Cora Harrington

Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 17:27 UTC

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

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:43 UTC

I just hope one day that I get to see it in person.

www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/work/tea-...

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:42 UTC

A fabric with an enormous pattern repeat would have been made specifically for Worth and perhaps woven à la disposition, with the dimensions of the final garment in mind, a popular technique for the House of Worth, and famously seen on the butterfly dress

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:41 UTC

The pattern is reminiscent of Italian Renaissance textiles of the late 15th to mid 16th century, and is a vegetal type inspired by what were called pomegranate, artichoke, or pinecone motifs.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:41 UTC

The dress and fabric were designed by Jean-Phillippe Worth, son of the famous Charles Frederick Worth. This type of fabric is called a cisele velvet, or cut velvet. The silk velvet pile - the plush part - is blue, while the backing fabric - or ground - is green silk satin.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:40 UTC

In addition to a looser silhouette, you can also identify tea gowns by their “all in one” construction rather than a separate skirt and bodice. The high neckline and heavier fabrics identify this as a gown that would been worn late in the day.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:40 UTC

Later Post says, "One would wear a tea-gown in one's own house in receiving a guest to whose house one would wear a dinner dress.” And, as “your tea-gowns, since they are never worn in public, can literally be as bizarre as you please…”

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

Etiquette author Emily Post talks about tea gowns, calling them "a hybrid between a wrapper and a ball dress...made of rather gorgeous materials." And says they're “apt to be more elaborate and gorgeous... than half of the garments that masquerade these days as evening dresses!”

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

While this might look like the kind of evening dress that would be worn to the fanciest of balls, it was actually a type of house dress or robe d’intérieur appropriate for company and receiving visitors. Tea gowns were a favored garment of Gilded Age ladies.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:38 UTC

Countess Greffulhe herself was more or less a typical French socialite. Fabulously wealthy, a great beauty of her day, patron of the arts, etc etc. However, where she truly stood apart was in her dress. Her fashion sense was astonishing, even among her contemporaries.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] May 25, 2024 at 22:37 UTC

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 [ View ] May 03, 2024 at 19:50 UTC

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 [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 21:57 UTC

Zendaya is perfection in US Vogue’s April issue. All I want is good things for her!

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 14:44 UTC

Wow.

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 14:42 UTC

It’s too early for April Fool’s…

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 14:40 UTC

You have to join Vogue Scandinavia’s site to read it

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 14:37 UTC

Truly!

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 14:35 UTC

It’s a merkin, not her own

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 05:24 UTC

Yes!

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 05:22 UTC

Just astonishingly good

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 04:53 UTC

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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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 26, 2024 at 03:30 UTC

I’m trying to spend a bit more time over here! 😊

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