Towel

A product of ‘weaver’s folly’, the big and bright Folly towel is a must-have for summer.

A pure cotton, compact and colourful flat weave towel woven at the Mungo Mill. Quick drying, and lightweight, it’s the perfect roll-up-and-go adventure companion.
A pure cotton, compact and colourful flat weave towel woven at the Mungo Mill. Quick drying, and lightweight, it’s the perfect roll-up-and-go adventure companion.

Mainstays Performance Anti-Microbial Textured Bath Towel, 54" x 30", Cool Water

NARRATOR: A towel has a lot to live up to. Of course it has to be soft and fluffy, but it also has to be robust and highly absorbent. On top of that, it must not disintegrate or lose color in the wash. The stuff that towels are made of is this: towelling, a fabric with soft loops that allow it to absorb large amounts of moisture. It all begins with individual threads of cotton yarn. Up to 43 miles of yarn are wound onto a single spool. There are spools of thick and thin yarn, of all different colors. If a towel is destined to be multicoloured, from the very start different dyed yarns are used. If the towel is to have a single hue, however, we start out with undyed yarn, as seen here. But the first step is the same. In the warp preparation phase, the yarn, whether dyed or not, is stretched out tightly on a comb-like piece of equipment called a reed. There are now 600 lengths of yarn stretched over these reels. But even that isn't enough yet. In the next step over 2,000 lengths of thick and thin yarn are blended together, and then waxed. That makes them more robust and tear-resistant.

Our Egyptian towel range is produced with 100% Egyptian extra-long cotton pile, giving the towels an extra soft finish and high absorbency levels. Their 600gsm thickness makes these towels ...

The favorite choice for plush, durable towels, organic Turkish cotton is densely woven to create our luxuriously soft and absorbent towels. With a wide range of colors to choose from, you can create a serene, spa-like experience or use pops of color to brighten up the bath.

Argos Home 4 Piece Towel Bale - Sky Blue741/9577

The Paros Rib Bath Towl Set in Shell features an elegant rib texture, hand knotted fringes and is woven with Sustainably Sourced Cotton.

Christy Brixton Towels Emerald

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Made from American-grown cotton, this Lands’ End towel is a favorite of creative director Mark Warren’s. He says the bath-sheet size is “super-plush and huge and stands up to hundreds of washings.” And those aren’t light-use washes: “I have a kid and am a pretty dirty person, and these have withstood a few years of what is probably excessive wear and tear, including cleaning emergency potty-training accidents.”