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Make a statement while making Thanksgiving dinner

Lisa Ryckman, Rocky Mountain News

Published November 16, 2006 at midnight

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You're whipping up Thanksgiving dinner for eight or 18 or 80.

You're wearing that perfect little black dress, and you can't take a chance that it will be any less perfect or any less black by the time your guests arrive. But when it comes to cooking, you're - how shall we put this? - a bit spill-prone.

So take a page out of June Cleaver's book, and tie one on - an apron, that is. In the 1950s, they were a style statement: Homemakers with time to kill created one for every occasion, says EllynAnne Geisel, author of The Apron Book.

"They whipped up theme aprons, holiday aprons, aprons that matched the tablecloth, mother-daughter aprons and daughter-dolly aprons," Geisel says. "And for the first time, husbands donned aprons specific to their new pasttime - manning the backyard barbecue."

Today's selection includes everything from the frilly to the retro to the ultra-practical with plenty of pockets. Aprons can be a gift that says "Feed me!" or a foodie fashion accessory with as many options as there are spices in a cabinet.

Look for ruffles, reversibles, wild prints and sedate stripes; halter styles, holiday themes and contemporary takes on the classics.

And for that perfect little black dress? The perfect little black apron!