#erikahamden

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We really should have realized back in August that were was more to Tadeshi Shoji’s 2018 ready-to-wear collection when we were alerted to the amazing black and gold “galaxy sweeping” cape* that author NK Jemisin wore to the Hugo awards, at which she accepted her third Best Novel award for the Broken Earth trilogy. She tweeted, we were tagged, and reader, we did not post it. *sad trombone*

Last month The Cape came up on our radar again, including this photo from Alyshondra Meacham’s coverage of the Hugo red carpet showing of its full-length glory and newly anointed TED fellow Prof. Erika Hamden’s Instagram es-cape-ades!

But that’s not all! Watch this space for more #FridayFashion!

--Emily

*(The cape was also available in a black-on-black version, but those photos are no longer on the product page.)

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You might have thought that the Oscars would have been peak astrofashion, maybe that’s because you didn’t know there was a SPACE PROM (I didn’t!), aka the Goddard Memorial Dinner. Fabulously attired attendees flaunted not one, not two, but three Tadashi Shoji pieces!

In the first photo, Erika (left) is wearing the Neptune gown (also seen on Domee Shi and Christina Hendricks) and and aerospace and defense strategist Kellie Gerardi is wearing the sleeveless Callisto gown (previously seen on Samira Wiley) with the black version of NK Jemisin’s cape.

But wait, there’s still more, because as Kellie shared on her Instagram (and I awkwardly screenshot), she owns not just both capes, but also the Callisto, Neptune, and a third dress we will showcase shortly...

--Emily