Charlie Pennes, founder of White Bark Workwear (whose own apron I recommend, below), says, “If you ask any chef what they always remember as their first ‘nicer apron,’ it’s probably this.

(Once a college era Deadhead, always a Deadhead.) Aside from the apron’s many Jerry-worthy details, a chef friend assured me that Hedley & Bennett also just “made a nice apron,” which ...