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In my first semester as a Fashion Design student, I had a textile science class that showed me there was so much more to textiles than surface, that there were structural components. That’s when I changed my major to Textile Development and Marketing—and it changed everything for me.

When I started, I thought that a garment just means something visually. But there are many other things to it, such as the way it drapes on a body. I realized that the structure of the textile, how the fabric behaves, matters as much as how the fabric looks. This isn’t just learning about textiles, it’s an education in product development.

I see everything differently now. I was recently looking at a plastic bottle that’s supposed to crumple more easily, be more biodegradable. I wondered how it was made, how they made it more “green.” I used to think plastic was plastic, but now I find myself deconstructing everything. Even if I don’t have all the technical information, I can analyze and break down claims about a product, like when someone says it’s “new and improved.” On top of everything else, it’s made me a smarter shopper. Who knew?