WATCH: From Dressing Vice President Kamala Harris To Partnering With Samsung, LaQuan Smith Reflects On 2024

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00:00And did you have any moments in 2024 that really stood out to you career-wise or even

00:07personally?

00:08Just things that you kind of ticked off your bucket list this year?

00:11I've had a great year, you know, everyone from dressing Kamala Harris to dressing Beyonce

00:16to, I mean, even going to the CFDA with the incredible mentees, working with Samsung.

00:25I mean, it's been a great year.

00:27I think, you know, for me, it's just been about building a supportive network, you know,

00:33being able to balance my success because, you know, it takes a lot out of you, you know.

00:39I just also want to remember that, you know, it's about maintaining my creative motivation,

00:44you know, and always making sure that I'm doing the necessary things to find inspiration

00:51in my daily life and also through my travels, through my experiences.

00:55There's been a lot of growth, there's been a lot of failure, you know, but at the same

00:59time, handling the industry pressure, you know, I'm really proud of being able to stand

01:05firm in a lot of the difficult situations that I have been in and, you know, being faced

01:13with some of the biggest challenges, building a brand, you know, I'm happy to have overcome

01:19them.

01:20I'm happy that I've been able to create and implement changes to be able to really build

01:24and grow, and I'm still doing that, you know, I'm still sort of in this phase of growing

01:30and creating, but I mean, I think that I've done such an exceptional job in terms of creating

01:35a really dope brand in a very unconventional way, and I'm really most proud about that.