Wonderland
I've heard people in the industry talk about Dior Rose sheets for years, but I'd never laid eyes on the pattern until we went looking for artwork for this issue's story about the top sheet patterns - or what I've been calling internally "The Best Sheets Evah."
The mighty Google led me to Etsy.com, an online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods. As with eBay, one has only to register and post up to become a seller. And, oh my friends, you have no idea how many people out there have vintage sheets to sell - a fair number still in the original packaging.
How many? Try nearly 2,000. I felt like Alice going down the rabbit hole. As I clicked through the pages I saw much of the industry's modern history laid out in all its glory.
This year we've been clucking about all the polyester that's made its way into sheeting as a counterweight against higher cotton prices. Ha! Try finding one of those classic patterns in an all-cotton.
The original Pac Mac sheet? It's on etsy. Ditto 1988 Mario Brothers and early Dr. Suess.
Want to know what the early iterations of Marimekko and Vera sheets looked like? There they are.
Before there was Target's red-hot Liberty of London program in 2010, there was Wamsutta's Liberty of London mid-1980s program: a 180-count blend of 50% Fortrel Polyester (yes, the synthetic was listed first) and 50% combed cotton. Dior Rose also turned out to be a Wamsutta Fortel/cotton blend. The thread count was so dinky I swear you could slip the daily paper under the sheet and not have any problem reading it.
The U.S. mills were proud of their polyester content back in the day. My absolute favorite: a 1970's-era Pequot no-iron, "luxury muslin," 50/50 poly-cotton print sheet with a "new and improved" style sticker on the package proclaiming "Now 65% polyester."
We've been told we've gotten spoiled by the fruits of globalization. A trip through the etsy vault reveals just how much has changed in little more than a decade. Aside from the poly factor, most of the vintage sheets on the site are muslin or 180-count. Most fit a twin or a double-sized bed. Almost all of them - and I looked at every blasted one - was sold open stock.
The collection also offers a kaleidoscope of design: interpretations of country, floral, mod and, for lack of a better word, groovy.
Designers, if you've got the time, make the trip. It'll feed your head.
Basant commented:
I do apologize for elipyrng in English, don't know Hebrew but could read all the info via Google Translate The problem with the length of the name is not due to the Icelandic naming regulation, it is due to the fact that the computer system that was installed many years ago didn't accept more than 31 characters. This made the government officials ban people to use above 31 characters. The only substitute is using only the first letter as Guy mentioned above.I know this sounds very stupid (it is) but this has been a problem for a long time but will be fixed soon since it is most likely illegal.Being Icelandic I do like the fact that we don't use family names. This gives each individual the option of becoming something by his own but not because he belongs to the Jonsson family or something like that. Family names where used in Iceland by rich immigrants that ruled a lot the business in Iceland before we became indepented. Those names still exist with some individuals but we couldn't care at all. Some form of Icelandic family names also have been used as with Laxness, Eldje1rn etc. but people will always have to use their parents name as well (people can choose between using your fathers or mothers name in your last name. By default fathers name is added to your name but it can be changed. So if my mothers name was Helga then I would be Helguson (the name to Helgu Helga changes according to Icelandic Grammar).a0
Jeszszii commented:
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frankienred commented:
I have brand New with stickers on them Pequot sheets and Irish Linnen cases from the 1930's, do not wqant to give them away, because they were my Moms trusso, before she got married. That was what they use to do beack then. I have quite a few sets, and just do not know what to do with them. Anyone have any thoughts on who should I contact or were I should go with them. I can be reached at frankienred@verizon.net, and live in the DFW area. Thanks to anyone that can point me in the right direction.
Trango commented:
BTW why people from later era thought of switching to all cotton instead of sleeping on PCs despite the care and longevity PC offered ~ probably they needed more comfort while in sleep so as to awake fresh...
Old Martex commented:
Correction- Liberty of London from the 80's was introduced by West Point Pepperell's Martex division. Patterns include Nutmeg, Collingswood, Queensbury, and a best-seller, Isabella.
justintime commented:
yeah ~ but if you're doing an article about sheets and there quality - you should be writing about prices from that era too.
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