A pinafore (colloquially pinny in British English British English, or UK English , is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere. The Oxford English Dictionary applies the term to English "as spoken or written in the British Isles; esp[ecially] the forms of English usual in Great Britain...", reserving ") is a sleeveless garment worn as an apron An apron is an outer protective garment that covers primarily the front of the body. It may be worn for hygienic reasons as well as in order to protect clothes from wear and tear. The apron is commonly part of the uniform of several work categories, including waitresses, nurses, and domestic workers. Many homemakers also wear them. It is also worn.
Pinafores may be worn by girls as a decorative garment and by both girls and women as a protective apron Personal protective equipment refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury by blunt impacts, electrical hazards, heat, chemicals, and infection, for job-related occupational safety and health purposes, and in sports, martial arts, combat, etc. Personal armor is combat-. A related term is pinafore dress, which is British English for what in American English American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two thirds of native speakers of English live in the United States is known as a jumper dress A jumper , pinafore dress or pinafore (British English) is a sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse, shirt or sweater, i.e. a sleeveless dress intended to be worn over a top or blouse A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment that was formerly worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women and children. It is typically gathered at the waist so that it hangs loosely ("blouses") over the wearer's body. Today, the word most commonly refers to a woman's shirt but can also refer to a man's shirt if it is a loose-fitting style (. A key difference between a pinafore and a jumper dress is that the pinafore is open in the back. In informal British usage however, a pinafore dress is sometimes referred to as simply a pinafore, which can lead to confusion.
The name reflects that the pinafore was formerly pinned (pin) to the front (afore) of a dress. The pinafore had no buttons, was simply "pinned on the front" which led to the term "pinafore."
Differentiations
Pinafores are often confused with smocks. Some languages do not differentiate between these different garments. The pinafore differs from a smock in that it does not have sleeves and there is no back to the bodice A bodice, historically, is an article of clothing for women, covering the body from the neck to the waist. In modern usage it typically refers to a specific type of upper garment common in Europe during the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Smocks have both sleeves and a full bodice, both front and back.
A pinafore is a full apron An apron is an outer protective garment that covers primarily the front of the body. It may be worn for hygienic reasons as well as in order to protect clothes from wear and tear. The apron is commonly part of the uniform of several work categories, including waitresses, nurses, and domestic workers. Many homemakers also wear them. It is also worn with two holes for the arms that is tied or buttoned in the back, usually just below the neck. Pinafores have complete front shaped over shoulder while aprons usually have no bib, or only a smaller one. A child's garment to wear at school or for play would be a pinafore.
Further confusion results from some foreign languages, which, unlike English, do not have a distinctive term for the pinafore. In German, for example, there is no precise term for pinafore. Schürze means "apron" and thus Kinderschürze is used to describe a child's apron or pinafore.
In modern times, the term "pinny" has taken another meaning in sportswear Sportswear or activewear is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or physical exercise. Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons, namely a double-sided short apron, often made of mesh, used to differentiate teams. This usage is chiefly British, with some usage in Canada The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three.[citation needed]
History
The pinafore was a type of apron that was pinned over the dress and easily removed for washing. Buttons were frequently damaged with lye Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance, commonly sodium hydroxide (Na cleaning products, which was one reason why dresses were not laundered very often.
Pinafores in popular culture
H.M.S. Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, England, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and, a comic opera Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, opera buffa, emerged as an alternative to opera seria. It quickly made its way to France, where it became opéra bouffon, and eventually, in the following century, French operetta, with Jacques Offenbach as its most accomplished practitioner by Gilbert Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, and Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO was an English composer, of Irish and Italian descent, best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert, including such continually popular works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado. Sullivan's artistic output included 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral, uses the word in its title as a comical name for a warship.
Alice, the eponymous heroine of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll . It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgson's friends. The tale, wore a pinafore over her blue dress in John Tenniel He drew many topical cartoons and caricatures for Punch in the late 19th century, including the iconic dropping the pilot, but is best remembered today for his illustrations in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass's illustrations.
A song and album title by the English art rock The concept of "art rock" has also sometimes been used to refer to the "progressive rock" bands which became popular in the 1970s. Allmusic states that "Progressive rock and art rock are two almost interchangeable terms describing a mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." group Stackridge is called Pinafore Days.
Swedish author Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren ( listen to pronunciation (help·info), 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide. She is best known for the Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson-on-the-Roof and the Six Bullerby Children book, known for the Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series. Pippi was named by Lindgren's then nine-year-old daughter, Karin, who requested a get-well story from her mother one day when she was home sick from school series, created a character, Madicken, who is often portrayed as wearing a pinafore.
Granville, the errand boy of the British TV series Open All Hours The series features a small grocer's shop in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The owner, Arkwright , is a middle-aged miser with a stammer and a knack for being able to sell anything . His nephew Granville (David Jason) is the put-upon errand boy, whose attempts at a love-life or even just a meaningful social life fall flat. He, frequently complains about his having to wear a pinny and his being unable to acquire a modern look because of the pinny.
Categories: Aprons | History of clothing (Western fashion) The history of clothing generally covers clothing worn in Western Europe, the Americas, and countries under European or American influence from c. 1750 to World War II
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Q. i have a beautiful black pinafore dress that i bought last year and have worn it about once ( i wore it for a restaurant dinner with heels ) how else could i wear it? thanks
Asked by SomeLady - Mon Oct 13 11:11:19 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Hi there! I love pinafore style dresses, they're very in atm because they fit in with the tailored women's wear look that Burberry, Hermes, D&G did for autumn winter 2008/9. I would wear a black pinafore dress with heels on their own, and a black tuxedo jacket or blazer, because, as i said the tailoring trend is IN IN IN! You could add a flash of color with plum opaque tights, or some colored bangles or hair ribbons. Purples are the most coveted color of the current season and if you can incorporate some plummy hues into your wardrobe then that's one step to fashionista style. Another way to wear your dress is layered over a sheer chiffon blouse, because sheer is the new black :p Wear with ankle boots aswell, because they're the… [cont.]
Answered by x Parisian girl x - Mon Oct 13 13:27:27 2008
