The aprons are available through Cayson Designs at 800-971-2433 for $21.00 each plus shipping. While you're on the site, check out their seersucker chef jackets.

Siki Im low key has some of the best personal style ever, which is probably why I'm contemplating this $483 apron. Seriously. I know we've talked about how cool bulletproof vests are, but murdered ...

Meet Ellen Bennett — the 26-year-old cook-turned-designer and founder of apron company Hedley&Bennett — who is heating up the kitchen style scene, one restaurant at a time.

Along with my Japanese-style apron, I am a lifelong devotee to Japanese “sprinkles,” or furikake (pronounced foo-ree-kah-keh, not “fury cake”), as I wrote a while back.