The apron may have had its heyday in the 1950s, but the housewife coverup has resurfaced as more than a mark of Grandma’s pride. From the sheer and ruffled to the yellow polka-dotted, this dish-drying ...

There’s a growing number of apron collectors who scour eBay and antique shops for pretty, frilly pinafores. But apron expert EllynAnne Geisel says there still isn’t much interest in what she calls ...

"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 ...

"The use of aprons has been important to humans since time immemorial," says Serena Barnett, director of the Rogers Historical Museum. "Aprons have served both function and fashion through the ...

“Aprons: Plain and Fancy" is an exhibit at the Ontario County Historical Society in Canandaigua. CANANDAIGUA, NY — Lucille Ball of “I Love Lucy” wore one and so did the Beaver’s mother, June Cleaver.

For centuries people have worked in aprons, courted in them, married in them and even been buried in them. But it seems the most likely use for aprons in this country today is to stuff kitchen drawers ...

When most people hear about vintage things, they conjure up someone’s broken-down clutter or maybe a quaint item of dress. But others, like writer EllynAnne Geisel, find in worn wood, rusty hinges and ...

redit a renewed interest in the domestic arts or how good Mad Men’s Betty Draper looks wearing them, but aprons are popular again — and this time around, they are making a fashion statement You can ...

It's hard to imagine what connects a Polish immigrant who starts a Southampton farm stand to a worker in a big-box home improvement store, or a mother pranked by her children on a road trip to Niagara ...