All orders of Yves Delorme (BELOW) or Garnier Thiebaut bedding take approximately 1-4 weeks for delivery to the JacKryn France store. Orders on Bella Notte Fine Linens can take up to 6 weeks for delivery as each order is custom-made for you. Orders are then shipped out from JacKryn France immediately to the customer. An order can come much more quickly, in which case, you will be notified. Equally, if there is any delay expected, you will also be notified. All pillow shams come without the fill.
Bed Linen Care
• Wash bed and other fine linens with a good gentle detergent. Never use bleaches or detergents with optical brighteners for bed linen care—these can discolor and weaken your sheets. Always dissolve your detergent in the washing machine before adding your linens.
• Don't use very hot water, or a hot dryer for that matter. Heat weakens fibers.
• Don't over load your machine, and if you have a gentle cycle use it. When you have completed the wash cycle for bed linens, run the load through an extra rinse cycle as this helps to remove any soap residue (lingering soap residue decreases the softness of your bed linens).
• Don't wash sheets and towels together, this leads to pilling.
• For stains, wet the area then rub Linen Wash right onto the stain. Launder as usual.
• To avoid pulls and snags, don't wear jewelry to bed and keep nails short. This goes double for dogs and cats
UNDERSTANDING THREADCOUNT
Thread-count has become a popular buzz-word over the years, there are other more important elements that that make a sheet luxurious and long-lasting.
"Thread-count" is the number of threads woven into one square inch of fabric. Any cotton fabric with a thread-count lower than 150 per square inch is considered muslin. Good quality sheets start at 180 thread-count;and anything higher than 200 is called percale.
Thread-count is important, but MORE significant is where the cotton is grown; and where and how it has been woven. Egyptian cotton is acknowledged to be the world's finest cotton, just as the French and the Italians are renowned for their long-standing tradition of weaving. Other parts of the world (most noteably in Asia), shread the cotton in order to play the "high thread-count game". Then they weave the sheet. the result is a sheet that is of very poor quality.
The softness of your sheets depends more on the quality and strength of the fiber, which is why a 200 thread-count sheet can feel softer than a 500 thread-count sheet that uses inferior grade cotton or a twisted thread. The lower thread-count sheet using Egyptian cotton and woven in France, for example, will also last longer than a higher thread-count sheet woven from inferior cotton.
Discerning consumers should always look for Egyptian cotton sheets. But be forewarned: labels can be misleading. While numerous brands claim to use Egyptian cotton, their linens may contain as little as one percent. Look for packaging that says 100% or pure Egyptian cotton.
The way in which fabric is woven also has an effect on its feel. Cotton satin sheets, for example, are technically softer than percale sheets. A satin weave has a silky touch and sheen. But that doesn’t mean satin is better than percale. Although high thread-counts have become something of a status symbol, the hand of the fabric – as determined by the finish and the type of weave – is entirely personal.
Debbie Ground, the Senior sales Director at JacKryn France and www.jackryn.com, strongly suggests 200 thread-count percale sheets over the best 1000 thread-count cotton satin sheets money can buy. Why? Because she happens to love the crisp, linen-feel of percale, and not the finer feel of a higher thread-count satin.
Though most consumers think thread-count is the way to choose quality bed linens, the truth is, it is the quality of the cotton and where and how it is woven, that matters most.
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