Designer Tadashi Shoji poses backstage at his Fall 2012 fashion...

Designer Tadashi Shoji poses backstage at his Fall 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center. (Feb. 9, 2012) Credit: Getty Images

How would you describe your collection in one word?

Worldly.

If you could have anyone sit in your front row, who would it be?

Marlene Dietrich.

High heels: Fashion Week must or asking for disaster?

Not a must. Flats are chic now, too, thankfully.

Showing Sept. 6 at Lincoln Center

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