Apron | Beatles memorabilia

What passionate Beatles fan wouldn't want to cook with the lads? Well, this was your chance to enjoy the Fab Four in the kitchen! The white, paper-like, fiber-layered apron allowed the fan to prepare delicious meals to their Beatle-heart desires. 

The apron was offered in one standard size, 16" wide x 30" in length, and was secured with drawstrings around the back and flaunted strategically placed reinforced stitching. The appeal of the apron was, of course, the repeating printed pattern of Beatles pictures set within stars, the names of the boys, music notes and staffs, and facsimile vinyl record discs. Song titles were printed on the front in black, endearing the cook to John, Paul, George, and Ringo by declaring: Hold Me Tight, I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, and Not A Second Time.

Additionally, the apron's drawstring range was up to 48", and the backside was plain white with no design. Almost sheer, you could about see the images on the front of the apron from the back.

The delicate apron was an officially licensed item, with 'NEMS ENT LTD' printed on it. The overall construction of the apron was fragile, so it wasn't worn too many times before something started to loosen, tear, rip, fray, or fall apart.

The licensee for these has yet to be determined. Still, the oval records, written titles underneath them, and headshots are identical to the Durlacher and Sons handkerchiefs and scarves design. Durlacher didn't have rights to aprons in the license listing, but they could have used a liberal interpretation of their assigned items.

There are rumors about a rarer Beatles apron made in pink (possibly blue or brown) mass-produced from the same cloth material later found woven into Beatle's dresses. This apron version measured 21" wide x 20" in length and had 14" drawstrings on each side. This apron design featured printed photographs of all four Beatles with facsimile autographs and song titles Hold Me Tight, All My Loving, and I Want To Hold Your Hand. However, research has yet to confirm this to date.

The item "apron" appears a few times in the NEMS license merchandise listing. On May 19, 1964, NEMS included it in "mats and aprons."  On May 20, 1964, there is a notation for a "cloth apron." Then there is an undated listing that includes "Paper Cloths, place mats, and aprons."

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