Egyptian Cotton

Are you tired of your solid color sheets? Yes, you can find a variety of stripes, cartoon characters and floral prints at your local department store, but those sheets are low thread count and the pattern is printed on them with inks or dyes. After multiple washings, the patterns tend to fade, (usually unevenly) and the sheet soon looks worn and threadbare.

If you’re willing to pay for quality, there are better options available. Instead of die stamping stripes of dye onto sheets, the cotton mills who make luxury linens create stripes by weaving the fabric into alternating bands of satin and sateen weave. Sometimes fabric like this is called damask after the town of Damascus where this method of weaving was invented. The result is delicately striped sheet sets that wear evenly and look elegant for years.