KEEPING Posted has enjoyed an interesting chat with Italian supermodel Carla Bruni at the Grand Hyatt.
The 1.76 metre tall, 54-kg, blue-eyed Venetian blonde was a guest of Italian Vogue at a European fashion exhibition in the nearby Cultural Centre.
Self-confessedly 'dizzy' from jet lag, having just flown in from a modelling assignment in France, she nonetheless dispelled the myth that all those in her profession have shoe-size IQs, although she did confess to leaving university after a year.
The 26-year-old, who speaks three languages and who once dated Eric Clapton, complained she was missing her current beau, French lawyer Arno Klarsfeld.
However, she was enjoying this, her first visit to Hong Kong, expressing a desire to visit JJ's nightclub and to go shopping for silk pyjamas at the Chinese Emporium.
Carla said she was keen to develop fashion links between Europe and Asia and enthused about life as a model.
'It's a fantastic job. It gives me plenty of opportunity and exposes me to lots of culture.