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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The ebook edition is currently $5.99 on iBooks and Kindle 📚💐

Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

"Unlike other industries, these dresses cannot be made in the United States," the National Bridal Retailers Association wrote earlier this year in a lobbying letter, "as there is zero labor pool of skilled craftsmen that can hand-bead gowns with as many as 200,000 sequins, beads, and crystals."

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The ebook edition is currently $5.99 on iBooks and Kindle 📚💐

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

There are still a few more days left in Pride, so I just want to take a moment to let everyone know that my book about lingerie, In Intimate Detail, is gender-neutral and contains intimate apparel advice for trans folks, disabled folks, and other communities. Available wherever books are sold! 🌈

Cover of In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie by Cora Harrington. Book cover has pastel pink background with black lace lingerie set front and center. Text is black. Book is surrounded by baby’s breath flowers on neutral background.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Last semester, I had the opportunity to take a class on costume design in fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural film and television. And for my final project, I chose to analyze the costumes in Jem and The Holograms! ✨

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

My first academic article is live!! Published with Fashion Studies, “What is a ‘Worth’ Worth? Developing a Methodology of Historical to Modern Day Price Conversions for Dress” asks how we can better explain clothing prices in the past to people in the present. The approach explored is wage data.

Historical price conversions are a core area of concern and interest in costume studies. For fashion historians, curators, or reenactors, the question is: how does one explain the equivalent price of something worn in the past to someone in the present? I suggest a more quantitative understanding of historical prices will help researchers, professors, writers, and others better interpret the garments they examine, both within the field of costume studies as well as other disciplines such as literature, art studies, and sociology. The ambition of this paper is to showcase an alternative tool for fashion researchers to translate and explain historical fashion prices to a contemporary audience beyond simple Consumer Price Index tracking. The instrument this paper proposes is called Measuring Worth, which offers the possibility of wage tracking over time as another way to interpret historical prices.

Image 1: Purple silk velvet and satin court gown made by Charles Frederick Worth for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.

Image 2: Black and white photographic portrait in front of painted backdrop of Frances (Bull) Fairchild (1845-1924), wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild, wearing a court gown designed by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris, France. Worn at the Spanish court of King Alfonso XII and Queen Teresa, Madrid, Spain, 1880.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Tonight’s opening reception dress! ✨✨✨

Cora stands to the side of a lettering that reads in cursive script “All That Glitters.” She wears a black sequined, just below the knee dress, with large gold bugle bead bow. The dress has sleeves to the elbows. Her hair is down and she’s wearing large crystal earrings.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/02/2025

"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...

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Thanks to Our New Efficiency Czar, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Is Saving More Money Than Ever

“Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration…. Sources told CNN the ...

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I can’t believe a museum exhibition I wrote for is opening in a couple of weeks! ✨✨✨ www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhib...

Rectangular image featuring large size text “All That Glitters…” in elegant cursive script with February 26-March 25, 2025 in smaller type beneath it. To left of text is image of dressed mannequin wearing white cheongsam with large gold sequin flowers and curves.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

One thing about Kerry Taylor, she’s going to set a record. This French embroidered linen 'Merveilleuse' gown c. 1796-1800 just sold for £297,600. #fashionhistory www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/lot/...

White linen embroidered gown, sleeveless with low narrow empire bodice with drawstring, narrow inner panels, inner lacing to centre front, gathered back and long train, embroidered in chain stitch with floral sprigs overall, bust 72cm, 28in; together with a fine Dakha stole/veil of the finest plain Indian muslin; and a plain scarlet pashmina long shawl (3)

No other dress in this collection better encapsulates the erotic nakedness that became popular in France in the late 1790s following the French Revolution.

After the French Revolution, the Merveilleuses, female members of the fashionable upper class, popularized these 'chemise' style gowns. By the late 1790s, a craze for sheer, low-cut, and high-waisted white gowns had swept through Paris.

Similar diaphanous, high-bodiced sleeveless dresses can be seen in various contemporary portraits and works of art, such as Jacques-Louis David's 1799 portrait of Henriette de Verniac, and Louis-Léopold Boilly's 1797 print 'Point de Convention'.

Dresses of this highly revealing nature were popular for the brief 'Directory' period in French history between the French Revolution, the Consulate and the eventual rise of Napoleon. This style and the women who dressed themselves in sheer 'naked' dresses were mocked, which can be seen in countless satirical prints from the period.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Completely enamored with this late 19th century court dress fusing Japanese textiles with European silhouettes. virtualcourtdress.glassey.co.nz

Photo is of late 19th century European court dress featuring red bodice embroidered with purple, gold, and white flowers, white underskirt embroidered with purple, white and gold flowers, and red velvet train embroidered with purple, white, and gold flowers.

The velvet fabric of the bodice and train and the satin fabric of the skirt are probably domestically produced, while the chrysanthemum pattern is Japanese embroidery. This taireifuku was donated to the Costume Museum by the grandson of Emperor Meiji.

