Liz Buckner Cross: Rusk County 4-H hosts fashion show | Lifestyles

With the arrival of spring, Rusk County 4-H’ers prepared for the Rusk County 4-H Fashion Show held Thursday, March 27 at the Rusk County Extension Office Meeting Room.

The traditional 4-H Fashion Show is designed to recognize 4-H members who have completed a Clothing and Textiles Project. With this project, members gain knowledge of fibers and fabrics, wardrobe selection, clothing construction, comparison shopping, fashion interpretation, understanding of style, good grooming, and poise in front of others. Also during this individual competition, the 4-H member either buys or sews an outfit for competition. By interviewing with a panel of judges, the member also grows in their personal presentation skills.

The following are the age division/categories of each Rusk County 4-H member that competed in the county 4-H fashion show:

• Junior Division/Construction/Everyday Living Everly White

• Junior Division/Construction/Theatre/Costume Obed Gonzalez

• Junior Division/Buying-Fantastic Fashions Under $25 Naomi Patterson

• Intermediate Division/Buying/Fantastic Fashions Under $25 Hadley White

• Intermediate Age Division-Construction-Semi-Formal-Formal Caraline Oliver

• Senior Division/Construction-Everyday Living Trinity Patterson

• Senior Division/Buying-Special Interest Abigail Clifton

• Senior Division/Buying-Fantastic Fashions Under $25 Macey Rutherford

• Senior Division/Buying-Semi-Formal-Formal Olivia Clifton

Each one of these Rusk County 4-Hers will represent the county at the District V 4-H Fashion Show in late April.

As with all 4-H projects, parents, grandparents, leaders and volunteers play a huge role in making the project a success. Special thank you to members of the Rusk County Extension Education Association and the Rusk County Master Gardeners for their assistance with the contest. Congratulations to our Rusk County 4-H Fashion Show participants!

For more information about the Rusk County 4-H Program or for enrollment information, please contact the Rusk County Extension Office at (903) 657-0376.

— Liz Buckner Cross is a county extension agent for Rusk County. She can be reached at e-buckner@tamu.edu.