"speaking at a friend's château outside Paris."
If anyone takes issue with my "Yes you CAN dress like the elite and still be a real Commie!" shoe diary, I present to you the Louis Vuitton-toting, French chateau-hopping communist, Mikhail Gorbachev! Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
It's a shame he's not also endorsing Manolo Blahniks. That would push it well over the edge into top flight performance art.