Vintage-inspired aprons should come with a warning label: This garment increases the risk of cooking, baking and other exploits of domestic prowess. Sure, they protect your clothes from sizzling ...

"I cling like a cicada to the latticework of memory," wrote Henri Cole. Although his poem isn't about vintage aprons, for many, it could be. Bib and cocktail, cotton and organza, these everyday items ...

Christy Hagar owns more than 200 aprons, and she’s become something of a local expert on their history and evolution. On Sunday, July 25, she will share her knowledge of the humble apron during ...

That old-fashioned apron is hip again with collectors , Today, an apron is simply a splatter shield. But think back a generation or two to the world of black-and-white TV, when aprons bursting with ...

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Pam Mariutto’s firing from a Minneapolis ad agency gave the mother of three a tailor-made chance to go home and wear an apron. But the right apron didn’t exist, so Mariutto, an avid seamstress, ...

Aprons keep our clothes clean, but they also are complex symbols of motherhood, status, occupation and even oppression. They also represent family, conjuring up images of apple pies and white picket ...

Long relegated to the kitchen or workshops, the apron is now making its way onto the catwalks and into our wardrobes. A new fashion item or a conservative nod? This trend, somewhere between workwear ...