LaQuan Smith

>> An audience of 300 ran the gauntlet of PETA protestors, Police officers, and a metal detector to hear Andre Leon Talley wax lyrical last night at FIT on everything from blogs and the Internet — "love it . . . the Internet is very important to fashion" — to his original career path — "I went to school to be a French teacher, but I always knew I wanted to be in fashion" — to a current project in the works — "I'm working on something that I hope maybe one day can become a one-man Broadway/Off Broadway show."

He rattled off his personal Costume Institute Gala best dressed list, "in this order":  "of course Anna Wintour in exquisite Chanel," Lee Radziwell in "a beautiful Ralph Rucci sequin paillette caftan," Renee Zellweger in an "extraordinary" Carolina Herrera, Isabel Toledo, Ricky Lauren "dressed as Marlene Dietrich," and Cassie, of whom he added: "she was dressed by a new young designer called Laquan Smith [Editor's note: who Talley has recently taken under his wing]."

Talley says his own Met Gala ensemble came under fire, however »

It doesn't have to be summertime in order for you to rock a fresh-faced bronzed glow. In fact, the models at up-and-coming designer LaQuan Smith's 2010 Fall Fashion Week presentation sported a beautifully warm palette of flattering bronze tones as they walked the runway earlier this week. "The look for LaQuan Smith's Fall 2010 collection was exciting because it was his debut to the fashion world after such huge buzz for the last few years," said makeup artist Ashunta Sheriff. "We wanted to make it special and LaQuan's concept of water and sand inspired the sun glow-goddess look we created using CoverGirl and CoverGirl Queen Collection," she added. Check out the widget below to see what products were used, and get the full how-to at the link below.

To get her tips for getting this very wearable sun-kissed look, just keep reading.