No. There’s my opinion. To prove it, I’ve posted a photo that clearly illustrates the fashion chasm between these two first ladies. Does France’s first lady have an edge because she used to be a model? Yeah. But it’s Elle magazine giving this award, not Harvard. More:

“The French fashion world has dealt a new blow to Nicolas Sarkozy’s desire to upstage President Obama: Elle magazine, the Parisiennes’ style bible, has proclaimed that Michelle Obama is more chic than Carla Bruni.

The magazine’s annual best-dressed list, unveiled yesterday, awarded first place in the category of ‘political chic’ to America’s First Lady, and second to France’s Première Dame. It is the second year in a row that Ms Bruni, 42, has come second on the list; last year Elle put her behind Asma Assad, the British-born wife of the Syrian President.

For Mr Sarkozy — who has treated Mr Obama as an unfriendly rival ever since the US President gave the cold shoulder to his attempts to forge a special Franco-American relationship — this is unwelcome news indeed. Yesterday the Frenchman took another swipe at his US counterpart, criticising him for deciding to attend next month’s climate summit in Copenhagen a week before other national leaders and hinting that it was discourteous to the Danish hosts.”

As Carla Bruni is a trending topic today — probably for this and her Woody Allen movie — sound off your opinion on this political style firestorm below.

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