I also can usually get it to stay up without pins and it doesn't look awkward, when done right. I feel like there is an ever-so-slight orange-ish tint to it, which is nice. I like the color, it's not a traditional pink to me, and not really a salmon, but somewhere in between the two. My Lissie wears them a lot but part of that is also because I tossed out her meet stockings years ago due to icky holes in them. They have a nice embroidery and they're not a plain white or black, which is a nice change. The pompon is cute and I usually can get it on fairly easily. They might be a tad long but that's alright. I lost the pins long ago but I think similar bigger straight pins might work, too. The apron's print is very pretty and the top stays up alright sometimes, without the pins. Certain pinks are clashy but others not as much-or at least no one has given me weird looks/told me I look awful in pink). Also, I don't think it really clashes with Felicity's hair (and yes, redheads can wear pink-I do. Some of the book illustrations show it alone, too (with Nan having a similar purple one). The gown looks lovely by itself, without the apron and pompon. It's not too light, not too bright, and not too dark. The color is a nice medium dusty pink (or what I think of a dusty pink). It was the first extra outfit I had gotten for my Felicity (got it for her birthday in Spring 1998). I got mine in 1998.ĮTA: I was looking back at this and should probably give it a more proper review This has always been one of my favorite historical outfits. I don't know if the newer ones have it but mine has a small blue flower on the pompon along with pink and white flowers. In other words: a husband could only hold title passed on by his wife’s family, only while the wife was alive.Here are the best pics I have of my Lissie wearing this. This expression, dating from the early 1800s probably alluded to Apron String Tenure, a 17th Century law that allowed a husband to control his wife’s and her family’s property during her lifetime. Idiom: “tied to your mother’s apron strings” wholly depended on or controlled by a woman, especially one’s mother or wife. However, snazzy / snappy sayings and beautiful fabrics are still popular today.Īpron etymology: Middle English, alteration of napron, from Middle French, naperon, diminutive of nape cloth, modification of Latin mappa napkin.Īpron: a garment usually of cloth, plastic, or leather usually tied around the waist and used to protect clothing or adorn a costume.Īpron String: the string of an apron – usually used in plural as a symbol of dominance or complete control.
Today’s aprons fit any size of wearer and are not gender specific, but their use continues to be limited to the kitchen and barbecue. In recent years, planned menu and scratch cooking have become recreational activities and relegated to the weekend. The more protective apron allowed women to cover their business clothes as they started dinner.
Women began to work outside the home more, but cooking duties were still largely her responsibility. The bib returned, and fabric became heavy-duty. By the 1970s, aprons were again utilitarian in nature, relegated to waiters and cooks at the barbecue. Ready-made, easy-to-change clothing became cheaper so the need to protect and cover clothes disappeared. This was also a time of washers and dryers, and better detergent. In the 1960s aprons plummeted out of fashion, seen as housewifely accoutrements that symbolized a secondary role for women. Aprons for “Dad” covered his larger size and many had whimsical pictures and sayings printed on the front. Another change emerged in the 1950s – backyard barbecues, which allowed men to handle the cooking duties. Hostess-aprons of sheer organdy trimmed with lace were more ceremonial than functional. Apron kits became popular, but women continued to make their own.
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The TV family of the 1950s included the perfect housewife and mother, proudly wearing an apron as a symbol of her occupation. The 1940’s and 1950s were the heyday of aprons, when commercial and intricately hand-decorated aprons flourished as symbols of family and motherhood. Fashion was more important than practicality.
The bib portion was gone, and the length was shortened to well above the knees. Summoning glamour, they weren’t created for protection. By the 1950s the cocktail apron became a fashion statement. Flour sacks could be edged with stripes, ribbons, or ruffles. By the 1940s, aprons decorated with rick-rack and made of calicos and floral prints became symbols of pride.
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