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A pinafore (or '''pinafore dress''' or '''pinny''' in British English ; ''' Jumper Dress ''' or '''jumper''' in American English ) is a sleeveless garment similar to an apron and worn as a dress or an overdress. Pinafores are usually worn by small girls, and are so named because they were formerly pinned (pin) to the front (afore) of a dress. DIFFERENTIATIONS Pinafores are often confused with smocks. Some foreign languages do not differentiate between these different garments. The pinafore is an apron-like or protective garment. The difference is that a pinafore is designed to cover all of a person's clothes; in the case of girls all of the dress except the sleeves. An apron is usually a protective garment for just the bottom or skirt part of the dress and not the bodice. Also the apron in recent years has become seen primarily as a protective kitchen garment for adults. The pinafore differs from a smock in that it does not have sleeves and usually there is no back to the bodice. Smocks have both sleeves and a full bodice, both front and back. There are pinafore smocks, which can be considered types of smocks or pinafores. In modern usage, several types of apron designs are popularly referred to as pinafore aprons. A pinafore is a full apron with two holes for the arms that is tied or buttoned in the back, usually below the neck. Pinafores provide protection above (at least in front) and below waist and aprons are a protective garment worn below the waist. Here the difference is a fine line. Pinafores have complete front shaped over shoulder while aprons usually have no or only small bibs. Of course there are so many different kinds of pinafores and aprons that in some cases it's difficult to distinguish. Here the key would be usage. An adult garment for use in the kitchen would be an apron and a child's garment to wear at school or for play would've a pinafore. Further confusion results from foreign languages, which, unlike English, do not have a distinctive term for the pinafore. In German, for example, there is no precise term for pinafore. Schürze means "apron" and thus "Kinderschuerze" is used to describe a child's apron or pinafore. |
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