“I design to make women feel confident and beautiful.” — Tadashi Shoji Quote

I design to make women feel confident and beautiful.

There's almost a T-shirt feeling to wearing my evening dresses.

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.

Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way.

I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.

I don't design for wallflowers.

It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.

My design philosophy is to make women feel like peacocks.

Apart from differentiating our spaces with design, we also look for buildings that have distinctive character. We make sure every seat is a good one.

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.