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I just wanted to drop a line. I just purchased my third dress by Tadashi. I can't say enough how much I love the dresses. I bought the first one for a wedding, the second one for my engagement party and another one last night for my fiance's prom, which he teaches at the school.

I love the cut, the materials etc. I love them.

Thanks again for making dresses that can fit any body types.

:)

Suzanne Giaquinto

Hi there
I got married in a vineyard in Malibu on April 22nd (in the freezing cold!) and wore the Tadashi dress I’d found last year that I knew I wanted to wear as soon as I saw it. Everyone commented on what a beautiful dress it was, and I felt like a princess, even though I’m now 52 years old. I wanted you guys to see it. It was comfortable, flattering, and easy to wear all day. I ended up buying it at a sale price at Saks Fifth Avenue. There’s a funny story behind how I bought it too. I found it before my fiance proposed, and knew I wanted to have it but wouldn’t buy it until he proposed. About two months later, after his proposal, I tried to track the dress down. The Saks 5th Avenue in Santa Barbara didn’t have it in my size any more, but they tracked one down in Indiana and FedEx’d it to me. By this time it was reduced to $160, so my underwear cost more than the dress!

I was sooo happy. And thought you’d like to see some photos of it.
Thank you Mr Tadashi, whoever and wherever you are!
Melissa (Riche)

Melissa Kojan

Michelle Vittone Mc-Neil looked stunning at the 2006 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, where she won an Emmy for Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up for a Series (Six Feet Under & Everyone's Waiting). Michelle is a long-time friend and colleague of Tadashi's, so for her wardrobe selection, the designer of choice was easy!

An adoring Tadashi fan from the holiday home tour greeted Tadashi with a warm holiday card!!

I just wanted to let you know how much I love my Tadashi Dress which I bought at the Tadashi Store in Caesar's Palace. I am an on-air personality and author of Diary of A Modern Day Goddess, a book which helps women connect with their joyful, feminine spirit! I was delighted when I read that Tadashi also like to help women express their feminine spirit as well. I just love his collection and look forward to wearing many more of his dresses. Please thank him for his wonderful design talent!

Best Wishes,

Cynthia Daddona
On-Air Personality and Author of
Diary of A Modern Day Goddess™
(An Amazon.com Top Seller)

Photos from Santorini and Post-Wedding Reception in Santorini

The Goddess and her Greek in Santorini

The beautiful bride

At Katikes, one of the top luxury hotels of the world

Our donkey limo that we rode through the village

Cynthia Daddona in her Tadashi dress

A Goddess Dress Moment

Butterfly Beach in Montecito, CA

A Romantic Kiss by the Santa Barbara Mission and Rose Garden

Dear Tadashi,

Here are my wedding pictures... the gown looks beautiful... thank you

Sincerely,
Julie & Julius

(Please click on the images to view at full size)

Dear Tadashi,

My beautiful dress arrived yesterday and it fits like a glove. I wanted to thank you for all the work you did in getting my wedding dress shipped to me, for being so quick to reply to me, and for being so curteous with me over the phone. I cannot wipe this grin off my face.

Thank you again. It was a pleasure doing business with you.

Take Care,

Trista Leblanc

Customer Lynda came to our South Coast Plaza boutique all the way from Scottsdale, AZ to purchase a Tadashi dress for her daughter Jesse’s prom!! This fuchsia strapless layered tulle gown looks absolutely stunning on 16-year-old girl. Talk about a loyal customer!!!

Planet Hope shows their appreciation for Tadashi's donation to the charity by sharing this heart-warming story....

Dear Tadashi,

After Sharon went on the Ellen Show, we had HUNDREDS of requests for girls in need of dresses. Obviously, because of the shortage of dresses that we DIDN'T have, we couldn't fulfill every request. We were bummed and upset we couldn't help more, but have to accept that that is just how it is.

Until....we had one viewer write in and say that she knew of a girl, victim of Hurricane Katrina who is now living with her uncle because her dad just passed away 3 weeks ago and she lost her mother in the hurricane. Couldn't afford to go to Prom, let alone buy a dress. There was not one person who could find her a dress, as she was in the Plus Size department and no one wanted, or could, help....This girl was not going to her Senior Prom, and that's ALL she asked for from her uncle as a graduation present.

WELL, here's where you come in because low and behold, after your second shipment of dresses, we were able to find Ms. Chelsea a dress and she is now attending her prom tomorrow! Tears in her eyes and hope in her heart, I am saying THANK YOU on behalf of this, now very happy, girl.

