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The Towel
The Monclaire Guide The Towel The Designation Abyss & Habidecor Super Pile$130–$185 / bath sheet The benchmark other houses measure against. Over forty years in the De Lemos family. Portuguese production in the Guimarães region. Egyptian Giza cotton woven in all three directions—weft, warp, and pile. 700 GSM:
A Dossier: The Towel
The Towel A Dossier The number that matters most is one she has probably never seen on a label. GSM—grams per square meter. Thread count means nothing for towels. The industry knows this. She does not, because the packaging never told her. Consumer marketing pushes 800 GSM and above
The Edit: The Towel
The Towel An Edit The bathroom is the most neglected room in her home. Not the least decorated—she's renovated it twice, maybe three times. New tile. Better fixtures. The faucet she wanted. The lighting that finally works. She's spent more per square foot here than
The Linen
The Monclaire Guide The Linen The Designation Sferra Giza 45$1,805 / queen set (percale or sateen) She's stopped noticing them. That's the point. The women who own these sheets measure ownership in decades. Eleven years and still the set she reaches for. Fifteen years and
A Dossier: The Linen
The Linen A Dossier She knows the feeling before she can name it. The moment she lies down—not in a hotel, not anywhere else, but here, in her own bed—and the fabric receives her like it's been waiting. Cool where she needs cool. Soft in a
The Edit: The Linen
The Linen an edit She has opinions about napkins at restaurants. Definite opinions. The weight of the linen, the fold, whether they've been pressed properly. She notices. She can't help it. Her eye is trained for these things. She has no opinion whatsoever about what touches
The Bag
The Monclaire Guide The Bag The Designation April in Paris$2,500–$3,500 / calf leather The only former Hermès artisan in America designing under her own name. Béatrice Amblard spent fourteen years at the maison—crafting Kelly and Constance bags—before founding her San Francisco atelier in 1998. The
A Dossier: The Bag
The Bag A Dossier November 1956. Grace Kelly steps out of a car in Paris, six months pregnant, photographers waiting. She lifts her Hermès Sac à dépêches to shield her belly from the cameras. Life magazine runs the image. Hermès renames the bag after her. The industry has sold this
The Edit: The Bag
THE BAG an edit She carries everything she might need to become whoever the day requires. There are things in her bag she's never mentioned to anyone. The cash folded in a zippered pocket—enough to get home from anywhere. The pill she carries just in case. The
The Candle
The Monclaire Guide The Candle The Designation Diptyque Baies$72 / 6.5oz Blackcurrant and Bulgarian rose. The house began in 1963 when three friends opened a shop at 34 Boulevard Saint-Germain and started making candles because they couldn't find ones they liked. This one has been the bestseller
