Morrow Finally Made Percale Sheets — and Our Bedding Writer Loves Them
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Morrow makes some of ourfavorite bedding, so when it announced that it was releasing its first-ever percale sheets, I had to try them. The Los Angeles–based brand first came on our radar for itstonal linen beddingin subdued colors like fawn, sage, and yolk. Then Strategist deputy editor Simone Kitchens and I tried its matte-sateen sheets, which quickly became the only sheets we wanted to sleep in for how incredibly soft they were — despite the two of us preferringpercale over sateen. Percale is crisper, while the latter is silkier and therefore heavier, but Morrow managed to figure out a way to get the shine out of sateen and make it feel breathable and lived-in.
Percale was notably missing from its lineup but was in development for close to three years. “We had trouble finding the right organic-percale material that was perfect and unique for Morrow,” founders Stephanie Cleary and Michelle Toney told me. “We wanted to make sure it was the correct fabrication and had the right amount of softness, weight, and breathability.” After working with several fabric mills in Portugal, they settled on a 200-thread-count organic cotton that felt right to them. Higherthread countsare often associated with softer sheets, but Morrow found cotton on the upper end of the spectrum to feel too heavy and thick. (In the end, it’s thequality of the yarnthat really matters.)
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The Morrow percale is prewashed and has that lived-in feel right out of the box. Compared to the other “washed” cotton sheets I’ve tested, I would rank them second in terms of their weight and breathability, afterCoyuchi’s “crinkled” percale(which is extremely light and airy and now Kitchens’s top choice). After that would beBrooklinen’s washed percale, which feels a bit crisper and thicker, like an Oxford shirt. Putting it side by side Morrow’s matte-sateen bedding, you can clearly see and feel the difference between its percale and sateen weaves. The sateen has that silky look and feel (toned down significantly since it’s been prewashed) and denser weave, while the percale is definitely crunchier. My matte-sateen set has only gotten softer over time, but I’m excited for my new percale set to get there (in its own way). It’ll be perfect for the summer.
What Morrow excels at besides its thoughtful fabrication process is how it does color. The organic-percale line is available in oat, white, maíz, and pale olive. I requested the sheet set in maíz, a pale mustardy yellow, and an extra set of pillowcases in pale olive, a really lovely light army-ish green. I love how the two look layered together. It all reads extremely laid-back and, as cliché as it may sound, very California cool.
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