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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Should add that I feel similarly about the far more reasonably priced Liberty x Adidas collab

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

gorgeous gorgeous girls want overpriced morris & co. trainers

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

In case you’re on the fence about checking out my new article on the Evelyn family and their paradoxical attitudes towards contemporary dress, check out the abstract below! Or maybe I can tempt you with some of the wonderful fashion prints showing some of the wacky styles of the period

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Had an amazing first day at #SHSConf2025 - Was so caught up in the excitement these were the only pictures I managed to take (whoops), but can confirm the Black Country Living History Museum makes the best conference venue EVER!

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Frances Teresa Stuart, who would become the Dutchess of Richmond and Lennox has been a central figure in my research since my undergraduate dissertation - Painted by Peter Lely as Diana in the Windsor Beauties at age 14, she was regarded as one of the foremost beauties at Court.

Peter Lely portrait of Frances Stuart as Diana from the Windsor Beauties collection

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

The image for Brittania here comes from a 1667 medal commissioned to celebrate the Peace of Breda, (temporarily) ending war between the English and the Dutch. The medal was made by Jan Rottiers, and Pepys recorded seeing the medal at his goldsmiths on 25 February 1667.

The 1667 Peace of Breda medal. One side shows Charles II in a laurel wreath, and the other shows The image of Brittania

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Better pictures to come, but have received the coolest early Birth-mukkah (December baby things) gift to date from my parents! This 1673 Copper Farthing features Charles II on the front, and an image of Brittania on the back. Keep reading if you want to know why this makes me so happy

a blurry picture of a copper coin showing Charles II

The back of the coin, dated to 1673 and showing an image of Brittania

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

masquerading as a medievalist today

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A stunning new addition to my historical gallery wall courtesy of the ever lovely @kerrylouisehistory.bsky.social ❤️

A print that depicts a series of men’s and women’s fashions from 17th century France. It has a number of figures posed in contemporary styles

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Since we get to recycle our old content… I’d once again like to draw everyone’s attention to the man, the myth, the legend, Samuel P(eeps) 🐥

An edited picture depicting the diarist Samuel Pepys as a Peep, the marshmallow snack.

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Oh my goodness- this was not a notification I expected! Hi, @gregjenner.bsky.social !!!

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

1000 #skystorians in just a few days?!?! I honestly can’t believe it! Would love to continue connecting with any researchers, especially those interested in the early modern, visual and material culture, and dress history

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

If you had told me a year ago I would have tables and pie charts in my PhD I would have laughed in your face, yet here we are…

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... Working on my chapter on the Fashionable Life Cycle leads me to some wonderful visual sources - This painting by Pieter de Hooch, c. 1668-72, shows a woman helping her child learn to walk using leading strings. I love the extra head padding!

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Since I’m meeting lots of new people today, I figured I would briefly reintroduce myself! My name is Marlo and I’m a third year PhD candidate in History at Christ’s College, Cambridge researching elite femininity and the formation of fashionable society in late seventeenth century England

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

I had such a wonderful time at the Making Historical Dress Conference - Getting the change to connect in person with so many incredible dress historians and makers was incredible! @sarahabendall.bsky.social and @serenadyer.bsky.social did an absolutely incredible job assembling this network!!!

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

I ended up on the front page of BBC news yesterday!?! What a truly surreal experience!

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

I call Samuel Pepys Mr Parmesan Cheese the way other people call Pitbull Mr Worldwide… I feel like he’d approve

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

I’m are thrilled to release the CFP for fhe fourth annual Northern Early Modern Network conference, which will take place in Edinburgh on 11-12th June. Please read below for more information - Abstracts are due 15 March 2024 💙

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

wrapping up 2023 with, you guessed it - More data entry 🤩

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Does anyone have a spare £330 lying around so I can give this Steiff the true Paddington bear treatment?

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Still unbelievably excited that the School of Historical Dress purchased the pair of seventeenth century stays that recently went up for auction - I can’t wait for dress historians (including myself, hopefully) to get the chance to study this amazing garment in person!

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Oh how I love a threatening early modern letter

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Passing along this exciting series of events from the Northern Early Modern Network - Our next Teaching Forum is this Friday on the theme ‘Teaching with Technology’ Sign up using the Eventbrite link 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nemn-teach... #history #historyteaching

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Men think about the Roman Empire, I think about this

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