A Short History Of The Apron In Popular Culture II

1. Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Still #3, 1977
2. Birgit Jürgenssen Hausfrauen-Küchenschürze, 1975
3. Hussein Chalayan Spring/Summer 1999
4. Mario Testino The Butcher, The Face 1997

Women as domestic robots, androids, warriors. Desexualized objects, tools to maintain a tidy household, a clean surrounding. Yet, the apron is worn as outer shell on undergarments - indicating a naughty and cruel side...
... to be continued?
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A Short History Of The Apron In Popular Culture

1. Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2013
2. Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2004
3. Joseph Beuys Backrest For A Fine-Limbed Person, 1972

While icon of domestic (supression) and household chores of 1950s Germania/Americana, the apron bares both - a sensitive and brutal subtext, once put into male context. The butcher, the craftsman, the sculptor. Put shortly, the misunderstood artist on the threshold from genius to madness.
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Codes Of Construction

Hernández Cornet Spring/Summer 2013

Workwear recreated out of anti-workwear materials. Silk noile dungarees, organza overalls, wrap shorts in cotton twill and a soon-to-be Hernández Cornet signature: the pearl PVC apron dress. Svensk Psycho for 2013.
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Image credits Kristian Löveborg