Carrie Hammer Honored at 2013 Fashion Front Awards NYC Benefiting Arts Education

NEW YORK - April 14, 2013 - PRLog -- On Friday, May 3rd, 2013 Carrie Hammer, founder of www.CarrieHammer.com, a popular clothing line for professional women with an emphasis on style, functionality, and customization, will be honored at the 2013 Fashion Front Awards NYC, an event honoring emerging stars within NYC's fashion community. Carrie Hammer is recognized for her commitment to inspiring the emerging fashion community. Carrie Hammer started her career as an advertising sales executive and often heard that she should "dress for the job she wanted not the job she had." This was tough advice to follow without bankrupting herself as she found a limited selection of fashionable professional women's clothing, with a contemporary fit, at a reasonable price point. As a solution she began getting custom pieces made for herself through tailors online. Since many of Hammer's friends and colleagues commiserated with her dilemma, she would get stopped on the street and in her meetings about her fashionable professional wardrobe. After the overwhelming response and her extreme frustration Hammer felt she had no choice but to start a line to cater to the underserved professional woman.

Celebrating it's 3rd annual year, the 2013 Fashion Front Awards is an exciting event honoring emerging stars within your city's fashion community. New York fashion lovers can mark their calendars, as the 2013 Fashion Front Awards NYC is schedule to take place Friday May 3rd, 2013 at 8 PM. Guests will enjoy six live runways presentations from rising New York fashion designers, special live performances, and an exciting awards ceremony recognizing emerging artists and professionals within New York's fashion community. Hosted at internationally recognized Lair NYC, Executive Chef Chris Cheung, known for his “Evolutionary Chinese Cuisine” is inviting guests to enjoy complimentary appetizers from 8 PM – 9 PM, and there will be no shortage of delicious specialty cocktails at the bar. The 2013 Fashion Front Awards NYC is proud to benefit, ProjectArt, an NYC-based free arts education organization that allows youth to create art without limits (www.projectart.org).

For two years, the Fashion Front Awards has provided young fashion designers and other creative members of the industry a platform to share their talents. Founded in 2010, the Fashion Front Awards recognizes emerging fashion talent within local communities around the world with creative awards, serves host to fun runway competitions, and incubates talent by providing business support and marketing tools to all participants. Popular designers like New York’s Austin Paul and Raun LaRose and Los Angeles Rumple Munkeh and Angel Johnson have all taken home Fashion Front Awards.

Carrie Hammer on FOX Business sharing an easier way to dress for the job you want. (http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1680556440001/an-easier-way-to-dress-for-the-job-you-want/ )

ProjectArt is an award-winning organization developing a new model of arts education, one that allows youth to actualize their artistic visions while building their self-esteem and advance as all-around achievers. In two years, ProjectArt’s year-round, after-school visual arts education program has served hundreds while it's advocacy initiative Walk the Talk, has brought awareness for the critical need of arts education, to hundreds of thousands of people. ProjectArt was founded by Adarsh Alphons in 2010.

The 2013 Fashion Front Awards NYC will be hosted at Lair NYC (www.LairNYC.com), home of renowned Chef Chris Cheung, who is a veteran of notable restaurant like Nobu, Ruby Foos, and Monkey Bar. Lair NYC is located at 201 Lafayette St New York, NY 10012. Event begins at 8 PM and early arrival is suggested. Guests may RSVP for this event by e-mail FashionRSVP@LawrenceBlake.com. Press may RSVP to confirm accommodations by e-mailing PressNY@LawrenceBlake.com. Guest panel of celebrity judges and music performances will be announced shortly.

To learn more about the 2013 Fashion Front Awards please visit http://FashionFront.LawrenceBlake.com. The 2013 Fashion Front Awards NYC is hosted by Lawrence Blake Group Int’l (www.LawrenceBlake.com), rising New York based corporate communications firm. A spokesperson from ProjectArt, CarrieHammer.com, and celebrity guest judges will be available for live interviews. For information please contact L. Blake Harvey, 646.481.8237, Fashion@LawrenceBlake.com. Follow Lawrence Blake Group Int’l on Twitter and Facebook for event updates. www.Twitter.com/LawrenceBlakePR. www.Facebook.com/LawrenceBlakeGroup.