your history books tell fairy tales. Ask someone who was actually there.

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ohainubs, 9-27-2009, 8:09AM

Says some bitch named limobarbie? Granted, this woman is beautiful, but there's no reason to trash on Michelle Obama like that. I don't particularly like her fashion choices all the time, but she's not a "fat pig." Good job on making yourself look like an asshat. Methinks you are jealous, dear. You & Dan are the real pigs here. ^_^

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danrita, 9-27-2009, 12:45PM

Gee, just add me to the list. I happen to agree with limobarbie.

babs, 9-27-2009, 1:01PM

Many of her outfits look like those of Jackie Kennedy. However, if you are going to copy someone, Jackie Kennedy would be the one to emulate ! Love the purple two piece suit !

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LizDee, 9-27-2009, 10:14AM

Sorry, but I can't see where the First Lady has fashion sense.
Out of all the shots, there is probably a total of less than 5 things, that I thought looked classy.
I loved the red suit by Kors, and the classic black dress, that was used for her official portrait were the best.
I wouldn't say Michelle is fat, but she is a tall, large woman, and some of her decisions regarding her wardrobe are not flattering to the way she is built IMO.

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Wilson, 9-27-2009, 8:32AM

The first Lady of France has a lot of respect for the office her husband holds and dresses the part. Yes, we Americans have a woman who is disrespectable to the spot which she holds for four years. Most of us are ashame of the way she dresses and her knowledge of how she should act around the queen of England. and around the the world. What a nut we have.

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