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These aren't your grandma's aprons

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Baker's Delight, designed by Jessie Steele, $44 at Anthropologie.

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Husband and wife team Erin Campbell and Joe Alvaraz sell their line of 50s-inspired aprons, Lover Dovers, from Los Angeles. Priced at $32 and available at www.etsy.com/shop/loverdoversclothing

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Leading the apron brigade is Manhattan housewife Charlotte York, who wears Anthropologie’s Baker’s Delight model in Sex and the City 2. $44 through www.anthropologie.com.

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Kitchen Kaleidoscope apron, $44 at Anthropologie.

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3-D Toile apron in blue, $44 at Anthropologie.

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Christine Blystone sells her vintage-inspired tulle hostess aprons, priced at $32, at www.flappergirl.org

Chas Bowie

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Husband and wife team Erin Campbell and Joe Alvaraz sell their line of 50s-inspired aprons, Lover Dovers, from Los Angeles. Priced at $32 and available at www.etsy.com/shop/loverdoversclothing

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Owl Invasion apron, $44 at Anthropologie.

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Husband and wife team Erin Campbell and Joe Alvaraz sell their line of 50s-inspired aprons, Lover Dovers, from Los Angeles. Priced at $32 and available at www.etsy.com/shop/loverdoversclothing

Julie Ann Spangler

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Perfect Paisley apron, $44 at Anthropologie.

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Tea-and-Crumpets, $44 is Anthropologie's top-selling apron.

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Christine Blystone's Flapper Girl Oh Deer apron retails for $32 through www.flappergirl.org.

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