Meet Noel Corbin
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Meet Noel Corbin |
Georgia native Noel Corbin began her studies in costume design at the age of 14 in community theater. Having found her gift for bringing stories to life through textiles at a young age, obtained her undergraduate degree in Fashion Design from Georgia Southern University. Noel later moved to New York City, where she began her design career in women’s denim and plus-size fashion, before continuing her education at New York University in the Visual Culture: Costume Studies MA program. Her experience and scholarship landed her the opportunity to work as a contract research assistant for the Black Fashion Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. During this time, she also co-curated and mounted her first fashion exhibition at Weeksville Heritage Center and Museum, in Brooklyn, New York, broadening her knowledge in fashion & costume history. In 2017, she completed her graduate degree and research contract and relocated to Los Angeles to work in film and television. In 2024, Noel enrolled at the University of Georgia to pursue a PhD in Fashion with a focus on history and culture. While at UGA, she has taught Apparel Studio Design and is currently Instructor of Record for History of Dress.
Noel has over 15 years of professional fashion retail, design, and research experience with companies such as Vogue, ABC/ Disney, Netflix, Time Magazine, and the Smithsonian. She specializes in period costume and dress research in Black communities. She is currently the curator of the GAM 2025 award-winning exhibition, Live Lovely for Excellence: The Rosa T. Beard Debutante Club, mounted annually at the Lucy C. Laney Museum of Black History in Augusta, Georgia.