Textile and clothing programs of the future, including instruction, extension, and research, will be influenced to some extent by the needs of national and international fashion-related business and industry as well as by the customerlclients whose needs are served by those businesses and industries. By identifying some possible futures of the textile and clothing industries/businesses and their clients, we will be able to project the possible roles of textile and clothing business specialists, both nationally and internationally. It is almost certain that textile and clothing specialists of the future will find their roles increasingly diversified and having international implications.
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