| Valerie Trierweiler, the soon-to-be new "first lady" of France, has some big shoes to fill.
Trierweiler is the girlfriend of the Socialist Party's Francois Hollande, who won France's general election this weekend and who will step in as France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, replacing conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy, of course, is married to supermodel-turned-songwriter Carla Bruni, whose style is impeccable.
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