Some aprons ask you to stop what you are doing and tie something. The 'Potager' does not — it goes on over your head, the straps are already crossed and sewn at the back, and you are finished.

• NOT ONE STRAP TO TIE No knot at your waist, no bow to come undone against the oven door, nothing to adjust. That sounds like a small thing until the third time in one evening you reach for it with wet hands.

• 100% LINEN, NOTHING BLENDED IN Unblended linen moves air on a warm day, washes without fuss, and comes back softer each time rather than tired.

• A POCKET INSIDE THE POCKET The front pocket is wide — approximately 10.2 x 6.3 in. — and there is a second, smaller pocket hidden inside it. A phone goes in there and stays there when you bend to pull weeds or open a low cupboard.

• GENEROUS, EASY COVER Approximately 41.3 in. across and 29.9 in. long, cut wide enough to fall over what you are already wearing rather than sit on top of it — which is why it works as easily over a dress as over jeans.

• CARE Hand wash or machine wash in cold water. Do not bleach. Do not tumble dry. Hang to dry.

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• The same pull-it-on shape in washed cotton denim: The 'Millhouse' Washed Denim Apron.