Who could forget the most recent ‘official visit’ of Carla Bruni and what’s-his-name to our very own shores, or river banks? Her daily outfits caused quite a furore in our papers with pap-rats drawn to her like moths around a candle. The perfect shots showed Miss Bruni’s look for that time in the day, cropping out less relevant bits like the Queen or Nicolas Sarkozy. I won’t even go into the rather below-the-belt timing on auction-house Christie’s part as they put up a nude photograph of Bruni in her younger years.

I had to snigger yesterday as I read about Bruni’s ability to ‘flirt with even inanimate objects’ and promise to never upstage the Queen. After getting her stylish self into Glamour’s list of the 50 most stylish people (Queenie, not Bruni) earlier this year, I should certainly hope not. And I was reminded of that brief ’situation’ when Annie Leibowitz declared the Queen’s tiara a little ‘dressy’. One could not have been less amused.

So I’m not surprised to see in this morning’s Metro that Carla Bruni has been named in Vanity Fair’s International Best-dressed list. She shares the title with the likes of Kate Middleton and Michelle Obama, Barack’s leading lady. For the entire list you’ll need to buy the mag - and you’ll notice Carla is in fact lounging across the cover. Her once stylish hubbie, perhaps now over-shadowed, has been bumped down from the list.

And while I congratulate her on her clear poise and natural beauty. I can’t help but twitch with envy. Clearly smart and beautiful, a singer, marrying an ambitious and powerful figure. Where is the balance in the world? So I seek comfort in hoping that she’s got hideous toes. And go about my day.

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