Natalie Nudell
Natalie Nudell is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the History of Art Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, where she teaches about the history of fashion and textiles.
Nudell’s research focus is the twentieth century American fashion industry centered on Fashion Calendar, labor and digital humanities. She is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Fashion Calendar Research Database and is the Producer and Writer of the documentary “Calendar Girl,” (2020). Nudell is the author of In American Fashion: Ruth Finley’s Fashion Calendar published by Bloomsbury Press (2024).
She is an Associate Editor of the Fashion Studies Journal, and a founding member of the Fashion Studies Alliance. Nudell holds a BA Hons in History from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada and an MA in Visual Culture and Costume Studies from New York University. Nudell is a recipient of the 2026 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fashion & Culture.