About Taireifuku

Taireifuku is the most formal of the court costumes, and was mainly worn for New Year's greetings. Shōken Kōtaigō, Empress at that time, first wore a Western-style formal dress on the New Year’s greetings of January 1st, 1887. The Empress's formal attire was originally ordered from Berlin and Paris, but from the perspective of promoting Japan’s local industry, the Empress was encouraged to use domestically produced materials.The fabric was woven in Kyoto, while the sewing was done at the court following specific court rules.The design was adjusted for the Empress by a high court lady who could understand foreign languages, based on a design book ordered from overseas.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Quick reminder that clothes will be affected by these tariffs too. America does not produce anything related to the garment industry at a scale sufficient to clothe all Americans. That will not change because it’s easier to raise prices than resurrect an entire industry.

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This. Is. Amazing. Finally, an ebook alternative for Amazon, but for independent bookstores. This is amazing for readers who want to be more intentional about where you're spending your money. 📖 #BookSky

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Bookshop.org launches new e-book platform that exclusively supports local bookstores

Indie bookstores miss out on millions of e-book sales to big companies like Amazon. Bookshop.org's new platform could help them turn a new page.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Black History Fashion Fact on the first day of Black History Month: Thomas Jennings was the first African American to win a patent, which he received in 1821 for the invention of “dry scouring” otherwise known as dry cleaning. Newspaper photo from March 13, 1821 New York Gazette.

Photograph of American inventor and abolitionist Thomas L Jennings, taken first half of 19th century. Jennings is a thin Black man in an informal 3 piece suit.

LETTERS PATENT
Being granted under the GREAT SEAL
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNTIL THOMAS LJ ENDINGS, TAl-lor, 61 Masau Street, New-York, for his Invention of Dry Scouring Clothes, ond Woollen Fabrics in general, so that they keep their original shape, and have the polish and apppearance of new, inform the public that he is ready to execute all Orders enrusted to him in the above line,
on reasonable terms, He
also Alters and Repairs Gentlemen's Clothes in the neatest manner, being regularly brought up to the T'ailor's business, aud practing in this city the last 11 years.
He aiso removes
slains from Cloth.
N.B. Directions will be given how Clothes may be kept in the condition they are delivered.
Gentlemen's Clothes purchased-Mi-
litary Clothes and Accoutrernents soll on
Commission, on moderate terms.
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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The sewing needle is one of the single greatest inventions in human history.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

One of my favorite things about FIT is how you can just open a random box in the lab and there’s an 18th century robe a la francaise chilling for research and practice purposes

Photo of a silk robe a la francaise. Dress is flat, but not fully extended. Features spangled embroidery and floral embroidery throughout and ruffled, elbows length sleeves

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Shared what I thought was a funny story from school and people started taking it VERY SERIOUSLY, so had to delete that. The vibes were getting a little too close to Twitter, and I refuse to bring the spirit of overexplaining over here.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Really exciting semester ahead for my last term of full time coursework. Taking classes on contemporary fashion (basically fashion journalism), costume in fantasy & sci-fi, independent study (topic is secret for now), and also working on the MFIT exhibition “All That Glitters,” debuting in February!

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Picking up my two beautiful children from daycare (costume mounting lab)

Photo is of two miniature “female form” mannequins, one covered in white knit cloth and the other covered in black knit cloth, side by side

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch. This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service. Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky

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Stream PBS and PBS KIDS Free on Prime Video

PBS and Amazon announced that more than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS Channel will launch ad-free as a Prime Video FAST offering. This marks the…

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

If you want to click about and get a sense of what the old internet was like in the days of GeoCities, you'll enjoy this a lot: www.oocities.org/index.html#g...

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Geocities Archive Geocities Mirror / The 90s Archive (1990s 2000s nineties) / The Early web

oocities - geocities archive geocities mirror

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Regret to inform myself that I’ve added yet another out of print book to my wishlist

Cover of Costumes and Textiles of Royal India by Ritu Kumar. There is a photograph of small child in decorated attire and jewels to the right, and a wide border of printed fabric to the left. Color is black and white tones,.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Been living in my Kilo Brava moth onesie lately. Keeps me warm and covered, but thin enough I don’t overheat. Love when a purchase turns out so well.

Photo is of model with dark straight hair posed in front of navy painted wall. Model wears a long sleeve and long leg onesie with an all-over, multicolor print of large moths.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I think about this mermaid editorial for W Magazine by Tim Walker featuring Kristen McMenamy at least once a week. www.wmagazine.com/gallery/tim-...

Lanky blonde woman with damp, long hair sitting in bath tub wearing dark gray sequined dress and dark gray mermaid tail. The ends of her tail fin are on the red brick floor and a bar of soap is near them.

Tall blonde woman on dilapidated bed with wet hair wearing spangled dress and body chains. She has a dark gray/blue mermaid tail. There is an old-fashioned diver’s helmet next to her.

Blonde mermaid in tank full of dull green water in front of mansion. Her arms are outstretched and her mouth is open. She wears a long sleeved black dress billowing around a silver tail.

