It started with Moms swimsuit apron.
She was in her sixties, stirring a pot, wearing a bikini. Printed on an apron. The whole family cried laughing.
Every family has one person who makes the kitchen the loudest room in the house. In ours, it was Mom β and her apron with a swimsuit printed on the front.
She'd tie it on and keep cooking like nothing was happening. Grandkids, in-laws, the neighbor dropping off a plate β everyone lost it. Suddenly everybody wanted to help in the kitchen.
That's the whole idea behind buyitanyway. Prints that make families laugh, couples tease each other, and get everyone β kids, parents, aunties, grandmas β into the kitchen.
Good heavyweight aprons, fair prices, and a joke that lasts longer than three washes.
Cook Boldly.
Reasons to buy one. Or six.
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Teta has earned her bikini body.
Eighty years of cooking for everyone. She can wear whatever she wants. Today it's a polka-dot two-piece.
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Your kids will finally come into the kitchen.
Mostly to take photos. But they're in the kitchen. Hand them an onion.
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Food tastes better when you're laughing.
We can't prove it. We also can't prove it doesn't. Ask anyone who ate Mom's cooking.
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Dad will pretend to hate it.
Then wear it every Sunday at the grill for the next eleven years.
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The only couples costume that stops splatter.
Matching his-and-hers swimsuits. Or don't match. Chaos is also romantic.
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A gift that actually gets worn.
Not regifted. Not stuck in a drawer. Worn, photographed, and sent to the family group chat by 7pm.
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Fits every auntie.
Adjustable neck, extra-long ties. Grandma, Uncle Georges, your 6'4" cousin β all covered. Literally.
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Cheaper than a family photographer.
Put it on once. Everyone pulls out their phone. Holiday card: done.
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Somebody needs to be the fun one.
Every family has one. Might as well be you.
Go Make Someone Happy
For your parents, your grandparents, the newlyweds, or the auntie who already owns everything.