Humber has invested tens of millions of dollars to purchase or lease and "repurpose" the historic lives of some Lakeshore buildings. How will these projects change the face of real estate in Etobcioke!
FASHIONING A FUTURE
"Fashion victims. People who blindly and stupidly follow a brand without any discernment and without any analysis. As long as it's the latest rage, they buy it without thinking about adopting it for themselves." - Jean-Paul Gauthier.
So begins a Monday morning fashion management class in the new Humber Fashion Institute.
Since November, 175 students take classes in the brightly lit, street-level classroom at the northwest corner of Kipling Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard West.
Humber converted the two-storey building from its former lives as many different bars and more recently, a swingers club.
Originally, it was the Almont Hotel circa 1890.
"It is the business side of fashion. They're not going to design the product, but they're going to sell it," explained Norma Ouellette, Humber College professor and program coordinator of fashion degrees.
"Coming from the industry, something we always encountered was getting business grads with no fashion background or we'd get fashion grads with no business background."
Humber gives students a foundation in both in its Bachelor of Applied Business - Fashion Management degree.
"It's one of the only degrees built this way," Ouellette said. "Ryerson offers fashion design and fashion journalism, but they're not four years with intensive business study. Our program is fairly unique in the province."
Humber also offers a two-year fashion arts diploma.
Third-year student Mary Amanda Russell won a contest to design the institute's interior display case. A black-and-white photo of Yonge Street in 1950 is the backdrop to a display of fashion memorabilia from the era.
Much of that area of the building is painted in a vibrant raspberry or one of the hottest interior colours of the moment - grey.
"Just walking in here every day, that raspberry colour gives you a lively feeling," said student Jessica Ferrera, who hopes to combine her love of travel with a career as a fashion buyer.
"It's really exciting. We love our new building," said Julia Heming, who wants to become a buyer or go into public relations in the fashion industry.
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