Carla Bruni’s Royal Chic Style
Taking inspiration perhaps from Jackie O or even Audrey Hepburn, Mrs. Sarkozy chose to arrive in the London last week wearing a chic gray ensemble from Dior, which included a neat pillbox hat and full-skirted coat.
Dior accessories, including a narrow belt at the waist, black leather gloves and a hoop-handled handbag, completed the look. – Via Marie Claire
The Times theorizes that the choice of Carla Bruni to wear Dior last week in London was a piece of strategic luxury marketing worth $2M.
Political opponents of her husband believe they can detect the subtle hand of Bernard Arnault, France’s richest businessman with a personal fortune of £13 billion, in helping to give one of his companies a boost through his good friend, the president. — (Via The Times, UK)
In the evening, the couple attended a state banquet at Windsor Castle, where the President’s wife looked stunning in a midnight blue floor length gown, and chic chignon.
The Sarkozy’s continue their two-day state visit today, which is the first trip by a French head of state to the United Kingdom in over a decade.
