School Fashion Trip to New York

A fashion school trip to New York will be completely unforgettable and is bound to leave your students with a passion for fashion!

One of the ‘Big Four’ fashion capitals of the 21st century, New York is a must for any fashion student. Strut along 5th Avenue exploring the high-end stores with amazing window displays, mingle with New York’s elite as they purchase the latest must-haves and discover the Fashion District, with the buzz of buyers running from showroom to showroom.

New York really does offer an up-close and personal experience of the fashion industry that students will love. And, of course, it also works really well as a cross-curricular school trip destination, offering exciting possibilities for politics, art, business studies, performing arts, media studies, design and technology, food technology, maths and religious studies.

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1

Morning

Flight from UK to New York

Afternoon

Transfer to accommodation on arrival

Evening

Optional evening meal at a local restaurant

Day 2

Morning

Visit Parsons the New School of Design Stop off at Century 21 Metropolitan

Afternoon

Visit the Museum at FIT

Evening

Visit the Empire State Building for evening views across the city Optional evening meal at a local restaurant

Day 3

Morning

Enjoy a 4-hour Movie Stars and Locations Tour

Afternoon

Take the Garment Center's 'Insider Tour' and stroll along the Fashion Walk of Fame

Evening

Optional evening meal at a Times Square restaurant Chance to enjoy a Broadway show

Day 4

Morning

Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, followed by some retail therapy

Afternoon

Transfer to airport

Evening

Overnight flight back to the UK

Day 5

Morning

Arrive back in the UK

3 nights' bed and breakfast accommodation
Airport transfers in resort
All flights including tax
Comprehensive travel and medical insurance
Detailed information pack
Free staff place ratio 1:10
Itinerary planning service
VAT

Curriculum

A Level

Modern industrial and commercial practice
Importance of marketing and brand identity
Product development and improvement in fashion
Trends and cycles in fashion production
Designers, styles and fashion movements

GCSE

Meeting customer needs
Specialist techniques and processes for textiles
Historical and contemporary textile designers
Elements of fashion design and illustration
Purposes and functions of textile designs

Accommodation

Hostelling International NY

HI New York is Manhattan’s premier hostel, and is located in a landmark building on the Upper West Side. The building was built in 1883 to help widows of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and re-opened as HI New York in 1990.The hostel offers clean, modern, mixed and separate male/female dormitory-style accommodation (4 - 12 bedded rooms) with shared bathrooms in the hallways. Linen, towels and a housekeeping service are provided.Private rooms with and without baths are also available (subject to availability). The hostel is situated just one block from Broadway Avenue and a main subway line, and only minutes from Central Park.

Freehand New York

Situated on Lexington Avenue, the Freehand New York hotel has plenty of green spaces nearby, with Stuvesant Square Park and Madison Square Park on the doorstep. For the Epicureans, there are many local restaurants to tempt the taste buds, while in terms of sites, there is the famous Flatiron building and the National Museum of Mathematics. Rooms available to book: solo, suite, king, triple (three king-size bunk beds), queen, 'Three's Company' (queen bed with an overhead twin bunk attached) and quad (four twin-size bunk beds).

Holiday Inn Express Manhattan Midtown West

Based at 538 West 48th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Holiday Inn Express Manhattan Midtown West is on the doorstep of so much to do and see. Vistors can venture to many attractions nearby, including Central Park, Times Square, Broadway and Lincoln Center, as well as the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. 'Standard' rooms allow the option of king, double beds or deluxe king beds, plus extra floor space, city views and sofa beds. Free Wi-Fi in all guest rooms.

Tour highlights

See the Fashion Walk of Fame

The Fashion Walk of Fame is the world’s first and only monument to American fashion and pays tribute to some of the most influential designers in fashion history! This is a must-see on a fashion school trip to New York. Along 7 th Avenue (also known as Fashion Avenue), between 35 th and 40 th Streets, the Fashion Walk of Fame consists of 28 plaques paying tribute to some of America’s greatest designers. What’s really great is that the plaques actually tell you a little bit about the designer and why they’re worthy of such an honour. There are, of course, some very famous names that need no introduction, but some lesser known designers are featured too.

