Ilya Parkins
Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Ilya Parkins is Associate Professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of British Columbia. Her research expertise lies in fashion, feminist theory, early twentieth century cultural formations, popular culture, and periodical studies. She is the author of Poiret, Schiaparelli and Dior: Fashion, Femininity and Modernity and the co-editor of several essay collections and special issues on fashion, which draw heavily from periodical archives.