Back in the 1960s, no self-respecting parent would dream of trying to do anything in the kitchen without first putting on a cooking apron. Clothes were too expensive to buy - and keep clean - to risk staining them with the residue of culinary exploits. However, by the end of the 1960s, the picture was very different. The cooking apron had begun to symbolise the downtrodden housewife. All of a sudden, being tied to apron strings was no longer cool.
Forward wind to our century. Everyone is watching cooking shows on TV before heading into their refitted kitchens to try out their new-found cooking skills. And TV chefs wear cooking aprons. Once again, the kitchen apron, that enemy of the new woman, is in vogue in a big way. If we want to feel like a "master chef", all we have to do is put an apron on. What we cook when we wear our cooking aprons is another matter entirely, of course (it all looks so much easier on TV, doesn't it).
Today's cooking aprons are now available in a masive variety of colours and styles. And the most popular seem to bear some kind of joke printed on the front (just think which area of the body they cover). Novelty cooking aprons are all the rage. If you're feeling inventive you can use the front of the apron and have a joke of your own printed - at the wearer's expense, of course.
The way we buy cooking aprons has totally changed since the 1960s. Online. They are easier than ever to buy - just run a quick search on the internet. We can do it all from the breakfast counter in our kitchen. And once in that sales funnel, it becomes almost impossible to resist buying more than one - it's just too easy. After all, guests have a habit of turning up when you least expect them. They must also agree to wear your newest cooking apron in the kitche, and get their hands, if not their clothes, dirty.
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