Ryan Taylor (fashion model) and Prada. He has also modeled for Alexander McQueen, J.Lindeberg, Miu Miu, and Alessandro Dell'Acqua, and in the CoSTUME NATIONAL in Paris, France. During the fall 2007 season, he was part of 36 runway shows. Ryan Taylor (fashion model) Ryan Taylor is a Canadian fashion model from Burlington, Ontario, who is known for his many runway appearances. He was signed to DNA Model Management and is now with Why Not Model Agency. Taylor's father, Frank, works in commercial real estate. His mother, Sabina, is an insurance broker. Frank is of English, Scottish and Irish descent, while Sabina has German and
Italian fashion lost its importance and lustre and Europe's main trendsetter became France, with the great popularity of French fashion; this is due to the luxury dresses which were designed for the courtiers of Louis XIV. However, since the 1951–53 fashion soirées held by Giovanni Battista Giorgini in Florence, the ""Italian school"" started to compete with the French "haute couture", and labels such as Ferragamo and Gucci began to contend with Chanel and Dior. In 2009, according to the Global Language Monitor, Milan, Italy's centre of design, was ranked the top fashion capital of the world, and Rome was ranked 4th, and,