NOTE: All work MUST be original and created by the competitor(s) himself. By submitting your work you are agreeing that MIST has the right to return or keep all work/submissions/entries.

MIST would like to thank Yantaru for allowing us to use some of their rules for our competition. Any contestent who is interested in fashion design should also submit their work to the Yantaru competition. For more information, please refer to their website: http://www.yantaru.org.

If you voilate and/or not fulfill any of the following rules, you could loose points or even be disqualified from the tournament.

1. No more than 2 students from each team can register for this competition.
2. This competition is NOT a team effort. Each competitor must turn in a separate piece of work.
3. MIST ID and order of competition will be pre-assigned on a random selection basis.
4. Competitors shall report at the appropriate time and place designated.
5. Judges shall know the competitors by their MIST IDs.
6. All designs must be labeled with the MIST ID ONLY. If the contestant name appears anywhere on the design, it will be disqualified.
7. Each competitor's portfolio must have 2 sets of outfits. The following items are required in each design set:
   • 1 complete adult male outfits
   • 1 complete adult female outfits
   • 1 complete child male outfit
   • 1 complete child female outfit
   This means that each contestant will be creating 8 outfits.
8. For each outfit, you must submit the following as part of your portfolio:
   • One 5" x 7" - 8.5" x 11" illustration of each design as worn, in color, matted and mounted on heavy paper or poster board enclosed in an 8.5 by 11" page protector to protect the design. No smaller than 5 x 7 inches.
   • 2 flat design sketches (working/detail sketches) for each outfit, for example: front and back (for a total of 16 flat sketches).
   • Description and Sewing notes. Include in this section details that are hard to see or identify in your design illustration.
   • Examples and tips provided by Yantaru.org
9. All submissions for this competition must have been created solely for this competition. Competitors cannot use their work from this competition for other competitions and they cannot use work from other competitions for this one.
10. The illustration (photographs are not acceptable) is to be clean, neatly mounted or matted. The sketches may be done in color pencils, charcoal, pastels, water colors, color pen/ink, or crayons. The flat design sketches may be done either in black and white or color.
11. Competitors can gain extra points by providing extra design items such as shoes, accessories: pins, jewlery...etc.
12. Contestants must provide a common feature within a set such as similar buttons, similar colors...etc. Contestants are encouraged to be orginal in all their designs.
13. The sketch must fulfill all the basic requirements for proper Islamic dress as outlined below:
    • This means that everything must be covered except the face and the hands. You can design the shoes to go with it, outfits without shoes will NOT be disqualified.
    • Material must not be see through or thin.
    • The clothing must hang loose so that the shape and form of the body is not apparent.
14. Judges will interview contestant on their inspiration behind the design, what they like the most, dislike the most. Contestants should be ready to explain any details, parts, characteristics in the design that are outstanding or unusual. Judges will also ask contestants what they think makes their designs different from others in the market?
15. Judging criteria will be based upon the official MIST National Ballot.