The French Revolution done fashionably

Laura Bush, eat your heart out. Cécilia Sarkozy, former French first lady and model has been making the fashion and political headlines for the last year and never fails to deliver a jaw-dropping performance…no matter how unintended. Her complete disregard for any supposed fashion, governmental, or marital guidelines are what make her the subject of my first substantial post. Quite possibly the best dressed first lady since Jackie O., Cécilia never lets her title rule her closet. For the president’s inauguration, she wore this Prada dress (incidentally my favorite label which I’ll be posting on very soon). Who would’ve thought that a partner in crime to a political powerhouse could be this fabulously adorned? It makes me wonder what sort of conservative dark ages the first ladies have been living in for the past 40 years. Even Judi Giuliani somehow just looks cheap next to the effortlessness of Madame Sarkozy (do we still call her that?). She has a flawless ease that translates to every age. You could find her ensembles and accessories in young Hollywood’s wardrobes, yet she still maintains the presence of a president’s wife. I mean, could you imagine Hilary Clinton wearing aviators? Speaking of the Clinton family (it never gets old in American humor), Cécilia by no means obeys the laws of marriage or marital-political duties. She was nine months pregnant when she married for the first time and soon thereafter left her much older husband for the current French president. Before divorcing him as well in October of this year, she engaged in a yearlong extramarital affair with an “events organizer” who will remain unnamed (except by the press). She didn’t vote for her husband, nor did she attend a scheduled lunch with George Jr. and Laura Bush due to a sudden illness (she was photographed that day shopping at an outlet mall). She’s carefree and careless and perfectly, exquisitely polished and poised. How does she get away with it all? How does she elude the harsh criticism that other politicians and their counterparts receive? And how on earth does she get away with wearing this Azzedine Alaia black dress to the G8 summit in Germany? Because she’s Cécilia Sarkozy, and she just doesn’t give a merde. I think we should applaud her non-conformity in the midst of an entirely too conventional crowd and say that we don’t give a merde either.