The bedding industry is really an interesting one because there is a lot of hype and talk that really can't be backed up by the product. But there is no getting around the fact that the industry is growing despite a tight economy. Let's take a look at some of the luxury bedding trends and some of the crazy things that are happening as well.
First, you have mattresses which come in all different quality levels. A good mattress is one that will form to your body and not have pressure points which cause great pain while you sleep. Some really good mattresses come with mattress toppers sewn on them already.
There is this one mattress that in made in Italy and they took materials to the next level. They use all sorts of great fabrics and then they put 24k gold in the mattress as well. There really isn't anything good about that because the gold won't make you sleep better, but it certainly is interesting.
After the mattress world, you have the bedding fabric world. I think this is just as important as mattress because they affect so much of your sleep. These days the luxury world is moving more and more to high thread count cottons which are very soft. Bamboo is slowly making a claim in there, but with some of the blends, people are buying the wrong types of bamboo.
There is a big resurgence of silk for bedding. It's much harder to come by because it's only produced in China. Well the good silk is only produced in China and there has been a shortage or silk because of droughts. However, the bedding of silk is truly an amazing fabric.
Speaking of silk, if you want to try a really good mattress topper... not as good as the ones that form to you, but still really great, try a silk topper. The outside of this is actually cotton but the inside is really soft. I used to think they were not that great because you can't feel the silk, but when I felt one, I was blown away by the softness of the mattress topper.
After the bedding, you can get all the bedding accessories like pillows and blankets, duvet covers, and different comforters. All of these can play a role in making your sleep better, but the one thing that matters more than anything else is being comfortable. When you are comfortable then you can sleep really well.
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