The apron story
Apron is very spread and is almost unchangeable element of the female wardrobe from ancient times and till nowadays. Its history started in Ancient Egypt and in the early period of the Egypt existence men of this country that were working in the government used the primitive clothes similar to aprons. It looked like the fabric fixed on the belt and that was the thin line of the leather.
With the lapse of time it becomes the spread kind of clothes. It was the part of the material the middle part of which was gathered into the pleats. The apron was held by the belt. The front part of the apron had the form of triangle, square or trapezium.
This element of clothing played an important role in the ceremonial clothing of the rulers the evidence of which is the numerous monuments. The apron was also the part of the clothes of other tribes of East. It was very popular in the Western Asia. And it migrated to Europe from here.
It is interesting to know that this kind of clothes was first the male clothes as in Ancient Greece it was worn by men fixed on the waist. Etruscans apron was put above the clothes of men and was the characteristic clothes of soldiers and priests as well as of gladiators.
And only in the 16th century the apron became the part of the female clothing. Two aprons usually made the skirt. It decorated the women of the famous citizens. In Germany the wives of the rich people were also wearing the aprons.