The article argues that true luxury in bed linens is not about numerical marketing but about understanding the nuanced ...

WASHINGTON — Shoppers at post-holiday bedding sales could end up disappointed in their luxurious, high-thread-count sheets. That’s because some companies are inflating thread counts — the number of ...

When you're looking at buying fancy bedding, there's a good chance you'll be confronted with a product listing that mentions what the sheets' thread count is — but what does it actually mean? I think, ...

Suspended threads catch the light, their weaves so fine they seem to hover in midair. Archival records flicker across the walls—faded shipping manifests, royal decrees, letters from traders desperate ...

Along with specifications like material, size, and weave, most cotton bedding comes with a thread count, which is the number of threads in one square inch of fabric. It’s determined by counting the ...

Numbers Are Meaningless: Well, sort of. Quality of cotton, not thread count, is key. According to Amanda Mettler, a textile buyer from Gracious Home, “long staple” cotton fibers like Egyptian cotton ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It takes a cool head, not just a steady hand, to weave the finest yarns. But when the “fabric” is made from ...