The Fashion Show might have started 31 years ago, but Payless Fashion Week is only two years old and is taking place again this year during the week leading up to the big event.

Co-Directors Erin Tepper, Sara Turke and Delaney Eilts have been working very hard on this year’s Fashion Week to make it a fun event for all students on campus.

“Even though it’s our second year, we started a new event which is Fashion’s Night out,” Tepper said. She described the night as a fun, stylish event featuring giveaways, speakers, raffles and some red carpet moments.

The co-directors are involved in creating all the events and themes. They work on organizing all the day-to-day events down to every last detail and must secure the venue, keep a rolling budget and reach out to vendors and sponsors.

There is also an 11-person committee working under them to help figure out the details. The committee is broken into subcommittees, such as entertainment and logistics, that consists of two to three members.

For the events during the week, they are hoping to have a lot of participation. 

“This year we really want to get the word out about what we want to do, and have more than just food so people know what we’re here for,” Turke said. They have more prizes to giveaway this year and are expecting more people.

The sponsors this year have been helpful to Fashion Week by donating money and prizes as well as giving great discounts on food.

They are giving out gift cards from different stores along with many other prizes. For example, The Art of Shaving donated a $580 package that they will be giving out on campus.

Their main sponsor this year, Payless, decided to donate a substantial amount of money to the Fashion Show, which is why the week is called Payless Fashion Week.

Payless Fashion Week kicks off today, and on, or around, Central Campus each day this week they will be having a new event.