Bed bath and beyond has a rather large range towels. Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 14, 2013, at 6:25 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote: > I used to like Restoration Hardware's towels, but I haven't bought any in a > while so don't know if the quality is still what it was 10 years ago. > > Ann Wass > > > In a message dated 9/14/2013 4:37:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > chim...@ravensgard.org writes: > > Thanks all for the responses about those velvet terms; much appreciated. > > NOW... we need to replace some bath towels. BUT! where do YOU buy decent > bath towels these days? > > JCPenney used to be our go-to for almost all bed & bath linens, but not so > much these days. They appear to be suffering the breakdown in quality that > so many textiles are. (You can't get PermaPrest bed sheets anymore, sigh, > although I still have a few inherited from my mother, and my own student > housekeeping. I suppose that one is OK, apparently the permaprest process > was > an environmental horror that even in the olden days of 30+ years ago > became unsupportable.) > > But bath towels, now! I have remnants of a couple of bath sheets that I > made into a house-robe for Mr. Shoulders, possibly 30 years ago. This 100% > cotton fabric is STILL full-surfaced and soft as satin! It's cut into ca. > 12" > squares and the sides do not ravel or produce "bits" in the wash. JCP is > certainly not carrying this quality of towelling these days, or for the past > decade at least. Most of the older towels we have (from various sources) > seem to last about 3 years before they go so thin that they dry like > sandpaper, OR start to have the seamed selvages rip out, OR start to tear > away at > the flat-weave sections... > > So, please! Where do YOU-all buy or order on-line, what brand(s), of bath > towels that STAY full and soft and in one piece, these days? > > Thanks much! > chimene et al > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
