Tadashi Shoji

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

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.

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

My mom has beautiful eyes, and I inherited a lot of her rituals, accentuating eyes.

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'

No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.