4.5.10

Vince catalogue from the collection
of Old Town, (leather leggings still
available at John Lobb)

butcher, 1870

milkman, 1926

Today's apron, at John Lewis

Extinct: The blue horizontal striped apron.
For centuries the uniform of butchers and
milkmen, the stripes then went vertical and
are now preferred by chefs and waiters.

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