Here's a look at some of the world's fashionable first ladies (kleptocrats or not):

France's First Lady, Carla Bruni:




Spain's First Lady:


United States' First Lady, of course:



Syria's First Lady, Asma al-Assad:

Jordan's First Lady, Queen Rania:






Then there's my favorite, the First Lady of Azerbaijan, because she just looks like such a diva















And for all of us looking at these women thinking, how did they ever become so fashionable? No need to despair, not all these women were born this way (they usually never are). Here's something to give us all a little hope: Queen Rania of Jordan in her college days - bleach blonde hair, pre-nose job and all:







Doesn't she sort of look like a 1980's Madonna, fresh out of Michigan?