A long blonde mermaid sitting in a tree like a throne. Her hair and white dress are damp. The ends of her dark blue-gray tail almost touch the ground. The tree has flowers at the base.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My body is trying to get sick, so once I’m done with this assignment, I’m settling in with a comfort watch. What should it be? - Bridgerton, Season 2 - Twilight Series - Pride & Prejudice (BBC) - Batman & Robin

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

It’s funny…I almost feel paralyzed with choice here. I get the chance to restart on a fresh platform that isn’t centered around being at the top of an algorithm and reliant on social dysfunction? I can just…write stuff and not brace for the worst faith interpretations? What do I do?

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Some of you may know that I’m in graduate school at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s MA Program in Fashion & Textile Studies. Well…every year, 2nd year students put on a real exhibition in the museum, and the theme for ours was just announced! All That Glitters… coming February 2025! ✨✨✨

Screenshot from fitnyc.edu

Top of screenshot is detail image of Paco Rabanne wedding dress made of plastic tiles joined together with metal rings. Tiles are glitter, pearlescent, and opaque white.

Text: FIT's School of Graduate Studies, in collaboration with The Museum at FIT, presents All That Glitters..., a new exhibition conceived and organized by graduate students in FIT's MA Fashion and Textiles Studies program. All that glitters is not always gold -it can be any medium that catches the light, shines, and reflects. The post-World War II era saw a blossoming of new textiles and technologies that changed the relationship between fashion materials and light. All That Glitters... explores surfaces that shine, focusing on themes of material production, social and financial values, and conservation.
It examines not only the bright side of these materials, but also their darker side-including their environmental impact and their use in protests, such as "glitter bombing."

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

She sells seashells. Order heading out today.

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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

A quick peek at behind the scenes dress storage at Manchester Art Gallery’s costume collection in Platt Hall, Manchester

C17 and C18 silk dresses hung up for storage

C17 and C18 cotton dresses hung up for storage

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

When it’s finally cold enough to pull out the extra fuzzy socks 🧦 >>>>>>>>

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Doing research for school and this excerpt from a 2002 interview with Paco Rabanne is incredible. Absolute mad lad stuff. #fashion www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/m...

R.A.: So you remember your past lives?
P.R.: Three thousand years ago, I was the oldest Egyptian priest during the time of Amenophist III and IV. I taught religion to Amenophist IV, who later changed his name to Akenaton. When Akenaton was killed by the priests of Thebes, I killed his half-brother, the young prince
Tutankhamen. When I was in architecture school there were all these Egyptologists.
The most famous is Clement Robuchon.
When I told this story to the architects and specialists, everyone laughed. They explained that Tutankhamen wasn't murdered but rather he had died of natural causes. I replied that no, I had in fact killed him by breaking his neck. The only one who believed me was Clement. Fifteen years ago American Egyptologists exhumed the mummy of Tutankhamen, and they discovered that he had a broken neck.
L.E.: No way!
P.R.: The Egyptologists asked in disbelief,
"How did you know?" and I replied, "Easy, I'm the one who killed him."

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Today is a good day to share one of my favorite fashion terms: à la disposition. A la disposition means the fabric was woven, printed, or embellished to be cut in a specific way for a specific garment.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 28/05/2024

Desperate to know how much these pearl hand embroidered laces from Sophie Hallette are 😩

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

I got my grades back, which means I can officially say goodbye to the semester, and I've gotten a lot of new followers lately, so it seems like a great day to talk about one of my most favorite historical garments of all time: Countess Greffulhe’s tea gown.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

Met Gala Monday is coming up and the dress code is “Garden of Time” while the theme for the exhibit is “Sleeping Beauties.” Were I going, I think my dream dress would be this piece from Guo Pei Haute Couture A/W 2018.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

Björk’s new editorial for Vogue Scandinavia (April/May 2024 issue) is simply incredible. Photographed by Vidar Logi. Styled by Edda Gudmundsdottir.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 01/02/2024

I think a lot about how Cora Harrington said that so much consumption is just based on the rest of us cosplaying as rich, and when you accept that nothing you buy will ever give you "quiet luxury" vibes or whatever it is freeing to buy what you like and to buy less.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

Take a look at this thread! 🧵

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

I’m watching the Amazing Spider-Man 2 for the first time on Netflix and the best thing about this movie is it sets up Jamie Foxx for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Otherwise, it’s a bit like watching asphalt dry.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

This lipstick print dress from Beth Ditto has stayed in my mind rent-free for *years*

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Genuinely can’t get over this hand-embellished French lace bra set Karolina Laskowska made for Jane’s Vanity Fair

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

If I still covered lingerie, I’d for sure be talking about these Mirror Palais pieces on my site. Love the vintage inspiration. www.mirrorpalais.com/collections/...

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

What do you think of the robe de style making a comeback? It’s been consistently appearing on runways since at least 2022, and today’s Simone Rocha for Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture SS24 show featured several. This dropped waist with panniers silhouette was very popular in the 1920s. Thoughts?

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