Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Does It Again. Polished, Pretty in New York City

Posted Sep 22nd 2009 at 2:45PM by Marissa Gold (Subscribe to Marissa Gold's posts)

We can always count on French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to skip the boring political suits so popular in the US.

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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

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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Entertaining famous and powerful men is nothing new for Bruni, who was at one time better known for her boyfriends than her career. Past conquests include musicians Eric Clapton (her date at this 1992 party thrown by Sting) and Mick Jagger.

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The British papers went wild for Carla when she and her husband made a state visit to London in March. Columnists were torn: was she the new Jackie Kennedy or Diana, reborn? Fashion insiders were unanimous however, in heaping praise on the 40-year-old's wardrobe, which consisted of the best of the Paris couture houses.

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ronald 9-23-2009 @ 8:02AM

oh god carla and bruni are sooooo beautiful in satin and metalic outfits

Pixistix 9-23-2009 @ 9:14AM

Mrs. Obama looks great when she is dressed in formal wear, but her day look/casual look leaves alot to be desired. She seems to prefer a classic style - white shirt, sweater so how about some classic Ralph Lauren style?

Me 9-23-2009 @ 10:17AM

With all the stylist, make-up artists, and cuts, peels and sucks, you could all be celebrities....
Who cares! It's all media celebrated BS that only the mindless people give a hoot about.....
Get Lives!

TomW 9-23-2009 @ 11:26AM

I am not very political, at least not in right/left/Dem/Repub kind of way but I have wondered why it was so bad for the Republican Party to buy clothes for Sara Palin in the campaign. She was only non millionaire running for office and it was not tax payer money that was being used and she donated the wardrobe to charity after the election. But you would think she drowned a kitten there was so much outrage. But Michelle Obama's clothes do come from tax money and worse she gets them given to her by people in teh fashion business which has to be a conflict or ethical thing. So thats why I am not political becasue political chanters have no ethics and can move them from person to person and be completley different. Politics are ugly things. Just wondering.

csrin 9-23-2009 @ 12:00PM

Can you even imagine compairing Carla to Michelle!

MH 9-23-2009 @ 12:34PM

WOW a real classy First Lady, put MO to shame

Alex 9-23-2009 @ 1:02PM

Real class is internal-not external. It's about understanding, in your core, that God made you from the dust of the earth. Do you think this chick gets that?

H Michael Hawkins 9-23-2009 @ 1:04PM

Carla is truly an exquisite and beautiful woman. Michelle Obama just might be the missing link between Sapiens and Homo Sapiens.

S- 9-23-2009 @ 3:14PM

Oh yes Carla, isn't she wonderful...isn't she beautiful?
You see I remember her as a GROUPIE in the music industry,
and, I may be mistaken, but isn't this the women who had a child with Eric Clapton who fell many stories to his death in New York? Finally she found the ultimate deep pocket. The laughs on you. The fact that people idolize her makes me sick!

tim 9-23-2009 @ 4:49PM

She is smokin hot and sexy, No wonder the French people are so happy!

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