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Do you still wear an apron ?

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dorsetpennt Mon 05-Dec-16 18:46:13

When I'm washing up, preparing vegetables, baking, cooking or doing the house work, I wear an apron. However, neither my daughter or daughter in law wear them. I wear them so I don't get marks on my clothes, does that mean I'm messy ? Is the habit going out of fashion now like hair curlers , sponge mops and land line telephones.

Jalima1108 Sat 06-Oct-18 20:08:10

Yes, I do. I am a very messy cook.
I don't wear one for doing housework though, just a pair of tatty jogging bottoms and an old t shirt!

callgirl1 Sat 06-Oct-18 22:44:00

I wear a tabard when washing up, that`s the only time though. I tend to do my cleaning jobs in my nightie and dressing gown, before getting dressed.

farview Sun 07-Oct-18 12:58:10

I wear one when bathing the dog...cleaning the woodburning.... polishing shoes..doing "dirty" jobs..or if am wearing good clothes whilst cooking(not often!)

farview Sun 07-Oct-18 12:58:58

Woodburning stove... stupid phone!!!

Marydoll Sun 07-Oct-18 13:30:09

I have a collection from places I have visited. I'm a very messy cook and I tend to wipe my hands on them.
The local nursery were having an afternoon tea party and my friend, who works there asked if the staff could borrow some.
I haven't been able to throw out the pretty ones, I inherited from my mother, so I lent them.
My friend calls me, "The apron queen". grin

Brunette10 Sun 07-Oct-18 13:35:45

It all depends on what I m cooking. If it's going to be messy well yes I do. If no mess foreseen no I don't. Still like aprons though. never seen DD wearing one though.

Mapleleaf Sun 07-Oct-18 17:39:44

I wear one when baking and cooking, but not when cleaning.

Witzend Sun 07-Oct-18 22:32:12

Never do, never have* - but sometimes wish I did, esp. after splashing bleach-containing bathroom cleaner on to a nice, relatively new linen top!
*except for the cookery apron I had to make at school, at 11 or 12!
Though now I come to think of it, I will beg or borrow one before cooking Christmas dinner - always seem to manage to splash fat/turkey juices on whatever I'm wearing.

womblekelly Mon 08-Oct-18 19:07:39

Ooh have a collection of aprons (neighbour just gave me another one from Portugal) and put one on a soon as I go into kitchen ……

Willow500 Tue 09-Oct-18 17:05:41

I don't although I have a black one with skulls and roses on it which I think I wore at Christmas. I also made a blue and white striped apron at school with my name on the top and also a cap.

My mother always wore a nylon overall in the shop she ran and then in the hotel - she still had them when they retired and always wore them to wash up or bake. I had an aunt who was like Catherine Cookson's Fanny McBride - she always wore a tabard - bless her - she was so lovely.

nigglynellie Tue 09-Oct-18 17:33:27

I used not to when young but I do now, all the time, so it has to be pretty or comic or?!!!!

Grandma70s Tue 09-Oct-18 17:46:18

My mother used to get very cross with Fanny Cradock on television because she never wore an apron!

I do have one, but rarely use it. I don’t do serious cookery.