Fall 2010 Spotlight: LaQuan Smith


LaQuan Smith is not your typical Fashion Week designer.  He has no formal training and does all his pattern making, cutting and sewing in a bedroom of his grandparent’s home with the help of a mannequin named Ivanka. 
 
At the tender age of 21, Smith is making his Fashion Week debut at a townhouse on the Upper East Side.  He’s hoping to entice editors and buyers away from the Bryant Park tents with his seashell shaped jackets, studded leggings and tank tops of lace and scuba fabric. 
 
Smith’s just the kind of underdog the world likes to root for and with Rihanna and Lady Gaga already wearing his designs, it’s likely that this young designer will soon find himself in a real studio with a staff and an assistant.  


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