My young granddaughter loves to bake and recently I bought her some cooking accessories including a cute little pink apron with her name emblazoned across the chest. It brought back memories of my ...

Aprons are potent symbols of women and domesticity. As utilitarian garments, they are worn and connected to a variety of professional and occupational settings: chefs, butchers, blacksmiths, waiters ...

HINER — When Virginia Helweg began seriously collecting old aprons a few decades ago, she simply found it fun. “I just always liked them,” she says. Helweg didn't realize she was preserving history, ...

I started collecting aprons because I thought they would somehow string me along into the kitchen and inspire me to finally bust out the pots and pans I received as wedding gifts. Unfortunately, that ...

VEEDERSBURG, Ind. — Aprons are dear to Esther Duncan’s heart. The youngest of 13 children and still called "the baby," her Farm Woman’s Apron Project is a way of bringing her closer to her late mother ...

Throughout the history of our country, there have been countless women whose lives and accomplishments helped shape both the culture of America and the character of our people. But you’re not likely ...

Apron Strings: Ties to the Past, a new art exhibit in Irving, explores the changing roles of women and attitudes about domestic work from the early 1900s to present. Irving Archives and Museum A new ...

Women are tying one on again. After cutting the strings to what had become a symbol of domesticity, they’re rediscovering the apron. At a recent party in San Francisco, the hostess donned a frilly ...