pinafore

On one trip, then 6-year-old Bridget won a Laura look-alike contest in a handmade pinafore and bonnet sewn by her grandmother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Simone Collins is sitting in her 18th century cottage in Pennsylvania, dressed in a black pilgrim pinafore with a wide collar, bouncing one of her four children on her lap.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

“I love the scale of the check. I thought it harked back to the original pinafore she wore in the first ‘Beetlejuice,’” says Atwood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

It looked like old lady clothes, but also the pinafore type of things.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2022

Taking the edge of her pinafore she softly wiped away his tears.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

We met her surrounded by piles of jumpers, pinafores and donated warm coats.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2022

Though it was her subtle way with black leather — coats, pinafores, pleated skirts — and the ruffled celadon silks that lingered.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2022

Gingham and prints of island life added girlish charm to the relaxed shapes, which included pieces like pinafores, low-slung shorts and men's style shirts.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2012

Even out on the street, teetering through stone courtyards on their way to shows, editors wore dresses that were little more than pinafores, and shirts that were basically bibs.

From Washington Post

She always wore pretty, dainty clothes—dresses with fluffy matching pinafores.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry