LaQuan Smith is one of the most popular and richest Fashion Designer who was born on August 30, 1988 in Queens, New York State, United States. Serena Williams once walked during one of his runway presentations at the Peninsula hotel in NYC.
LaQuan Smith (born August 30, 1988) is a luxury fashion designer and founder of womenswear clothing brand LaQuan Smith, LLC. Smith serves as chief executive officer and is based in New York City.
In 2005, Smith applied to the Fashion Institute of Technology, as well as Parsons School of Design, but was not accepted. Smith then began interning at the New York magazine BlackBook in 2007, working for celebrity fashion stylist Elizabeth Sulcer,. He would attend events by pretending to be a BlackBook editor. In 2008, he created his self-titled designer brand.
He was born and raised in Queens, New York.
2005 was a very bad year for him: after a heartbreaking cancer diagnosis, his applications to both FIT and the Parsons School of Design were rejected.
Smith was born on August 30, 1988, in Queens, New York. As he grew up, he developed a passion for fashion and design. He further developed his passion at the age of 13 when his grandmother passed on her old Singer sewing machine for him to use. From there, he began regularly designing and creating garments. In 2007, he graduated from the High School of Art and Design and began his career in fashion.
