Journal
Notes on materials
Short, practical guides to telling good from merely expensive.
How to spot quality linen
Weight, fiber, and finish. What separates linen that lasts a lifetime from linen that lasts a season.
Cashmere: what grade actually means
Grade A, two-ply, Mongolian. A plain guide to the words on the label and the ones that matter.
Silk, by the momme
Mulberry, charmeuse, sandwashed, 22 momme. What the numbers on a silk label are telling you.