I don't wear them, but have thought about picking up something more along the lines of a summer-weight chef's coat for messy prep. Those are a bit too heavy and pricey for me, but very stylish. I got a chuckle that the first three of the product photos for the men's coat are identical, except one includes the style name, the second was black and white, and the next one was in color. I like when there are a lot of photos showing the product and details, but that may be a bit more generous than necessary. lol No real harm though.

If you like the basic white chefs type bib apron you can get a whole package of them at Costco in the section where they have the professional cooks ware and catering. I do like aprons but rarely wear them now. I do have a very nice quality denim one that I love I have had it for many years and I think I got it at a thrift shop so it was well broken in. Very comfortable.

Raven, that's where I've gotten most of my aprons, and my stack of bar towels and flour sack cloths.

Last year, Robert gave me THIS pinafore-apron, a splurge, for Xmas....at my request. He scratched his head over that one...."you want a burlap sack.....to wear"? It's my favorite schmatta, lol.

I love aprons too. Cutesy cotton for kitchen and tough duckcloth for garden. that one gets FILTHY. I love that linen pinafore apron.

Oh I love the rough linen stuff! Their stuff is awesome. I wish I could afford to order lots of stuff from them unfortunately not the case lol. What a nice gift! I used to do a lot of pottery, so clay, water, mud, huge mess working on the wheel etc... I had a heavy duty version of the pinafore that stayed in my locker at the ceramics place. Washing it was an ordeal because it was so covered in mud. I have no idea what happened to it lol. This just brought that to my mind! Flash back!

I love pinnies. One with the big pocket and 2 hand holes for clothes pins/laundry hanging is my favorite. I also have a couple of reversible ones for cooking and cleaning. Addition bonus, they keep me warm when it's chilly.

I've got a heavy cotton bibbed one that a former landlady made for me when she saw me making bread. I also have a couple of those smaller ones that you see at trade shows. I wear them when frying or baking. I'm a messy enough cook I should wear one all the time, as Rhizo does though.

I should look for more at a thrift store.

I just got tired of using my perfectly good clothes as an apron! Food preparation is messy, almost every part of it. I just cut and rinsed a bunch of celery and the front of my apron is wet....but not my top.

Brushing my teeth after breakfast can get my clothes spattered with water, washing up a few pots and pans, cleaning the countertops.....heck, why not keep one on all day, lol!

Rhizo, those heavy aprons look great!

I always get hot in aprons, except for the lightweight cotton apron I got from Patches68 on Etsy. She does old fashioned, useful aprons with a kind of 40's look and thin cotton fabric. Not for the heavy work that Butcher and Baker's are meant for, but nice for cooking, especially when you're wearing good clothes. Way out prints and rickrack and all that. And pockets.

I love the Rough Linen pinafore. I also got it as a Christmas gift!! The price is outrageous, though. If you sew at all, you can easily make your own. I have made several out of medium weight denim. I just measured and cut the basic rectangle. I did have some trouble with the mitered corners, but You Tube helped with that. Rhizo, I do keep mine on most of the day!! Loved the comment about brushing teeth. Toothpaste can stain!

My gardening apron made of duck cloth. Wear it almost daily

Whistle, the only thing I sew is a button on a shirt, lol. I would definitely make them if I could. TELL me about toothpaste and bleaching spots on p.js., towels, and clothes. Grrrrr.

Most coincidentally I read about a local apron company in a magazine last night. Hedley & Bennett make chef's coats, too, and professional aprons, and aprons made out of recycled bottles, linen, denim, etc. Aprons seem to be jumping out at me, including a cute one I found on Etsy when I was looking up the link. :)

I don't really like the thin strap across the neck (as opposed to cross back, or flat collar), or I'd be sorely tempted to splurge...

