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Sarah Brown, the Prime Minister's wife, has resorted to renting expensive designer clothes for official functions, it has been disclosed.

Mrs Brown pays hundreds of pounds of her own money to rent the items - including a £9,000 top worn at last week's G20 summit events with other leaders' spouses1.

Mrs Brown's approach is in stark2 contrast to that adopted by her predecessor3, Cherie Blair, who was criticised for receiving free clothes or discounts worth thousands of pounds from top designers. Carole Caplin, Mrs Blair's lifestyle guru, is said to have negotiated many of the discounts amid concern from senior civil servants at the time.

For recent banquets with foreign leaders and the Lord Mayor, Mrs Brown has rented dresses from Amanda Wakeley, the British designer. She wore one of Amanda Wakeley's dresses for the state banquet with the President of Mexico last week.

She is also understood to have rented dresses and jackets from Brett Lintner and Graeme Black - including a jacket she wore to the official G20 summit dinner.

The rentals4 typically cost about 10 percent of the retail5 price which means that Mrs Brown regularly incurs6 bills running into hundreds of pounds for her outfits7. The money cannot be recouped.

Mrs Brown is said to usually wear clothes from high-street retailers8 such as Marks & Spencer and New Look. However, a friend of the Prime Minister's wife, said: "Sarah thinks it's important to dress well for big State occasions, and renting her dresses makes that a bit more affordable9."

Mrs Brown was a successful public-relations executive who owned her own company. However, she gave up paid work when her husband was Chancellor10 to avoid any conflict of interest. She is thought to have taken out a mortgage on a flat owned by the couple which helps fund her spending while her husband remains11 Prime Minister.

有消息透露,英国首相夫人莎拉•布朗在出席正式场合时所穿的昂贵名品礼服均为租借而来。

布朗夫人通常是自掏腰包,花几百英镑租借这些服装,其中包括上周她与各国领导人夫人出席G20峰会时所穿的一件价值九千英镑的上衣。

布朗夫人的做法与前首相夫人切丽•布莱尔形成鲜明对比。切丽曾因接受顶级设计师赠予的价值数千英镑的免费服装或折扣而受到指责。据称,她的形象顾问卡罗尔•卡普林多次参与砍价,当时很多高级政府官员对此不满。

为出席近期的外国领导人和伦敦金融城市长晚宴等活动,布朗夫人从英国设计师阿曼达•威克丽那里租借了礼服。在上周的墨西哥总统招待国宴上,莎拉所穿的一套裙装就租自这位设计师。

她还从布雷特•林特尔和格内木•布莱克等设计师那租借过裙装和上衣,其中包括她在G20峰会的官方宴会上所穿的一件上衣。

这些服装的租金一般为其零售价的10%,这意味着布朗夫人通常要花费几百英镑租借服装。而这些花费不能报销。

据称,布朗夫人经常在马莎百货和New Look等商业街零售店选购服装。而首相夫人的一位朋友说:“莎拉认为在重要的国事场合穿得体面一些很重要,而对于她来说,租借在财力上更能承受。”

布朗夫人曾自己开公司,是一位成功的公关主管,但当布朗就任英国财政大臣后,为避免利益冲突她辞掉了工作。据称在布朗担任首相期间,莎拉将她与布朗共有的一处公寓作为抵押,向银行借钱支付日常开销。



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1 spouses 3fbe4097e124d44af1bc18e63e898b65     
n.配偶,夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )
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  • Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
  • An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句
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adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
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  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
3 predecessor qP9x0     
n.前辈,前任
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  • It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
  • The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
4 rentals d0a053f4957bbe94f4c1d9918956d75b     
n.租费,租金额( rental的名词复数 )
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  • In some large hotels, the income derived from this source actually exceeds income from room rentals. 有些大旅馆中,这方面的盈利实际上要超过出租客房的盈利。 来自辞典例句
  • Clerk: Well, Canadian Gifts is on the lower level. It's across from Prime Time Video Rentals. 噢,礼品店在楼下,在黄金时刻录像出租屋的对面。 来自口语例句
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v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
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7 outfits ed01b85fb10ede2eb7d337e0ea2d0bb3     
n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 );一套服装;集体;组织v.装备,配置设备,供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 )
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  • He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. 他把承包工程分包给许多小单位。 来自辞典例句
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adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
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  • There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
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n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
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  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
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