Shoji Quotes & Sayings

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

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

I was a stranger and you took me in.
-Joji G. Shoji, d. 1921 — Neil Gaiman

When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit. — Hildegard Of Bingen

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

Today never feels like it will be history, but it will. And more likely than not, you will look back and realize that you should have known. — Scott Belsky

I know we should aspire to be higher philosophical beings, contemplating the universe and becoming more refined humans, but if all we did was think, then arguably we'd never have invented the wheel. — Mariella Frostrup

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. — Tadashi Shoji

Everyone thinks the fashion business is so glamorous. It's completely the opposite. — Tadashi Shoji

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. — Tadashi Shoji

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. — Tadashi Shoji

My brother told me he was very proud of me, of the business I have built, and that gives me joy. — Tadashi Shoji

An actor equals, sometimes, an entitled baby. People take care of things for me, and they pay greater attention to things than I was ever capable of doing. But in the last few years, I have learned a great deal more about taking care of things. I pay my own bills now. — Christian Slater

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. — Tadashi Shoji

So, in the tulip, we have a flower of beauty and grace of charm, refinement and distinction. It is a powerful flower and it knows it — Tadashi Shoji

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. — Tadashi Shoji

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. — Tadashi Shoji

As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up. — Tadashi Shoji

There are no Kleenex boxes on these loops, just so you know. — Mick Fleetwood

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. — Tadashi Shoji

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. — Tadashi Shoji

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

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. — Tadashi Shoji