Washington Post:Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy speak, but don’t fight, through fashion
The ongoing narrative that precedes every meeting between first lady Michelle Obama and France’s Carla Bruni-Sarkozy anticipates a fashion smackdown.
Make no mistake; each woman displays an especially confident way with her wardrobe. Bruni-Sarkozy, the former rock-star-dating model, has used the elegant lines and soft shades of gray from the quintessentially French brand Christian Dior to transform her gossip-magazine image into a stately persona. And Obama has used style to forge an image that is one part contemporary, accessible Everywoman and one part august, high-fashion enthusiast.
Yet rather than declare fashion a common interest that might draw the two women closer, it has been viewed as a source of antagonism and rivalry. Fashion has been treated like an international wedge issue.
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I think we see more than there is to see in this picture
michelle is veruy elegant and above being jealous of any other woman