What does a ÂŁ3,400 Miu Miu apron say about feminism now? âWe in fashion always talk about glamour or rich people, but we also have to recognise that life is very difficult. And to me the apron contains the real life of women in history.â So said Miuccia Prada at the SS26 show, the air perfumed with the faint smell of bleach. Not everyone was into it. âItâs giving working-class cosplay,â declared Operajunkie on Reddit. But aprons have always exposed anxieties over dress and social hierarchy. And donât forget about the eroticism, as Professor Lucy Delap reminded me for a piece in this weekendâs
@fthtsi . âIt didnât only have connotations of class inequality and hard work, but also of the curious way in which dirt and sex could intersect.â I could have written reams on this topic! Thank you to the chefs who gave their thoughts
@lailacooks @stolzes @rosechalalai and the custodians of
@theapronmuseum of Iuka, Mississippi whose collection spans more than 5,000 aprons dating from the 1860s. I want to visit! Read more in this weekendâs issue and at the link in bio đł