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Politics | 12/18/2008 9:55 am

Store Fined for Nude Image of Carla Bruni

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
© Getty Images

Don’t do this to Michelle Obama.

A clothing store in France has to pay 40,000 euros ($58,500 dollars) after featuring a naked image of France’s First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, on their shopping bags, BBC News reports. The white canvas bags feature a black-and-white reproduced photograph taken in 1993 by Michel Comte for an anti-AIDS campaign. The famous photo (click here to see the original) was auctioned ealier this year for $91,000 dollars. 

The white canvas bags went on sale this month on the French island of Reunion, produced by local clothing firm Pardon. The caption reads, "Mon mec aurait du m’acheter du Pardon," or "My man should have bought it for me at Pardon." Bruni-Sarkozy’s lawyers argued the image was being used by Pardon without Bruni’s permission. They now say the damages will be given to charity, reports the BBC. Pardon says it will appeal.

Bruni-Sarkozy is a 40-year-old former supermodel. Earlier this year, she married French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Click here for more on the story.

3 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Sandbee (FB) 54
Somehow I doubt that there is one out there of Michelle Obama to reproduce.
By Sandbee (FB) 54 on 12/18/2008 5:28 pm
Belinda Joy
Why? I guess the same people within the RNC that thought it wouldn’t be a big deal to spend $170,000 on clothing and make-up for Sarah Palin, gave the clothing store Pardon the advice to sell bags featuring a nude Bruni-Sarkozy. Unbelievable.
By Belinda Joy on 12/18/2008 7:35 pm
Rhonda C.
How hypocritical of Sarkozy. His wife is now a public figure. The French display nude women on billboards in Paris and other cities constantly….noone bats an eye in protest. C’est vraiment drole.
By Rhonda C. on 02/02/2009 5:50 am