By redesigning a piece of everyday kitchen apparel, Lethabo Moraka has created a symbol of social change for the modern woman, writes Atlehang Ramathesele
08 November 2020 – 00:03
The humble apron has gone through multiple phases over the years. Historically worn by a wide range of people including homemakers, tradespeople, fishmongers and the like, it has been everything from a practical kitchen item to a status symbol.
Closer to home, I sometimes associate it with a loosely tied voorskoot that I watched my aunties and grandmothers don to mass-cater a family event. Images of nimble hands peeling carrots in bulk in a garage or a billowing cloud of scone flour swirling off their pinafores come to mind…
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