Batsheva-esque ruffles, or whimsically floaty dresses, or the kind of pragmatic garment first worn by shepherds and fishermen, and subsequently taken up by artists.
Of course, any combination of the above will amount to a smock, of sorts. It’s just that the word itself is a little bit like the garment – loose, capacious, and wonderfully accommodating – with several possible meanings.
Spanning historic workwear, retro children’s garb, and a very contemporary kind of silhouette, it’s a term that contains multitudes.
Whichever way you cut it though, it’s currently a phenomenon. Google ‘smock’ and innumerable shopping options come up, spanning everything from plain pragmatism to highly frilled fancies.
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