Behold: Carla Bruni on the cover of Vanity Fair's September issue. Yeah, we'd say they deserve a gold star (or hundred) for best September cover "get" or whatever, and we're severely jealous of cover-story writer Maureen Orth, whose piece has made us fall in love with Bruni more than we ever expected. Orth gets private girl time with Bruni in her house in Paris' sixteenth arrondissement and in her official First Lady office. That's right — not a flack in sight! In fact, when she's waiting for Bruni at her office, the First Lady is finishing lunch with Sarah Brown when Sarko bursts in. When Bruni introduces him to Orth and he says, "I am happy like nev-air" (could you imagine?). But on the matter of our girl crush, here are eleven reasons ours is newly fiery.1. Being an independent woman was a huge priority in her life long before Destiny's Child wrote a song about it.
“I think it is a major duty for a woman to be independent.” She did not want to be like her grandmother, who was widowed at 34 and “never had another man.” She adds, “Independence was my obsession when I was 20. It was not making money; it was making my own money. Modeling meant I did not have to rely on my parents or a man.” … Modeling has a reputation for emptiness, but it’s not. It is certainly not German philosophy, but it was very instructive, because it was made up of real life. You travel, you are always alone, and you better be well grounded, because it’s easy to lose yourself.”
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