"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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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“I feel like every woman who likes cooking has been given a stack of cutesy vintage aprons with frills,” Heather Cahill, the general manager Pizzeria Beddia in Philly, told me recently. “But man, give ...

If you can cook without making a mess, God bless you. But if you’re a mere mortal, cooking comes with drips and messes, splatters and spills. And more often than not, the mess usually finds its way to ...

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