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First Ladies Enjoy Their Own Entente Cordiale
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni receive about as much attention Friday as their husbands, as they pose in front of cheering crowds in Strasbourg.
VIDEO: Watch the rapturous reception the Obamas received arriving at Palais Rohan here.
The Guardian on Michelle Obama's fashion face-off with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. ...
Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni 'smackdown'
The Swamp —
... "Last year, we avidly followed the wardrobe manoeuvres of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy,'' the Guardian noted. "Regal in Christian Dior couture, the former model was a picture of never-to-be-achieved aspiration. She inspired comparisons to Jackie Onassis, Audrey Hepburn and any other classically chic fashion icon you care to mention. Her demure smile, teamed with shades of grey and the odd flash of royal purple, meant that Parisian chic was the look to aim for. ...
Are You Kidding Me?
Shakesville —
Telegraph: Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in palace encounter. Guardian: Michelle Obama's fashion face-off with Carla Bruni-Sarko. The Swamp: Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni 'smackdown'. "Encounter." "Face-off." "Smackdown." (Smackdown, for fuck's sake!) Why is it, when any two powerful women—especially beautiful powerful women—are in the same place at the same time, the media has to treat it like a grudge match?! Like Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni, who have no reason to have the slightest bit of ...
Weekend Opinionator: Barack and Michelle's European Adventure
Opinionator —
... During his more multilateral second term, George W. Bush went some way to rebuilding fractured transatlantic ties. But recognition of this did not penetrate much deeper than the level of his fellow world leaders and the political classes. Ordinary Europeans remained intensely sceptical.” Well, while Obama and Sarkozy debated the future of NATO, their wives were fighting a far more important sartorial battle, according to The Guardian’s Rachel Holmes. Today, the two fashion titans clashed in sartorial battle in Strasbourg, as the US and French presidents met ahead of the ...
Michelle and Carla, a battle for the ages
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Seriously, it's hard to have much respect for the mainstream new media when you see headlines like these: -- Telegraph: "Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in palace encounter" -- The Guardian: "Michelle Obama's fashion face-off with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy" -- Chicago Tribune: "Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni 'smackdown'" Okay, the first ...
