The Probert Encyclopaedia of Costume

APRON

An apron is an article of dress, usually of cloth or leather, worn on the fore part of the body to protect the clothes worn under it from dirt and damage. Typically an apron is tied at the waist and ranges from the delicate, flowery cloth aprons worn by 1950's housewives to keep cooking ingredients from their dress to the heavy-duty leather apron worn by a blacksmith.
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