My cousin just gifted me an apron that has shoulder straps instead of a neck strap. I can not wear anything that pulls against my neck. I love it! The fabric reminds me of burlap, and has a dark red rooster on the bib. I can sew, and have actually purchased a pattern of one similar, but I hate to sew, and have just not done it. I have considered buying a chef's jacket, especially for when I make bread or pie crust. I keep forgetting to stop and get one. I seem to always get grease splatters or something on my clothes when I cook (or eat!). I try to remember to put an apron on before I get started, but don't always remember. I was going to do so tonight when cooking dinner, and my old one wasn't where it usually is. I don't remember it going in the wash, but apparently I did, and it is in the basket of odds and ends that I don't need to worry about folding. I was in a hurry last week to get laundry done and the RV packed. And the one my cousin gifted me is in the RV.

My grandmother wore an apron every day, all day, unless she was going to church, and maybe out visiting or shopping. She didn't drive, so visiting and shopping were treats, except for groceries. Grandpa would drop her at our house and pick up Dad on his way to work a couple times a month. Grandpa and Dad worked together.

Those are special memories, tami.

You need to get some more aprons!

Yes, they are, Rhizo, and yes, I do! One of these days I will get around to making some. My aunt made Grandma's, just thin cotton, edged/hemmed with bias tape, and a pocket for her hankie. I have a pattern, just need to get myself sat down and make some. I even have plenty of fabric.

I never think to wear them or think they're too nice to get dirty LOL I should wear them. Check out Flirty Aprons online. They have some good sales now and then.

Nan always wore an apron, unless she was going in to town. When I think of aprons, I think of her. Not the butcher style but the pinafore style.

Here's a nice read.

History of Aprons

I don't
think our kids know what an apron is.

The
principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because
she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used
less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot
pans from the oven.

It was
wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for
cleanin g out dirty ears.

From the
chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes
half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company
came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the
weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big
old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and
kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the
garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it
carried out the hulls.

In the fall,
the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When
unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that
old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner
was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew
it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a
long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time
apron' that served so many purposes.

Send this to
those who would know, and love, the story about Grandma's aprons. Or it can be
a good history lesson for those that have no idea how the apron played a part
in our lives.

REMEMBER:

Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her
granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many
germs were on that apron.
I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron.............
But Love !!

My new apron just came! Thank-you for the nudge to make me find it and buy it. It's heavy weight vintage sack canvas with the Stark Mills logo. It's distressed and has a few previous life stains (rust or protein), and some rustic, handsewn patches, cotton lace on the pocket, and a thin eyelet ruffle around the bottom. Same shoulder collar design as my favorite thin ones, and SO charming. Like an old, patched bear. I don't usually go for distressed, but this is adorable without looking childish, and the weight is perfect for when a light apron isn't enough.

Jasdip, that was a fun read. I didn't realize that people had forgotten what aprons were for, but then my grandmother never baked a pie in her whole life, though I do, and I don't put it on the window sill or the animals would get at it!

Plllog, do you have a picture of it? I'm so glad that you found one you love.

Rhizo, I don't, really. I found this one in a cache online, but it doesn't show the whole pocket or eyelet ruffle. It's displayed on a white lace T-shirt.

This is my third apron in the same style from Patches68. She also does the overall style apron from the 1940's. Most of hers are in wild prints with rickrack. Very retro. :)

Have your ordered your new garden apron yet?

I don't have much of a garden, and it's not really my job, but I do have a yellow canvas gardening apron and keep my clippers and gloves in the pockets. :) OTOH, I admit to being granny-ish in that I mostly wear house dresses at home. I like little T-shirt dresses for the Summer, and sweater dresses when it's cold. Above the knee so it's not brushing papers off of low tables and getting caught in drawers, no closures, no belts. Obviously not nighties, though not something I'd do errands in, but no qualms opening the door to the plumber or UPS man, or being seen by the neighbors. Basically, full coverage aprons. :) I wear my real aprons with real clothes. :)

Cute, plllog! I looked patches68 up and she's got a good thing going. If my husband saw me in something cute like that, he'd think that he was in the wrong house, lol!

Yep, I ordered the gardening apron; it will probably get here today. Just in time for some fall cleanup. I'm still harvesting lots of different greens everyday, too.