New York City, the fashion capital of America, draws many with hopes of a future in the industry, one of the reasons the KHS fashion club chose it as the destination for its first trip.

The club, which began last year, had to establish itself as a club before it could go to New York.

“I think it’s something a lot of people are interested in,” Lizzy Schoeffel, senior and president, said.  “Going to New York is a lot of people’s dreams.”

Almost everything that will be necessary for the trip has been seen to, it’s the matter of getting enough deposits which is the main issue for the club.

“It’s just been a gradual process,” Julie Rice, sponsor, said.  “We’re trying. We have a trip set up and we have permission from the administration, but it depends on if enough kids sign up to go.”

The club needs at least 20 deposits, and the trip will cost around $1000 per person, including flight and hotel through a tour company.

A very unique part of the trip will be that students are allowed to bring family members as long as the each member pays the same price as the student in the club.

“This year we’re working really hard,” Olivia Robinson, senior and president said. “It’s pretty amazing that we’re hopefully going to get there.”

The trip will be educational, aimed to teach about the fashion industry by introducing members to designers and stores.

The group will also be meeting designer Jennifer Ouellette a former graduate from KHS to learn about having a fashion career in New York.

“I’ve always wanted to go to New York and it’s absolutely amazing,” Kelly Weber, freshman, said. “We get to go to [the fabric store] Mood (as in Project Runway) and we get to go to go to these behind the scenes of Macy’s and do a lot of really, really cool stuff not a lot of people get to do when they go to New York.”

The group will also experience other non-fashion aspects of New York, by going to the Empire State building and popular restaurants, as well.

“It’s a well rounded trip. It attracts people from all ages,” Robinson said.

Overall, the trip would introduce many of the club members to a side of the fashion world they have yet to see.

“I think this will open [the club’s] eyes to the reality of the fashion world, not what you would find here in the midwest,” Weber said.