Towels
Towel GSM Guide: How Many GSM Should Hotel Towels Be?
What GSM measures, the ladder from gym towel to bath mat, and why two towels at the same GSM can feel nothing alike.
Specification guides
Textile Insights
These are not trend pieces. Each guide explains one number a buyer has to put on a purchase order (GSM, thread count, weave, laundry regime), what it really controls, and what it quietly does not.
Five guides
Written for the person who signs the order
Every guide is built the same way: what the number measures, the ladder of values the industry actually uses, the honest limits of that number, and the wording to put on your specification so a mill can quote it without guessing.
Bed linen
Hotel Bed Sheet Thread Count: T-180 vs T-200 vs T-300
How the hotel thread-count tiers map to weave, and why the real house standard sits far below the count printed on retail packaging.
Bed linen
Percale vs Sateen vs Satin Stripe: Which Hotel Sheet to Specify
One-over-one against four-over-one: how the two weaves differ in hand and finish, and where satin stripe belongs in a room programme.
Sourcing
How to Source Home Textiles from Pakistan
What to send a mill, what to ask for back, and how to structure an enquiry so the first quotation is comparable and usable.
Healthcare
Specifying Hospital Linen for Industrial Laundering
Writing a linen specification around the laundry regime it has to live in: chemistry, temperature, marking, sorting and re-supply.
Figures quoted in these guides are published industry reference ranges, not claims about a Paragon product. Typical industry range Typical industry range. Exact specification confirmed at sampling.
How we publish numbers
Three states, and no fourth one
Textile marketing is full of numbers with no author. We publish figures in exactly three ways so you always know what you are reading, and so nothing on this site has to be walked back in a pre-shipment meeting.
- Typical industry range. A published reference range used across the industry, carried here so you can brief accurately. It is not a Paragon specification until it is confirmed at sampling.
- On request. The field exists, we have no documented figure to publish, and we would rather print that than invent one. Ask, and it comes back with the quote.
- Documented fact. Something we can evidence: our address, our founding year, our payment terms, the categories we make.
Straight to the goods
Read the guide, then price the product
Each guide sits next to the category it describes. The category pages carry the sizes, fabric detail, care and customisation options in full.
Bath
Bath Linen & Towels
Bath, hand and face towels, bath mats, waffle robes and slippers, the products the GSM guide is written about.
Bed
Bed Linen
Flat and fitted sheets, duvet covers, pillowcases and piped shams in percale and sateen constructions.
Hospitality
Hotel Linen
Satin-stripe room sets, pool and spa towels, robes, slippers and bath mats for a whole property programme.
Institutional
Hospital Linen
Patient bedding, draw sheets and towels for acute care, long-term care, rehabilitation and mental-health facilities.
Connect now for orders
Bring us a specification, or bring us the problem
If you already have a specification, send it and we will quote against it line by line. If you do not, tell us the property, the ward or the shelf it is going on, and we will propose one you can put out to tender.
Woven for Everyday Living Fabrics that support homes, institutions and religious traditions