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Joelle

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About Me

I'm a freelance journalist and photographer based in Paris. My favourite subjects are fashion and music. My specialties are portraits (street fashion & bands), fashion shots and travel pictures.ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT JOELLE DIDERICH 2006-2007. DO NOT USE WITHOUR PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.

ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT JOELLE DIDERICH 2006-2007. DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.

My Interests

Photography, music, cinema, literature, art, travel, cooking.

Music:

Fiona Apple, The Paddingtons, The Kills, The Hives, Patti Smith, Blondie, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Hole, The Breeders, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, The Others, The Rakes, The Libertines, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Iggy Pop, Francoise Hardy, Jeff Buckley, Missy Elliott, Lady Sovereign, Gang Starr, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Burt Bacharach, The Velvet Underground, Thelonius Monk, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Serge Gainsbourg, The Subways, Brakes, Radiohead, Bob Dylan

Movies:

Badlands, The Deer Hunter, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Pretty in Pink, The Godfather, The Misfits, Sweet Smell of Success, The Gay Divorcee, The Loveless, Le Samouraï, Dangerous Liaisons, Sunset Boulevard, Paris Texas, The Libertine, The King, Jane Eyre, The Grifters, Double Indemnity, Lolita, M, Lost In Translation, Paris Texas, On The Waterfront
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Television:

Six Feet Under, Sex And The City

Books:

"The Unconsoled" by Kazuo Ishiguro, "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath, "Sarah" by JT LeRoy, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers, "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Franny and Zooey" by JD Salinger, "The Trial" by Franz Kafka, "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyesvsky, "The Last Tycoon" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

My Blog

Valentino retires!

Alas, the rumors were true. Valentino Garavani has just announced he will be hanging up his scissors early next year. In a statement, the Italian designer said he could think of no way to top the cele...
Posted by Joelle on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:32:00 PST

Glamorissimo Armani!

A belated update on last week's Armani dinner - there was major buzz at the Museum of Modern Art, where Armani staged his couture collection. Two looks from the Armani couture show. The gown on the ri...
Posted by Joelle on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:06:00 PST

Dita does Gaultier

Mystery revealed! Dita Von Teese made her much-anticipated appearance during Paris couture week on the catwalk of Jean Paul Gaultier. The French designer is still thinking about Madonna, but this time...
Posted by Joelle on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:16:00 PST

Couture hits fever pitch

It was the usual madness today chez Chanel, which really outdid itself on the guest list: Sigourney Weaver, Victoria Beckham, Diane Kruger, Vanessa Paradis, Sofia Coppola, Sean Lennon, Marianne Faithf...
Posted by Joelle on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:44:00 PST

Dior kicks off couture week

Couture week kicked off in sumptuous style with a Japanese-inspired show by John Galliano for Christian Dior. Two looks from Dior's spring-summer 2007 haute couture show (photos: Joelle Diderich)Getti...
Posted by Joelle on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:11:00 PST

Golden Globes stylewatch

Ladies and gentlemen, it's awards ceremony season again (didn't we just get through the last Oscars?) and open season for celebrity trendspotting. And the winner of last night's Golden Globes ceremony...
Posted by Joelle on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:33:00 PST

The Beckham effect

I must confess to a guilty fascination moment during fashion week. New pals Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes caused a sensation by appearing together at shows including Chanel, Giambattista Valli and...
Posted by Joelle on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:07:00 PST

Magic McQueen

The show of Paris fashion week, for me, was Alexander McQueen. We arrived after dark in a heavy downpour at the Cirque d'Hiver, a 19th century circus venue. But any feelings of tiredness or hunger wer...
Posted by Joelle on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:10:00 PST

Low-fat Lagerfeld

As predicted, I couldn't keep up the posting during Fashion Week! So here are some belated goodies. After seeing Karl Lagerfeld's show, I could not resist asking him about the skinny models debate (I ...
Posted by Joelle on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:14:00 PST

Take that, skinny models!

Loots of kookiness today with shows by Jean Paul Gaultier and Vivienne Westwood. Gaultier shot the whole skinny models debate straight out of the water by doing a show on the theme of aerobics, and th...
Posted by Joelle on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:45:00 PST