Tadashi Shoji

OUTSIDE IN Today’s heroine is the sum total of all earlier parts

Published on:

Oct 07, 2014, 8:15 pm

Photos by Jan Sol

Text Concept by Rory Winston

Styled by Christopher A. Pape & Peizhao Sun

Hair by Ivy Camacho for Angelo David Salon

Makeup by Houda Casablanca for Angelo David Salon

<span style="color: #333333;">Tadashi Shoji Auburn Velvet Bateau Neck Long Sleeve Gown with Velvet Paillette Insets and Frayed-Edge Silk Chiffon Detail $688</span>

Tadashi Shoji Auburn Velvet Bateau Neck Long Sleeve Gown with Velvet Paillette Insets and Frayed-Edge Silk Chiffon Detail $688

"She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all the plays, the vague "she" of all the poetry books."

– Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

<span style="color: #333333;">Tadashi Shoji</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> Black/Nude Hand-Beaded Corded Embroidery on Tulle and Silk Chiffon Open Back Halter Gown</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> $848</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> Dennis Basso</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> Silver Fox Boa</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> $4,200</span>

Tadashi Shoji
Black/Nude Hand-Beaded Corded Embroidery on Tulle and Silk Chiffon Open Back Halter Gown
$848
Dennis Basso
Silver Fox Boa
$4,200

"A person may be proud without being vain."

– Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

<span style="color: #333333;">Tadashi Shoji</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> Ivory/Petal Corded Embrodery</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> on Tulle Long Sleeve Gown</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> $688</span>

Tadashi Shoji
Ivory/Petal Corded Embrodery
on Tulle Long Sleeve Gown
$688

"Never was an age more sentimental, more devoid of real feeling, more exaggerated in false feeling, than our own."

– D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

<span style="color: #333333;">Tadashi Shoji</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Ivory/Nude Corded Embroidery on Tulle and Pleated Silk Chiffon V-Neck Dress</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">$448</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">TOMS</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Black Suede Jutti Flats</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">$84</span>

Tadashi Shoji
Ivory/Nude Corded Embroidery on Tulle and Pleated Silk Chiffon V-Neck Dress
$448
TOMS
Black Suede Jutti Flats
$84

"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

– Charlotte Brontё, Jane Eyre

<span style="color: #333333;">Tadashi Shoji</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> Flame/Black Crewel Embroidery</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> on Tulle Cape</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> $648</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> Tadashi Shoji</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> Ivory/Petal Corded Embrodery</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> on Tulle Long Sleeve Gown</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"> $688</span>

Tadashi Shoji
Flame/Black Crewel Embroidery
on Tulle Cape
$648
Tadashi Shoji
Ivory/Petal Corded Embrodery
on Tulle Long Sleeve Gown
$688

"All the girls in the world were divided into two classes:
one class included all the girls in the world except her."

– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

<span style="color: #333333;">Tadashi Shoji</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Ivory Metallic Chantilly Lace Long Sleeve Ruffled-Front Blouse</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">$288</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Tadashi Shoji</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Black Velvet Floor-Length Skirt</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">$168</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Etienne Aigner</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Black Fox Fur Collar</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">$495</span>

Tadashi Shoji
Ivory Metallic Chantilly Lace Long Sleeve Ruffled-Front Blouse
$288
Tadashi Shoji
Black Velvet Floor-Length Skirt
$168
Etienne Aigner
Black Fox Fur Collar
$495

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."

– L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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