Icon Model Management: Ryerson University School of Fashion

Icon Model Management remains connected to the academic world of fashion
by sponsoring the Ryerson University School of Fashion’s annual fashion
show. Ryerson University is a public research university in Toronto,
Canada, and includes a School of Fashion as part of its Faculty of
Communication and Design. The School of Fashion offers two unique areas
of specialization, Fashion Design and Fashion Communication. A four-year
program, the first year includes the study of pattern making and
construction, communication design, visual communication, textiles,
marketing, and art history for both tracks. For students in the
Communication Program, the second, third, and fourth years contain
instruction in graphic design, fashion illustration, photography, design
and costume history, promotion, consumer behavior, and new venture
startups. Students are also required to pursue professional business
electives. Students in the Design Program spend their three years
focusing on specific details of design such as computer-aided design,
apparel design, textile design, materials management, and leatherwork.
Both Design and Communication students are required to complete 400
hours of documented work-study in at least two distinct work placements
during the course of their four years at Ryerson University. The School
of Fashion at Ryerson University is a member of the International
Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes and is also involved in a
number of exchange agreements and other international initiatives,
establishing the School of Fashion as one of the leading undergraduate
design programs in the world. This coming fall, Ryerson University’s
School of Fashion will offer an innovative new program for a Master of
Arts in Fashion, the first of its kind in Canada.

Icon Model Management is proud to foster the next generation of fashion
talent through academic programs like those at Ryerson University. These
academic programs are vital for continued innovation in the fashion
industry.