The waxed canvas and leather take on the Hedley & Bennet The Essential Apron is just $110 at Nordstrom right now. That’s 34% ...

Overlooked, familiar, homely… These are the words traditionally associated with the apron, a detachable, workaday garment that is enjoying something of a renaissance in popular culture.

It bears repeating: fashion and function. The materials are responsibly sourced and the leather comes from retired dairy cows, treated at a Netherlands’ tannery.

Deborah Reinhardt has fond memories of her mother and grandmother cooking in aprons dusted with flour or other signs of that day’s meal. And then there were the special occasions.