Apron dresses - a dress, a jumper, an apron?

What is an apron dress? I got all excited when I found reference to one in the latest issue of Blueprint magazine. But, I looked at the dress and it wasn't an apron. This one is from Inhabit. Their web page doesn't list this as an apron dress, but it looks like the one in the magazine.

DKNY has an apron dress too. But is is sold out. This looks more like an apron dress.

Now on to the patterns. Simplicity and McCall's have taken a stab at this. Here is Simplicity's take on this dress. This is Simplicity 8869 from 1994.


Simplicity 8869


I happen to like the McCall's 1970s version of an apron dress. This is a freebie pattern that McCall's gave out in 1975. They use it as an apron, a jumper and a summer dress. It reminds me of the $200 + halter apron dress by Inhabit - though theirs doesn't wrap around, and I'm sure the Inhabit a stretch knit. My problem with all of these dress is, what do you do if you have the figure of a woman? How do any of these support you? Only the DKNY takes into account a cup size.


McCall's Sample B

Or maybe we should just keep the two ideas apart. Use the apron to cover us up and a dress to wear.


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