According to Hollywood Wiretap:

The singer, model and lady of the Elysee Palace told Canal Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/carla-bruni-type-maybe A new documentary about Carla Bruni, which includes footage of the beginning of the ex-model's relationship with the then-still-married President Sarkozy, will premiere in France on New Years Day. [Telegraph via Style.com]

High-end LA boutique Tracey Ross, which carried lines like Derek Lam and Thakoon, has shut down. [P6]

Spotted: Scott Schuman, also Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/o2/fashion-roundup-carla-bruni-sartorialist-american-apparel-thakoon-target Katie Holmes has been asked to be the new face of Miu Miu, following predecessors like Kirsten Dunst and Vanessa Paradis. [Vogue UK]

With shoppers deserting Madison Avenue, the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District has set up a by-invitation-only shopping suite at the Hotel Plaza Athénée next weekend, where the selected retailers' most Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/o2/fashion-roundup-miu-miu-katie-holmes-anna-wintour-tux-for-barack-obama Any other week, the arrival in New York of the Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, and France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, would have been huge news. The pair—possibly the two most-watched women in the world right now—certainly did get their share of headlines, but their trip was overshadowed by the bad news coming out Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/carla-bruni-and-sarah-palin Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrived in New York Monday morning with her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, for the opening session of the UN General Assembly.

Being a pair of regular old tourists in the big city, the two went for a morning jog in Midtown--"Bruni turned heads in a skintight Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/sarcozys-arrive-new-york-will-they-meet-palins Burberry has launched a web-only waiting list for its metal spike clutch. [Vogue UK]

Ralph Lauren's show last Friday was the first Fashion Week show ever for LeBron James. [WWD, previously] 

Erin Wasson tells Cory Kennedy that homeless people have the best sense of style. [Nylon TV via Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/fashion-roundup-9-15-08 In April, we told you why New Yorkers care about Carla Bruni, 40-year-old model-turned-pop-star-turned-first lady of France. Now the "21st-century amalgam of Jackie O, Lady Di and J-Lo" is coming out with her third album, Comme si de rien n'était this week. The title translates to ''As if Nothing Happened,'' and it refers to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/carla-bruni-clash The September issue of Vanity Fair features French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on the cover and yet again poses the question, Is she the new Jackie O.? In the piece, written by Maureen Orth, Ms. Bruni is painted as a modern sort of woman who values her independence, remains friends with Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/karl-lagerfeld-says-carla-bruni-enviable-first-lady Women’s bodies are revolting! I don’t mean that the way it sounds. The girls of the world have simply had enough. They are mad as hell and they are not going to take it anymore. Anarchy and change are in the air.

But what exactly is going on? Is the super-skinny trend coming to an Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/teen-chic-tired-women-are-back Brasserie Cognac's owner Vittorio Assaf is having to introduce a children's menu because neighborhood couples like Brooke Shields and husband Chris Henchy; Jeff Gordon and wife, Belgian model Ingrid; and designer Eric Villency and wife Kimberly Guilfoyle keep bringing in their toddlers. [P6]

Michelle Williams is reportedly making a film about Heath Ledger Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/morning-memo-7-11-08 French first lady Carla Bruni reportedly is of two minds about her marriage to the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and its effect on her pop music career.

"If people don't listen because I married the president of the republic, I understand," she said of her new album, Comme Si De Rien N'Etait (As Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/carla-bruni-understands-if-you-dont-want-listen-her-album Josh Schwartz has denied rumors of a Taylor Momsen-headlined Gossip Girl spin-off. [E!] Grey's Anatomy's Katherine Heigl says she withdrew her name from the Emmy nomination list because she was not given Emmy-worthy material by the show's writers. [LA Times]

Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, has written an unauthorized tell-all book Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/morning-memo-6-12-08 Carla and Nicolas, The True Story. [P6]

Ethan Hawke can't get out of jury duty. [P6]

Gabriel Byrne studied Charlie Rose, Bill Moyers, and Dick Cavett to prepare for his role as a therapist Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/morning-memo-6-05-08 Until last Thursday, when a nude photograph of Carla Bruni, the 40-year-old model-turned-pop-star-turned-first lady of France, sold at Christie’s for $91,000, more than 20 times its expected price, Ms. Bruni hadn’t been the subject of much conversation among New Yorkers. But over the last week, her name popped out of pursed lips at cocktail lounges Read More

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