FILE - In this Jan. 24, 1996 file photo, Italian model Carla Bruni sports a long dark lace sleeveless evening gown designed by Yves Saint-Laurent for the 1996 Spring-Summer haute couture collections presented in Paris. In a Feb. 23, 2009 letter to animal rights group PETA, The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and made public Wednesday June 10, 2009, France's first lady has told she is fur-free, and said any pictures of her in what appears to be fur date from her modeling days, when she wasn't always free to choose what she wore. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 1996 file photo, Italian model Carla Bruni sports a long dark lace sleeveless evening gown designed by Yves Saint-Laurent for the 1996 Spring-Summer haute couture collections presented in Paris. In a Feb. 23, 2009 letter to animal rights group PETA, The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and made public Wednesday June 10, 2009, France's first lady has told she is fur-free, and said any pictures of her in what appears to be fur date from her modeling days, when she wasn't always free to choose what she wore.

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