Arash Kasebi and his classmates at NC State’s College of Textiles have heard the questions. Why would anyone go to college to study textiles? Isn’t that industry dead? Haven’t the jobs moved overseas? Kasebi’s mom wondered why he wanted to make jeans for a living. Others say they have been ribbed about making minimum wage or asked if they were willing to move to China to find a job. KC Keesee, a recent graduate from Mooresville, N.C., gave up trying to explain it. “My mom still doesn’t understand,” he says.
https://magazine.ncsu.edu/2017/the-bold-new-face-of-textiles/