Designer Profile
Tadashi Shoji
Tadashi Shoji is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his company, Tadashi Shoji.
Born and raised in Sendai, Japan, he began painting and drawing at a young age. A fortuitous meeting at a Tokyo art gallery led to a position assisting Japan’s leading contemporary artist, Jiro Takamatsu. Tadashi worked for three years in Takamatsu’s studio making conceptual art. Sensing the political unrest brewing in Japan and encouraged by opportunity abroad, Tadashi moved to the United States where he discovered fashion design. He goes on to work with famed costume designer Bill Whitten, followed by the iconic Richard Blackwell.