Carla Bruni is the hottest first lady in recorded history, and now the former model is suing a company for using a nude image of her. The store Pardon has been selling bags emblazoned with naked Carla Bruni depictions, and evidently while it’s suitable for a first lady to have nude photographs of her floating around, it’s not suitable for those images to be put on bags sold for 3 euro. So la femme is seeking justice the American way-- suing!

According to the BBC:

Lawyers for Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, have filed a lawsuit against a company for selling a bag featuring a nude image of her.

They are claiming $160,000 (£104,000) in damages from the firm, Pardon, based in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.

Her lawyers said neither Ms Bruni nor the photographer had given permission for use of the image, which was shot for a campaign against Aids in 1993.

The company says it has withdrawn the bags and will destroy them.

They have already been on sale in Reunion at a cost of three euros (£2.60), and were due to go on sale in France this week.

The white canvas bag features a black-and-white image of former model Ms Bruni, taken from a well-known 1993 photo of her standing upright in the nude.

Bruni is probably a bit miffed at all of the inevitable ho-bag jokes circulating around. Pauvre petite!