When did we quit using aprons?
Jan. 1st, 2011 06:44 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dee_burrisI put on my apron a while ago to wash dishes and deal with other sloppy stuff. It took me back.
To a time I vividly remember, when both of my grandmothers, and the one great-grandmother who was living, just automatically tied their aprons on when they entered the kitchen.
When did we quit doing that - when wash and wear came out and women were no longer slaves to a day (or more) of ironing for a large family?
I liked their aprons better than mine.
They were softer.
And they had rick-rack.
I want rick-rack.
To a time I vividly remember, when both of my grandmothers, and the one great-grandmother who was living, just automatically tied their aprons on when they entered the kitchen.
When did we quit doing that - when wash and wear came out and women were no longer slaves to a day (or more) of ironing for a large family?
I liked their aprons better than mine.
They were softer.
And they had rick-rack.
I want rick-rack.
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:06 am (UTC)Ahm getting mah rickrack...
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:22 am (UTC)I love that apron. Just promise me you won't wear it over a cardigan with a tissue tucked up your sleeve. 'K?
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:35 am (UTC)