<p>A Fashion Design student shifts through swatch cards in search of the perfect fabric. Photo: Ayo Keys</p><p>Fresh from the exhilarating sting of final project critiques, Parsons students cleaned out their lockers on December 16 and took one last glance at the 560 Seventh Ave. building, as staff and students said goodbyes to their sewing machines and carried their mannequins, pattern paper and plastic slopers out onto Seventh Avenue for the very last time. A vivid red message remained plastered in the Parsons Midtown building windows, declaring to all who passed: "YOU NEVER LEAVE PARSONS" you just move downtown.</p><p>This marked the move of the Parsons fashion design program from the Garment District to The New School's Greenwich Village campus. With the start of the spring semester, the some 821 BFA and 313 AAS fashion design students moved into their new home at the University Center but the shift comes not without dissension. Many students have been thrilled with the change of venue and access to university facilities, while others yearn for the uptown location and are disappointed with the new spatial arrangements.</p><p>"It's good and bad. I live off the one train in Brooklyn so personally, commute-wise, it's a lot easier for me," said Caitlin Farradas, a Fashion Design BFA student. "But being further away from the resources that were in the Garment District, I find, are kind of an issue."</p><p><a href="http://www.newschoolfreepress.com/2014/03/18/fashion-struts-downtown/">Keep reading...</a></p>