The World of Textiles Awaits
It's a multibillion-dollar global industry that's integrated into everything we do — and you could drive the field's next big advancements.
Leading the Way in Textiles Education
Textiles are all around us: from the playing field to the runway, shielding first responders from danger or even shoring up a human heart. At the Wilson College of Textiles, we teach you to apply textiles thinking to the grand challenges facing our world.
By the time you leave here, you’ll know there are thousands of ways to use what you’ve learned in a career that you’ll love. And because ours is the only college on this continent solely focused on textiles, our graduates are among the most sought-out anywhere.
Our Programs
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Can we get a little commotion for our first group of Textile Pioneer Scholars?!
The Textile Pioneers Scholarship was founded to support students from rural areas of the state who have a strong interest in the textile industry. Our first group of graduates are ready to make their marks with their degrees in hand.
Read about their experiences at #NCStateWilson and what life after graduation will look like for them at the link in our bio.
Step into a rivet-ing day in the life of a leathersmithing intern!
From raw hides to handcrafted pieces, our FTD ‘26 student Amelia Boys is learning the ropes one stitch at a time!
Don’t forget to tag us @ncstatewilson in your internship pics. We’d love to see what you’re up to this summer!
FTD: 216 ➡️ mini collections inspired by designers throughout history 🧐
Sophomore fashion design students were randomly assigned a designer and decade from the last century. They created mini-collections influenced by these designers’ processes and preferences!
Swipe through to see Norah Philbin’s designs inspired by Stephen Burrows, Ethan Sadler’s pieces influenced by Yves Saint Laurent, Lucy DeWolf’s looks from the perspective of Madeline Vionnet, Hope Scarlet’s looks based off of Jean Paul Gaultier, Lainey Volz influenced by Madame Gres and Helen Remington’s based off of Schiaparelli.
Peek into a day in the life of an Abercrombie & Fitch CAD designer!✨💻
Brianne’s (B.S. FTD-TD ‘22) story is a great example of how an internship can land you that dream job!
Read more about Brianne’s experience interning and working at Abercrombie through the link in our bio.
Using the power of welding to improve natural fibers!
This year, these textile engineering and textile technology students at #NCStateWilson assessed the mechanical performance of 100% long staple cotton yarns that had been treated with the Clarus process, a process that claims to improve the strength and dye-ability of cotton yarns, for their @tettseniordesign capstone project.
If you want to learn about their project findings, click the link in the bio to read more!
We love seeing how brands like @telfarglobal are making the fashion industry more inclusive! Ph.D. candidate Keira Moore tells us about the brand’s impact on the industry.
Happy summer Wilson! Here are the top five fashion trends for summer 2024 ☀️
Which trends are you planning to participate in??
The learning at #NCStateWilson just never stops!
Recent FTM-FDPM grads joined Professor Kate-Annett Hitchcock at a sun-filled conference in Daytona Beach hosted by the Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors.
Emerson Huffman and Phillip Fries chatted with industry leaders, networked with other peers in their field and even had a surprise beachfront yoga session.
Swipe through to see how much fun they had.
Discovering her interest in fashion in high school and being from New Jersey, Lilly Barozzini (FD ‘24) could have chosen to attend FIT or Parsons, but she says #NCStateWilson was always her first choice.
“I toured a lot of schools in New York, and it just felt very much like New York would inspire you, but the space and the people wouldn’t. I’ve always been a person that needs a community,” she says. “And then coming here in high school for the Summer Textile Exploration Program, I fell in love with the studio space and the people that I met.”
Lilly is now excited to get started on her next chapter working at Abercrombie & Fitch! Read more about Lilly and the community she fostered at Wilson at the link in our bio.
