Nan Turner worked as a fashion designer in New York, Paris, and San Francisco before returning to Davis, California, in 2010 to obtain a master’s degree in textiles and clothing. She then taught in the Textiles and Clothing Department at UC Davis, including creating a study abroad program: Fashion Marketing in Paris, France. Her book, Clothing Goes to War: Creativity Inspired by Scarcity in World War II, was published in July 2022.