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The collective collection of aprons / village uniform
We just had the first workshop for the second round of Höfer Goods in my home village, Höfen, in Southern Germany (see http://www.myvillages.org/en/ourvillages.htm#waren) .
We, that's about 25 women from the village, product designer Angelika Seeschaaf and me.
Everybody brought some textile samples and things, and aprons were the most popular one.
Ranging from never worn practical, to worn out everyday to old and elegant. There must be hundreds of aprins in a village with 200 residents!
There was an interesting generation gap when it came to the appreciation of this item of fashion, and the new generation village aprons seem to be T shirts, wide and eays to wash and don't need ironing.
I was thinking of the new Lawson Park uniform and the notion of what is practical for whom.
The most popular apron in Höfen are the "Kittelschürzen" (second and fifth from the left): loose dress like aprons with a front zip and two pockets. Made from cotton and with strong patterns to hide the unevitable stains.
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