We have been splurging on RL towels — specifically the bath sheets — for a generation. When you have a plus size family, you need plus size towels. It makes all the difference when you are coming out of a nice hot shower into a colder room in the winter. It’s worth the price (on sale, obviously!)
In this case, I was buying a high school graduation gift for a young woman. I buy a towel in a college color and have her name embroidered in the other college color. The only problem here is that the college colors are red and white. I have washed the red bath sheet on hot twice and the color is still running. I don’t want to have it embroidered in white until it’s finished running so the named doesn’t turn pink. That aside, the towel has washed nicely under harsher conditions than I would normally wash it. And though our originally RL bath sheets from 30 years ago finally frayed at the edges and were replaced, they are still in the house. GUests think I am being excessive or generous when I make them use these things. Really, I am trying to send the message that they too need to equip their homes with at least two sets for plus size guests. Would have been a 5 star review of RL had found a way to let the red color run BEFORE the towel was complete. Washed with dark colors, it would be fine. This particular set is now hard to find, but I don’t see a major difference from one style to another.
I got a set of 4 regular bath towels, hand towels, and wash cloths on sale at Costco for $36. Marked luxury. I washed one bath towel and a thread pulled and left an obvious run. I returned them. For the bathroom where I shower, it’s bath sheets only and RL.
