Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: I Hate Makeup, Jewelry, And Clothes

France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is profiled in the March issue of Vogue (Michelle Obama is on the cover), hitting newsstands February 24th. The former supermodel tells Joan Juliet Buck that she has no personal interest in the frilly things that brought her fame:

"I have an austere temperament," she says. "There are things that give me no pleasure: objects, clothes, jewelry. I've worn them all, but all that stuff interferes with my daily life." She does her own hair. According to her friend Farida Khelfa, "Carla hates shopping and would wear the same pair of trousers every day if she could." Makeup doesn't interest her--"It takes forever and doesn't make you look better after 30."

Bruni-Sarkozy also revealed that she gets therapy twice a week:

[In 1998] she also started analysis--"Freudian. Four days a week on the couch. If you are lucky enough to have a privileged life, it's sad to remain infantile and spoiled. You have to get rid of your neuroses and take responsibility for your own life." She still sees the shrink, but only twice a week--"It's hygiene."

Read more of the interview at style.com.

*See a slideshow of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's modeling years.*

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Comments

[sophieozz]

I dare her to be photographed sans makeup. Preferably in public.

[lmvd3]

I think she's strange looking.

[Bluelynx]

She hates clothes. Is that why she runs around stark naked?

[jackson1015]

Was her husband married to someone else when she met him, or was he divorced?

[kittykali]

Iiar and a hypocrite.­......

[Bitsko]

Yet another spoiled rich celebrity who believes they don't need "all that stuff." Whatever.

[PoliticalRockChick]

If you hate them so much the poor in Paris would love to take them off your hands.

[mergina]

You look so much better now my dear.

[wordvarc]

She was a runway paper doll but looks much more healthy and alive these days.

Attempting to be "austere" is her hope out of her transient past to something more stable now.

I wonder if she can pull it off.

[UltraClassic]

Yah right.

[jerrypl]

"There are things that give me no pleasure: objects, clothes, jewelry. I've worn them all, but all that stuff interferes with my daily life." She does her own hair. According to her friend Farida Khelfa, "Carla hates shopping and would wear the same pair of trousers every day if she could." Makeup doesn't interest her--"It takes forever and doesn't make you look better after 30." I want a woman like her in my life!!! One that believes that make-up does not make one look better, likes to wear her clothes more than one day before they go in the laundry basket, dislikes shopping, and things. Oh, you sound terrific, Carla!!!

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[Acleacius]

She is being covered because she is and was famous before she got married, d'uh!

Lol, there are a lot of jealous people in this thread, I noticed. :)

Especially funny to see people claiming she had surgery and "when she was young, too", oh yes we believe
all your claims since we all know your experts and we can trust you, thanks for opening your mind to us, we feel so enlightened. :)

[Uling]

Growing up, I thought I was weird. I am so glad to know somebody like Carla Bruni-Sarkozy who shares my personal view. I find shopping boring, jewelries unnecessary.

But of course, Carla emanates her true self that naturally reveals her stunning beauty....­elegant simplicity. There's no need to accentuate.

[Entheo]

i for one am glad she's giving up clothes.

[SabrinaFair]

She is stunningly beautiful, so i doubt that she needs all that much makeup. Incidentally, my sister, Scarlett, who lives in Paris, is often mistaken for her.

She gets a real kick out of that. :)