Posted: August 25, 2025
Recently, ten 4-H members from five Pennsylvania counties took part in the annual 4-H State Fashion and Textile Revue hosted at the Thomas Building on Penn State's University Park campus.
The 4-H State Fashion and Textile Revue is the culminating event for 4-H members ages 13–18 who complete a clothing or textile project. The fashion and textile revue event encourages youth to express their unique qualities, personalities, and interests through the creation of textiles and garments.
The Pennsylvania 4-H'ers who attended the one-day event participated in a modeling workshop, cross stitching workshop, a sewing and textile skillathon and a fashion show for family and friends. Participants' projects were judged as either a wearable piece of clothing — fashion revue — or a nonwearable fiber arts project — textile revue.
Fashion participants were judged on construction, appearance, fit, design, and fashion. Textile participants were judged on construction, visual appeal, and design elements.
In the junior textile revue, Michael Siegel, of Lebanon County, took first place, and Helen Staples, of Monroe County, was the second-place finisher. For the senior textile revue, Emma Concannon and Jackie McMullen, both of Cambria County, took first place and second place, respectively.
Kennedy Sanders, of Lebanon County, took first place in the junior fashion revue. Adelyn Kieta, of Cambria County, took second place, and Staples took third place.
For the senior fashion revue, Stella Klynoot, of Lebanon County, took first place; Ella Wilson, of Lackawanna County, took second; and McMullen took third. Other participants recognized in the senior fashion revue were Krysta Saar, of Lackawanna County, and Hailey Peters, of Luzerne County.
Klynoot was also the winner of the participants' choice award, determined by all participants voting on a favorite outfit or item shown at the event.
Administered in Pennsylvania by Penn State Extension, 4-H is a nonformal educational youth-development program of the United States Department of Agriculture that helps young people develop knowledge and skills to become capable, caring, and contributing citizens. To find your local program, visit the Pennsylvania 4-H website.
