Fashion PR News: New York Fashion Week is fast approaching, but this season young, budding students  will also get the chance to showcase their products. Global luxury brand LVMH announced the launch of a new project “The Art of Craftsmanship Revisited: New York". A back-to-basics approach to craftsmanship and creativity, Parsons students were partners with local New York City artisans in late 2009, to learn from and shadow.

As a result of the project the students created an original fashion piece and documentary shorts, that were inspired by the Master Artisan their shadowed, and applied the skills they had learned throughout their experience. On February 17 the students' fashion creations and films will be unveiled at Milk Studios, as a part of MAC & MILK Fashion Week. A panel of judges will select the three winning teams.

This is not the only project with a focus on grooming or fostering new or established talent in New York. The Design Trust recently announced Project Fellows for "Made In Midtown," a Landmark Study with the CFDA of NYC's Garment District. The project will illustrate the huge role the garment district plays in the fashion industry, and interviews with key people such as designers, garment workers, landlords and suppliers will be shown on a dedicated website. Project Fellows will demonstrate how fashion industry businesses are tied to each other, and to the buildings and to the public spaces.

Both projects are integral to the growth of craftsmen and fashion designers, both established and up and coming. Each project is important in helping to secure and solidifying  New York’s place on the international fashion map.