Marie Ulväng is Senior Lecturer in Fashion Studies, Stockholm University. She has experience working with collections and exhibitions at museums and has practical training in sewing and pattern design, from Stockholms Tillskärarakademi, among others. She holds a PhD in Economic History from Uppsala University (2013). Her dissertation addresses the clothing of farmers in northern Sweden during the 19th century. Before her current position, she was part of the project Gender and Work at the Department of History, Uppsala University.