Carla Bruni's Stylish Bastille Day

French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, and 10 African countries first ladies pose in front of the Elysee palace in Paris following a meeting on July 13, 2010, as leaders of 13 African countries are in France to take part in its national celebrations. In the forground, from left, are, Central African Republic's Monique Bozize, Congolese Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso, Burkina Faso's Chantal Compaore, Benin's Chantal de Souza Yayi, Cameroon's Chantal Biya, Mali's Lobbo Traore Toure and Niger's Fati Alzouma Djobo Salou. In the background, from left, are, Gabon's Sylvia Valentin, Mauritania's Tekber Mint Melainine Ould Ahmed and Senegal's Viviane Wade.

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French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left, welcomes Gabon's first lady Sylvia Valentin in front of the Elysee palace in Paris following a meeting on July 13, 2010, as leaders of 13 African countries are in France to take part in its national celebrations. Troops from 13 African nations marched in Paris on July 14, 2010, marking half a century of independence from France as part of a rain-soaked Bastille Day parade heavily criticized by human rights groups.

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French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left, poses with Mali's Lobbo Traore Toure in front of the Elysee palace in Paris following a meeting on July 13, 2010, as leaders of 13 African countries are in France to take part in its national celebrations. Troops from 13 African nations marched in Paris on July 14, 2010, marking half a century of independence from France as part of a rain-soaked Bastille Day parade heavily criticized by human rights groups.

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French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gets ready to walcome the African First Ladies prior a meeting at the Elysee palace on July 13, 2010.

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French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, poses with Benin's first lady Chantal Boni in front of the Elysee palace in Paris following a meeting on July 13, 2010, as leaders of 13 African countries are in France to take part in its national celebrations. Troops from 13 African nations marched in Paris on July 14, 2010, marking half a century of independence from France as part of a rain-soaked Bastille Day parade heavily criticized by human rights groups.

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French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left, welcomes Niger's First Lady Fati Alzouma Djobo Salou, right, on July 13, 2010 at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

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French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, speaks with Cameroon's counterpart Chantal Biya, center, next to Mali's Lobbo Traore Toure while posing with 10 African countries' first ladies in front of the Elysee palace in Paris following a meeting on July 13, 2010, as leaders of 12 African countries are in France to take part in its national celebrations.

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French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gets ready to walcome the African First Ladies prior a meeting at the Elysee palace on July 13, 2010.

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French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, speaks with Cameroon's first lady Chantal Biya during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2010.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, kisses the hand of his wife, France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2010.

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France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrives to attend the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2010.

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France First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, flanked by Cameroon first lady Chantal Biya, left, and Burkina Faso's Chantal Compaore, right, attend the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2010.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy walks out after the annual Bastille Day military parade on The Champs Elysee Avenue in Paris, Wednesday, July 14, 2010.

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