Carla Bruni nude photograph of Bruni taken during her career as a model. The photograph sold for $91,000. There was also great interest in Bruni's wardrobe, which was Christian Dior, seen as a diplomatic choice, since Dior is a French design house but the wardrobe was designed by John Galliano, a British designer. Another controversy was the use of a popular photo of the French President and Bruni in the print advertising of Ryanair. The couple was awarded damages by a French court, which they donated to "Les Restos du Cœur", an organisation that provides meals to the homeless. In December 2008,
Frédéric Pagès Frédéric Pagès Frédéric Pagès (; born 1950) is a French journalist noted for his work with the satirical weekly, "Le Canard enchaîné". Pagès studied philosophy at University and worked as a high school teacher until 1985. At "Le Canard enchaîné", his humorous columns included "Le Journal de Xavière T", a spoof diary of Xavière Tiberi, the wife of Jean Tiberi, then mayor of Paris, and, from December 2007, "Le Journal de Carla B", a spoof diary of Carla Bruni, wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy. The last of these was the subject of controversy when Karl Laske and Laurent Valdiguié published