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Big Bang Studio
The versatile Daan towel (beach towel, picnic blanket, chic bedcover) is featured in Big Bang Studio‘s Holiday Gift Guide. Nolan is a fool to willingly commit himself to a lifetime of vegan pastries, but we’re happy to be included nonetheless.
For: Nolan, your step-brother with great taste, who recently married a vegan pastry chef.
What: A heavenly multi-use Irish linen towel/blanket/throw from the good people at Deck Towel.
Because: It’s durable, beautiful, and doesn’t lock in dirt and
odors like cotton towels, so it’s just as perfect as a rugged Central
Park picnic blanket as it is as a chic bedcover.
The Damage: $75
Product Snob
Thank you to Ashley at Product Snob blog for highlighting Deck Towel’s versatility. Indeed, the Boudewijn makes a great linen beach towel, but it’s also a great bath towel, bedspread, picnic blanket, throw, tablecloth, and shower curtain.
I don’t know about you, but when I go to the beach I need a lot of space for my stuff. My tote bag, my cooler, you know, room for all the stuff a gal takes to the beach. I was thrilled to find this over-sized towel by Deck Towel.
Deck Towel makes linen towels. Their towels are light, compact, and sturdy. They don’t hold in sand or odors like cotton, and are both faster-drying and more absorbent.
Deck Towels are extremely absorbent, even the thinnest linen can hold up to 20 times its weight in water, and dries much more quickly than a terry cloth towel.
Deck Towels can be easily cared for as well: simply machine wash and hang to dry; they get softer with wear. Deck Towels arrive unwashed. Contrary to popular belief, linen does not require special treatment. Simply hand wash, or machine wash with non-chlorine detergent and like colors. Line dry, or tumble dry on lowest heat. Adding a tablespoon or two of hair conditioner to the wash helps keep linen fibers soft and strong. Towels can be ironed, just take care to keep the iron set to low.
When you are not on the beach get creative with your Deck Towel. Use as a bath towel, bedspread, picnic blanket, throw, tablecloth, even a shower curtain.
The New York Times Style Guide Praises Deck Towel
Boudewijn and Coen towels featured in the New York Times Sunday Style Section.
Under the Cover of Comfort
BUCK ELLISON’S new line of linen towels manages to improve on the already perfect concept of sunbathing. Made in India, this chic summer accessory dries quickly, won’t stick to sand and can be thrown in the wash. It also doubles as a handsome sarong, tablecloth or bedspread, said Mr. Ellison, a photographer who, inspired by a 1930s image of Belgian soldiers bathing in the Meuse River, made one for a camping trip a couple of years ago. After receiving compliments from friends, he turned it into a business, introducing the first collection in May. Two weeks later, all nine styles, which include Southwestern stripes and a mattress ticking print, had sold out.
“They’re filling a niche,” he said. Albeit not until Aug. 1, when the next delivery arrives.
Deck towels, $50 to $100 at Partners & Spade, 40 Great Jones Street (between Lafayette Street and the Bowery); and decktowel.com.
