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Joelle Diderich

Bureau Chief, Paris

Joelle Diderich is Paris Bureau Chief at WWD, overseeing a team of correspondents covering luxury goods, retail and beauty. Joelle began her career as a financial journalist, joining Reuters in London in 1994. During the following 10 years, she lived and worked in Madrid, São Paulo, Brasília and Paris covering everything from general elections and forest fires to the 1999 Brazilian currency crisis. She fulfilled her long-held ambition to become a fashion journalist in 2000, when she started covering Paris Fashion Week for Reuters. She joined WWD in Paris as senior business news editor in 2010 and became Paris bureau chief in 2017. Reporting on companies ranging from H&M to Hermès, she enjoys breaking news, writing in-depth profiles of designers and CEOs, and branching out into the paper's culture pages with features about everyone from Hiroshi Sugimoto to Jessica Chastain.

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The CFDA’s Fashion Friends, Ulta’s New President, Dior Does Denim

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EXCLUSIVE: Dior Launches First Denim Capsule Collection for Men

Menswear designer Kim Jones described jeans as "the last modern invention for men."

With Olympics in Sight, a Paris Exhibition Highlights the Link Between Fashion and Sport

From corsets to Lycra, the show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs reflects the advent of sportswear.

Courrèges Names Chief Marketing Officer

Therese Lundström joins the Space Age label as its international expansion gathers pace.

Meet the Model Who Is Putting the Glamour Into Alcohol-free Drinks

Constance Jablonski and her business partner, Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger, are on top of the growing sobriety…

At La Tour d’Argent, a Family Heir Makes Something New With Something Old

The Paris institution has reopened after a wide-ranging renovation led by André Terrail, whose family has…

Max Mara’s Teddy Talk, Saks and Burberry, Armani’s New Book

Max Mara celebrated its Teddy Ten pop-up, Saks is giving its windows to Burberry's collection, Giorgio…

Charlotte Gainsbourg Turns Her Father’s House Into a Museum

For the first time, visitors will be allowed into the Paris home of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin.

EXCLUSIVE: Louis Vuitton Launches Podcast Hosted by Loïc Prigent

The first episode features Pharrell Williams discussing his debut menswear show for the French luxury brand.

K-Way Unveils Collaboration With French Contemporary Brand Soeur

The partnership comes at a period of rapid growth for Soeur, which expects to log revenues of more than 50…

Paris Exhibition Showcases Interior Design From Chanel’s Specialty Workshops

The display featured pieces from The Invisible Collection and was curated by interior design duo Biehler…

Pinault Family’s Holding Company Buys Majority Stake in Talent Agency CAA

Artémis, the family holding headed by French billionaire François-Henri Pinault, bought private equity firm…

What to Watch: What’s Behind Fashion’s Love Affair With Surrealism?

From giant lemons to blue-skinned avatars, reality-bending imagery is all the rage.

French Cashmere Brand Pellat-Finet Appoints Dryce Lahssan as Creative Director

Best known for his line of trenchcoats, the designer and consultant joins the brand as it gears up for its…