Thread-count snobbery has made the leap from bedsheets to men's dress shirts. In an effort to justify higher prices, high-end retailers have started selling men's cotton shirts with thread-counts ...

Some brands equate high thread counts with a superior quality or better ... up in a mega version of a quality cotton button-up shirt. Sheets made with fabrics like rayon, lyocell or viscose ...

A high thread count often indicates finer yarns ... which feel more like a T-shirt. Though it comes down to personal preference, our testers tend to prefer the smooth feel of cotton sateen.

And that’s just the ply—once you take the many different types of synthetic weaves (like stretchy “T-shirt” sheets ... vast majority of ultra-high thread count sheets are either polyester ...

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It's easy to think that a high thread count means better sheets. That's not really the case, here's why. Following is the transcript of the video: Thread count doesn't matter as much as you think.

In March, the U.S. International Trade Commission found that foreign sheet manufacturers were shorting consumers on thread counts ... The hems and trimming on high-quality sheets are indicative ...

It's not just about thread count. Learn the key terms for high-quality sheets. In the past, thread count was a measure of quality—the higher the thread count, the better the quality. But ...

In March, the U.S. International Trade Commission found that foreign sheet manufacturers were shorting consumers on thread counts. In response, the ITC issued a general exclusion order banning ...

We spoke with five experts for this piece, and they all agreed that thread counts are an important indicator of quality sheets, but that you should be suspicious of numbers that are too high or ...