Vogue Editor-at-large and fashion god, Andre Leon Tally is going on the record about up-and-coming designer LaQuan Smith.  You read about LaQuan on this blog as a fashion week breakout and now Leon Tally has given him the seal of approval. 

Speaking of LaQuan, Tally says, “He showed 15 looks at New York Fashion Week for the first time this season and it was simply outstanding. His point of view was totally contemporary. He makes clothes for urban ladies. Lady Gaga and Rihanna have worn his leggings. He had the courage to go ahead and his father, a retired postal worker, gave him the wherewithal to pull that fabric together and turn it into magic. I went to that show and I saw magic. I can only hope that one day we’ll see our first lady wearing LaQuan Smith.”

Congrats, LaQuan, you have arrived!