It's the single stories like that that make this all worth the while and we could not have done it without your help and your donation of dresses.

Thanks again,
Amanda

Claudia Lobao, a jewelry designer who shares our Dallas showroom, requested a Tadashi gown for Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's recent wedding in France. This photo, that appeared in OK Magazine, has her right in the front center with her beautiful chocolate rouched off shoulder gown.

Dear Tadashi,

Back in January my sisters and I toured your store in Las Vegas. While there my sister bought a beautiful green gown for my wedding reception. Well, my maid of honor also wore a Tadashi fuchsia evening dress. The main dress of the occasion (of course) was my wedding gown, which started as a Tadashi evening dress (fluted tiered ivory satin) but after adding some pretty ivory lace to the pricess seams area and hundreds of swarovski crystals, it became a gorgeous wedding Gown!

I like to share with you a couple of photos of the dress and the sisters in three different Tadashi dress.

Mada Al-Jundi

Dear Mr. Tadashi:

I am writing to say thank you for the beautiful outfit which I purchased in March at your store in Las Vegas. I was looking for a very special outfit for a very special occasion. The occasion was my first book signing reception at Boston's Fairmont Copley Plaza in May. A delightful salesgirl, Barbara W., brought the outfit to me to try on. I had not even seen it on the rack! I fell in love with the black pants and beautiful black lace and beige top at once.

Thank you for designing "special-occasion" clothes "at affordable prices", as stated in your website. Like you, I have had a dream to pursue... to write a book. And now I have done so.

I am not young or beautiful, as your models who wear your lovely designs. But I certainly did feel elegant and beautiful at my book signing reception. Thank you so much. When I return to my annual vacation in Vegas in March of next year, you can be sure that I will again shop at your store and find yet another beautiful outfit!

Sincerely,

Suzanne Doherty

Dear Mr Shoji,

Just a note to tell you how amazing and brilliant you are!!! We have searched every place for pretty, feminine, stylish clothes and almost gave up until we saw your store in South Coast. Wow!! Super bravo to you. We are thrilled beyond words to "know" you and to celebrate your clothes.

These pictures were taken recently at a wedding. I'm the Mom (red hair - green Tadashi) and my daughter, Carol (black & white).

Our regards to you for who you are - a gifted designer!! Our bravos to Jackie Odozco - super saleswoman at South Coast. She did a fantastic job and worked so hard helping us.

Blessing and hugs,
Maureen and Carol

Tadashi would like to share this letter he received from The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture with regards to their recent gala.

Here is a fan who purchased a Tadashi gown after attending Tadashi's Medalla luncheon fashion show at the Balboa Bay Club. She writes:

I had a wonderful time wearing the gown and got many many compliments!!! The wedding is amazing with over 1000 guests and held at the Convention Center in Hong Kong. It was a success! Thanks for your help with the gown and I love it! I framed my photo with Tadashi and I will share that with you some other time.

Hugs,
Danni

Last spring I drove down from the San Fernando Valley to the South Coast Plaza mall to buy my wedding dress....I fell in love with the Tadashi line but could not find one in white or beige at the local department stores to serve as a wedding dress, so I went online and found the Tadashi boutiques. From the moment I called I received nothing but the best service from your staff. When I came into the boutique, you knew who I was and helped me enormously to find just the right dress to be married in. You were extremely helpful and encouraging as I tried on several dresses until I found the perfect one. I have attached a copy of me wearing the dress at my wedding reception - we are dancing and this particular photograph shows off the dress beautifully. I can't even tell you how many compliments I received on the dress, even after the wedding my girlfriends were wowed by it!

Please tell Mr. Tadashi about this enormous happiness I experienced with your store - the service was excellent! And I was truly a most happy bride...thanks to you!

Sincerely,

Helene

Recently Tadashi received this letter from a lovely women who wore a Tadashi gown for her silver wedding anniversary, which took place in Tel Aviv, Israel. She writes:

The event took place this last friday and was perfect. the dress was amazing, i was complimented countless times, and people are still calling me to compliment me for it! when i told them i bought it over the internet without even trying it on and without any option of returning it, they were amazed! it looks as if it was personally fitted and sown especially for my figure! I'm so happy that i had the courage to go for it!

I'm sending you some preliminary photos, I don't have access to all the photos yet so i don't know if there is one "representative" photo of me alone with all the length of the dress. anyway, you can use these ones if you want to, post it on the blog or whatever, i just wanted you to see it.