Did you know?

The Fashion Walk of Fame is, rather fittingly, located in the Garment District, an area that’s been famous for fashion manufacturing and design since the early 1930s.

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

Visit the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

One of a select group of prestigious fashion museums, the Museum at FIT is famous for its award-winning exhibitions! The museum’s permanent collection includes 50,000 garments and accessories, some of which date as far back as the 18 th century. And many of the world’s most influential designers are represented, including Chanel, Dior and Balenciaga. The exhibition is rotated every six months, but always represents 250 years of fashion, making this a fascinating visit to include in your fashion school trip to New York.

Did you know?

The Museum features a gallery dedicated to student and faculty exhibitions, which is a great opportunity to see the work of some of the fashion designers of the future and could be really inspiring for your students to see!

Take the TV and movie locations tour

See more than 60 locations around New York familiar to you from both the big and small screen! New York is said to be the most filmed city in the world and many of its landmarks will be familiar to your students, making this a really exciting inclusion in your school trip to New York. Some of the highlights on the tour include *Friends *locations, the *Ghostbusters *firehouse and McGee’s pub, which was the inspiration for MacLaren’s in *How I Met Your Mother. *

Did you know?

The *Ghostbusters* base is an active firehouse in Tribeca – Hook and Ladder 8. The firefighters stationed here were among the first to react to the September 11 th terrorist attacks.

Educational Activities

Fashion Walk of Fame

In 1999, the Fashion Center Business Improvement District established the Fashion Walk of Fame to honor New York’s most influential

Garment Center "Insider" Tour

Experience the excitement of seeing the legendary Garment Center at work on this 2.

Macy's Department Store

Shopping in New York is not complete without a trip to Macy's, not only can you stop by and pick

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

The Museum at FIT is one of a select group of specialized fashion museums, including the Musée de la Mode,

New York TV & Movie Sites Tour – On Location Tours

Tour many locations of TV and Movies in New Yorkand straddle fiction and reality as you visit the places you’ve

Parsons the New School for Design

If you’re a Project Runway fan, you must pay a visit to Parsons School of Design on the west side

Soho & Nolita Fashion Tour

Thetour of these side-by-side neighborhoods offer the most abundant as well as the chicest shopping in the world.

Cultural Activities

Empire State Building

Reaching more than a quarter of a mile into the Manhattan sky, the Empire State Building was the world's tallest

Metropolitan Museum

One of the world’s most prestigious art galleries, the Met’s comprehensive permanent collectionspans five thousand years of art from a

Statue of Liberty

No trip to New York would be complete without a visit to the Statue of Liberty; the city’s iconic symbol.

Supporting you every step of the way

Creating your perfect trip

Your quote will be put together by an experienced Tour Adviser who’ll be an expert in the subject area and will know the destination really well too. They’ll work with you to create a trip to suit your group’s needs and meet your learning objectives.

Launching your trip to parents and students

The next step is to get your trip approved and then get students signed up to it. Our ‘Trip Launch Pack’ will help you with this step. This is full of resources (all free to download) designed to make your life easier at this crucial point in the trip planning process.

After you’ve booked

Once you’ve booked, your dedicated Itinerary Coordinator will start work on the finer details. They’ll make sure your itinerary makes the most of your time and they’ll take on most of the admin tasks for your trip (freeing you up to do what you do best – teach).

Support while you’re away

From lost property to properly lost, we’ll always be on the end of the phone while you’re out on the trip. You’ll get a final info pack before you go, as well as access to all your trip documents via the Vamoos app.

After your trip

We’ll ask you for feedback, so we can improve our service. Let’s start planning your next trip too, so parents have plenty of time to pay (and so it’s less stressful for you). And don’t forget to head to our resources hub to continue the learning back in the classroom.