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Cora Harrington

@cora.bsky.social

Aspiring Fashion Historian. MA student in Fashion & Textile Studies. Formerly The Lingerie Addict.

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Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · last yr.

"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."

NPR@npr.org · last yr.

How much extra would you pay to see your dream come true? It's always a big question for wedding-planning couples. Now, there's a new twist courtesy of U.S. trade policy.

Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · last yr.

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.
Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · last yr.

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! ✨

4 members of Jem and the Holograms from left to right: Aja, Jem, Kimber, Shana. Aja and Shana are playing guitar. Kimber is playing keytar, and Jem is singing into microphone. Aja has blue hair and wears a pink shirt and purple miniskirt. Jem has pink hair and wears a pink minidress with fringes belt. Kimber has red hair and wears blue capris, white blazer, and pink blouse underneath with cuffs that peek through end of sleeves. Shana has purple Afro and wears purple dress with silver blazer on top. The background is yellow, orange, purple color gradient. Jem logo is in bottom left corner.
Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · last yr.

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.
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 2y ago

"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...

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 · 2y ago

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.

Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · 2y ago

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. m8 ]w
Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · 2y ago

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
Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · 2y ago

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.

Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · 2y ago

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!

Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · 2y ago

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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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 · 2y ago

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

Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · 2y ago

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?

Cora Harrington@cora.bsky.social · 2y ago

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."