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ze french
May 7, 2012

Slideshow: Carla Bruni’s Best First Lady Moments

By Sally Holmes

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Yesterday, French president and jogging enthusiast Nicolas Sarkozy lost to François Hollande in the European election. Sadly, this means that Sarkozy’s wife, former model and singer Carla Bruni, will be forced to retire her wigs and various other disguises and end her reign as one of the world’s most stylish first ladies. Quel dommage! Bruni began her stint as la première dame when she when she married Sarko a year after he took office and just four months after he divorced his second wife, Cecilia. Carla also made Major World News when she gave birth to a baby girl, Giulia, in October, and even though she called it “so uninteresting for French people,” it was interesting enough for Barack Obama to wish them mazel tov. (Can Babyoncé say that?) Bruni has been compared to Jackie Kennedy and, of course, to her American counterpart, Michelle Obama, for her classic, well-executed style choices. Join us as we bid adieu to Carla Bruni and celebrate some of her best first lady looks.

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April 22,2012 With Nicolas Sarkozy in Nice, France. Photo: MICHEL EULER/2012 AFP
September 17, 2011 In Paris, France. Photo: JACQUES BRINON / POOL/? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
May 26, 2011 In Deauville, France. Photo: Franck Prevel
March 2, 2011 With South African president Jacob Zuma at an official dinner at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France. Photo: ERIC FEFE... March 2, 2011 With South African president Jacob Zuma at an official dinner at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France. Photo: ERIC FEFERBERG/2011 AFP
December 4, 2010 In Bangalore, India. Photo: PHILIPPE WOJAZER/2010 AFP
September 28, 2010 With Nicolas Sarkozy, Princess Victoria, and Prince Daniel of Sweden, in Paris, France. Photo: Dominique Charriau/2010 Dominiq... September 28, 2010 With Nicolas Sarkozy, Princess Victoria, and Prince Daniel of Sweden, in Paris, France. Photo: Dominique Charriau/2010 Dominique Charriau
April 30, 2010 With Nicolas Sarkozy, Chinese President Hu Jintao, and his wife, Liu Yongquing, in Shanghai, China. Photo: MICHEL EULER/2010 AFP
April 2, 2010 In Salon-de-Provence, France. Photo: AFP/2010 AFP
March 2, 2010 With Nicolas Sarkozy at the Élysée Palace, in Paris, France. Photo: IAN LANGSDON/? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
September 25, 2009 With Nicolas Sarkozy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo: PAUL J. RICHARDS/2009 AFP
July 14, 2009 With Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, France. Photo: YOAN VALAT/? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
June 22, 2009 With Nicolas Sarkozy at the Élysée Palace, in Paris, France. Photo: HORACIO VILLALOBOS/? Corbis. All Rights Reserved... June 22, 2009 With Nicolas Sarkozy at the Élysée Palace, in Paris, France. Photo: HORACIO VILLALOBOS/? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
June 6, 2009 With Michelle Obama in Normandy, France. Photo: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/2009 AFP
April 27, 2009 With Princess Letizia in Madrid, Spain. Photo: ERIC FEFERBERG/2009 AFP
April 27, 2009 With Princess Letizia of Spain at a Gala Dinner in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Fotonoticias/2009 Fotonoticias
April 3, 2009 With Michelle Obama in Strasbourg, France. Photo: ERIC FEFERBERG/2009 AFP
March 16, 2009 With Nicolas Sarkozy, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, and his wife, Wafaa Sleiman, at the Élysée Palace in Paris,... March 16, 2009 With Nicolas Sarkozy, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, and his wife, Wafaa Sleiman, at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France. Photo: ERIC FEFERBERG/2009 AFP
November 11, 2008 In Verdun, France. Photo: Anwar Hussein/2008 Anwar Hussein
September 22, 2008 At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photo: Jemal Countess/2008 WireImage
July 14, 2008 With Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, France. Photo: Julien M. Hekimian/2008 Getty Images
March 27, 2008 With Nicolas Sarkozy in London, England. Photo: Dan Kitwood/2008 Getty Images
March 26, 2008 With Nicolas Sarkozy, Queen Elisabeth, and the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle. Photo: CARL DE SOUZA/2008 AFP
March 28, 2008 With Prince Charles at Heathrow Airport. Photo: Anwar Hussein Collection/ROTA/2008 Anwar Hussein
March 10, 2008 With Israeli president Shimon Perez at a state dinner at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France. Photo: Julien M. Hekimi... March 10, 2008 With Israeli president Shimon Perez at a state dinner at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France. Photo: Julien M. Hekimian
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