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Tadashi Shoji [1948-0] Japanese

Rank: 104
Designer, Fashion Designer

Tadashi Shoji is an American-based Japanese fashion designer and the creator of the Tadashi Shoji and T by Tadashi clothing labels. Shoji is particularly known for his red carpet gowns and evening wear.

Design, Business, Strength, Women

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Anyone can wear my dresses. They will look good on any figure, no matter what shape you are. I want to celebrate a woman's inner strength, to inspire real women and make them feel confident and beautiful.	Strength, Women	101
Time flies so quick. I remember my second year in business when Bullocks Wilshire did a whole window of my white dresses. I was so excited, I went there at night and took pictures.	Business	102
As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.		103
So many designers only sketch and leave pattern-making to others. Pattern-making is important so you know the structure. Then if someone tells me, 'I can't make a pattern from that sketch,' I can tell them, 'I will make it' and then they are quiet. If I can't make it, I don't design it.	Design	104
It's a Japanese way of thinking, that I give value for my merchandise. So I don't want to sell unnecessarily expensive dresses and make just 10 or 20 and then feel satisfied. I want to design for real women who can afford my dresses.	Design	105
There's almost a T-shirt feeling to wearing my evening dresses.		106
I design to make women feel confident and beautiful.	Design	107
When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.		108
Don't wear dresses that are too tight. A size number is just a number. If the fit is comfortable, it will look more elegant.		109
I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.		110
Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way.		111
My brother told me he was very proud of me, of the business I have built, and that gives me joy.		112
I am not really brand-conscious; I pick out clothes that appeal to me regardless of the label, but I consider my style very American.		113
Everyone thinks the fashion business is so glamorous. It's completely the opposite.		114
Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.		115
I do not discriminate about size. I design dresses to accentuate a woman's positives, whether you are a size 0 or a size 3X.		116

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