| Old fashioned aprons would probably have to mean | | | | What we are investigating here then is how women |
| something that is not new. Aprons that were worn | | | | would have completed much of the housework back |
| by our ancestors and even in times before that. One | | | | then which is very interesting isn't it? Before these |
| thing is for certain, aprons have always been | | | | times, aprons were still very frilly, look at the type |
| necessary as a means of keeping oneself clean and | | | | that maids would have worn, or even cooks back in |
| tidy during particular duties. | | | | the time where a family would employ a staff to |
| Old fashioned aprons were generally a lot bigger than | | | | look after them. You would never see a butler |
| they are today. They would have fancy ruffles and | | | | wearing an apron or a gardener, so if an apron |
| bows and extras on them that would make them | | | | depicts work, who really did all the work? Interesting... |
| appear more like a dress or full garment than just | | | | So we have discovered that old fashioned aprons |
| something to keep you clean! If you look for | | | | were normally larger and more frilly than they are |
| patterns for aprons for styles even from the 1950's, | | | | today, were generally more fashionable in the 1950's |
| you will find a large, rather flamboyant type of cover | | | | and were mostly worn by women. I wonder if |
| all, probably because back then, housework was | | | | Gordon Ramsay would have worn one a hundred |
| much more readily done than it is today. Modern | | | | years ago... with all those frills around, the mind |
| conveniences like washing machines, and dishwashers | | | | boggles! |
| have cut down considerably the amount of | | | | Old fashioned aprons would be a lot harder to make |
| housework that needs to be done. For this reason, | | | | as well. A pattern for an old fashioned apron would |
| aprons are not quite as popular as they once were. | | | | be rather extensive as all the separate frills would |
| Back in the 1950's when housework took up a large | | | | have to be cut and sewn individually and applied to |
| part of the average housewife's day, of course | | | | the apron as it was constructed. What about ironing |
| fashions would have been prevalent, along with other | | | | an old fashioned apron? It could be made from one |
| styles of clothing that one wears a lot. | | | | of those fabrics that creases easily... and who would |
| These days, one is interested in buying a functional | | | | have to iron them back in the days when there were |
| apron, one that perhaps is waterproof and plain that | | | | maids, who ironed the maids apron? If the maid |
| either male or female would wear. The chef type | | | | ironed her own apron, she would need a spare and |
| apron, probably just white or black or striped. Back in | | | | that would mean two to iron! |
| the days though, old fashioned aprons would have | | | | I am very glad that we live in a world full of modern |
| large ruffled frills over each shoulder for example, | | | | conveniences so that we don't have all this excess |
| have plenty of frills around the pockets, consist of | | | | housework these days, thank goodness for fabrics |
| several other types of frill and probably also be in a | | | | that don't need ironing. No wonder the old fashioned |
| garish flowery pattern, very colorful and very | | | | apron is just that, old fashioned! Hail the new |
| feminine. The only place a man would wear an apron | | | | fashioned apron! |
| like that would be in a pantomime! | | | | |