Again, its been a pleasure working with you, i hope that in the future I'll have many more happy events in which i will be able to wear Tadashi dresses!

Thanks and all the best,

Gilly Rosin

A friend of Tadashi's, Tomomi and her bridesmaids looked lovely at the wedding in Tadashi designed dresses.

Recently Tadashi recieved this letter in the mail:

The Susan G. Komen pamper tour began on Thursday, Nov. 6 in Grand Ballroom D of the Atlantis Hotel with An Evening with Xernona. Susan G. Komen for the Cure®’s Circle of Promise has partnered with civil rights icon, television pioneer and national ambassador of Circle of Promise, Ms. Xernona Clayton and the Bahamas Breast Cancer Initiative to engage, educate and empower women in the Bahamas to end breast cancer. In the photo are nine beautiful women with breast cancer all dressed in Tadashi dresses. For more info, please visit www.circleofpromise.org or www.komen.org.

My sister, who was recently at your store, has giving me your e-mail address so I can send a picture of the gold dress she bought for me. I wore the dress at my wedding and it fitted me like a glove. I have received so many compliments and everyone wanted to know from where I got the dress (even the photographer)!

The dress was beautifully made and I can wear it again to other events. Tadashi ROCKS!

Regards,

Roslyn
Melbourne
AUSTRALIA

The letter below was sent to one of our sales associates:

Dear Tiffany,

Thanks so much for helping me pick out the perfect gown for the Huntington
Beach Centennial Ball held in January. I appreciate the note you sent me!
I had a wonderful time at the ball and was definitely noticed as I walked
down the stairs into the "sea of black" as my girlfriend puts it! She said
I had to wear a bright color because everyone would be in black and boy was
she right!!!

The service I received was personal and great!

Marlene

Recently Herman & Lanny celebrated their wedding anniversary at the Conrad Hotel in Bali and the observant Tadashi fan will notice that all the women wore Tadashi styles.

The stars have been out shining in Tadashi lately. First we have Jennie Garth, who attended the 11th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards cocktail reception in an August gold metallic liquid jersey side draped evening gown from the Fall/Winter 2008 Tadashi Collection. Next is Aisha Tyler, who attended the 59th annual ACE Eddie Awards in a black stretch jersey with basket weave detail cocktail dress from the Spring/Summer 2008 Tadashi Collection. Finally there is Rachel Ray backstage at the 'Rosie Live' variety show in a claret ombre stretch jersey shutter pleated cocktail dress from the Fall/Winter 2008 Tadashi Collection.

Recently we were sent this photo from newly weds Lisa and Kyle. Lisa had chosen a petal tiered silk georgette strapless gown from the Spring/Summer 2008 Tadashi Collection to celebrate her special day in. We wish the very best for you two.

When Tadashi designs his dresses he designs with all women in mind: short and tall, under-weight and over-weight, and young and old. Below we have a photo of women from three generations all looking stunning in their Tadashi styles.

We recently received this letter:

I pray and believe all is well with you today. I wanted to let you know just how much I appreciate the AWESOME service and beautiful dress you have provided for me. I am thrilled to share with you my latest picture in my dress. I attended a beautiful event with Oprah Winfrey and Dr Mayo Angelo recently and wanted to share how my gorgeous dress worked with the event.

Peace & Blessings,

Sister Carolyn

We recently received this little note with a lovely mother-of-the-bride in an ultramarine and black iridescent silk chiffon with beaded lace insets one shoulder gown from the Spring/Summer 2009 Tadashi Collection.

Thank you again for all of your help with my gown. It really looked beautiful and I received sooo many compliments. Attached are some photos.

Thanks again,

Barbara

Recently we received this note and photo:

Many thanks for all the help you gave me in coming up with the perfect dress and shawl for my civil ceremony, at what seemed at the time to be the “Eleventh Hour!”

This is one of the first pictures we have received from our photographer. I will forward some others as I receive them. I had the look that I had hoped for that day, all thanks to you and team!

Best regards & I look forward to seeing you again,

Jacqueline

We recently received this letter from another happy mother-of-the-groom, who is wearing a silver stretch taffeta paneled with rosette detail gown from the Fall 2009 Tadashi Shoji Collection.

At long last here is the picture from my son's wedding in April. I got so many compliments on the dress - thank you so very much for all your help in selecting it. I will look forward to visiting you the next time a special occasion comes up!

Sincerely,
Margaret

Recently we were sent these images from a very proud recipient of the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) Community Service Award.