• Fantastic Fashion under $25 – Outfits must be purchased at a garage sale, consignment store, Goodwill, Salvation Army, or other retail business. Receipts are required for everything that is visible during the interview, except shoes. Receipts for garage sales can be handwritten. This includes jewelry and accessories. Do not need to account for sales tax.
• Special Interest – Reflects a special interest of the participant, such as equestrian clothing and riding apparel, dance costumes, hiking clothing, or rock-climbing clothing.
• Dressy (Juniors and Intermediates only) – Garments worn to dressy activities such as church, banquets, luncheons, and 4-H interviews. Original material must be fabric and not from recycled items.
• Everyday Living (Juniors and Intermediates only) – Casual sportswear, weekend-wear, clothing for school, casual after-school events, or hanging out with friends.
• Business/Interview Attire (Senior division only) – Entry should be an outfit you would wear for a job interview, scholarship interview, job fair, or other professional event.
  • Professional – Traditional, conservative approach (e.g., business suit or blazer, tie, and dress slacks for men, business suit, pantsuit, or jacket and dress for women)
  • Business Casual – Relaxed and comfortable but demonstrates good judgment in choices and displays a neat appearance (e.g., polo shirt, shirt with a collar or sweater, khakis or other slacks, dress or casual leather shoes, moderate length dress or skirt for women).
• Semi-formal to Formal (Senior division only) – Designed for semi-formal to formal occasions and made from fabrics intended for the same.
  • Semi-formal is a little less formal than formal black tie. Women – midi dresses, maxi-dresses, wrap dresses, cocktail dresses, pantsuits, and jumpsuits Men – slacks and a blazer, a two-piece suit (with or without a tie), accessories that show personal style (pocket squares, dress watch, custom shoes). Formal -prom, evening wedding or gala party. Women – typically floor-length gown, a knee-length cocktail dress or classic little black dress. Men – two or three-piece suit or tuxedo, with a shirt and tie.

The Construction Division showcases a member’s skills in sewing a garment using a pattern or something of their own design.

• Everyday Living – Casual sportswear, weekend-wear, clothing for school, casual after-school events, or hanging out with friends.
• Re-Fashion – An environmentally friendly category where old, worn out or damaged textile items are upcycled into something new.The completed garment is different from its original use, not just an alteration. (Examples: neck ties sewn together to form a dress or taking old t-shirts and making them into a skirt)
• Theater/Costume – Garment intended for use as a costume, which would include stage production. May be sewn from fabric or from another garment. These garments may be unusual or innovative materials; imaginative but wearable.
• Dressy (Juniors and Intermediates only) – Garments worn to dressy activities such as church, banquets, luncheons, and 4-H interviews. Original material must be fabric and not from recycled items.
• Semi-formal to Formal (Senior division only) – Entry must be designed for semi-formal to formal occasions and made from fabrics intended for the same. Original material must be fabric and not from recycled items.