We love fashion fairy tales and the story of fashion designer Laquan Smith, is just that. Denied admissions by our beloved Fashion Institute of Technology, not once, not twice, but three times, LaQuan's frustrations turned his passion for fashion up a notch. With a sewing machine purchased for him at the age of 13 as a Christmas present, Laquan got busy and created the master pieces you see before you. Oh the story doesn't begin there. LaQuan would crash fashion parties and shows wearing his very own designs. LaQuan, 22, being from Queens gives him that extra aggressiveness not afforded to all. And as they say, if you can't make it there (NY that is), you can't make it anywhere. As fairy tales go, fashion publicist Kelly Mills was among one of the many parties LaQuan was crashing and his fashions soon began turning up on the likes of Rihanna and Lady Gaga. Take that FIT! Hey LaQuan, we got denied admissions too for fashion design at FIT so we're bitter, even though we went back and got into the FMM program - we understand what a denial is - those bums. Eh em, ok - we digress. Back to LaQuan's fairy tale...before you go thinking LaQuan has made it big time, he works out of his 150 square foot bedroom of the apartment he shares in Queens with his grandparents. Although we're sure he'll be moving on up like George and Weezie pretty soon. Especially since Andre Leon Tally, Vogue's Editor-at-large has taken up mentoring LaQuan. LaQuan Smith will be one to watch and we can't wait to see him take over the world, one fashion garment at a time.
For more info on LaQuan, visit: http://www.laquansmith.com/
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