By Steven Roberts
With reissues of their entire catalog and their own video game, Beatlemania is sweeping the country again. Although the band has been broken up over 40 years, they have still maintained a special place in the hearts and minds of millions, as well as an undeniable spot on the pantheon of musical greats. So what better way to celebrate Paul, John, George and Ringo then to slap them on the front of a T-shirt?
The Japanese clothing brand A Bathing Ape (or simply Bape) is the latest to jump on the craze. They collaborated with Apple Corp. Ltd — the Beatles' multimedia corporation — to release a capsule collection line of clothing featuring the band. The line will feature a number shirts and sweaters as well as a coin pouch and will probably cost a pretty penny.
Apple Corp also released info about it's collaboration with another Japanese clothing line, Rei Kawakubo's COMME des GARCONS. The CDG collaboration features a variety of t-shirts, bags and jackets.
The Beatles X COMMME des GARCONS line is expected to release later this month, while there is no official word on the release of the Bape x The Beatles collaboration. Please Please Me, With the Beatles, Help! and Revolver are in stores now — along with a couple other ones, I think.