The Real Stuff
Linen Magazine is all about the real thing – linen from the finest European manufacturers.
There’s more to say about linen than can fit on a label.
And Linen Magazine does just that — through stories about craftsmanship, heritage and the quiet art of creating a fabric that gets better with age.
Daoism, also known as Taoism, originated in China around 2,400 years ago. Daoism, which incorporates much older teachings and beliefs of the Chinese people, is the fundamental philosophy in the world’s most populous country. Anyone who takes a closer look
‘Linen creases elegantly’ is a saying that was already popular at the turn of the century. But why? To get to the bottom of this statement, it is best to start from the very beginning, at the point where flax
A tropical night — meteorologically defined as a night in which the temperature does not fall below 20 degrees — has long since ceased to be an exception in German cities. In the heatwaves of recent years, up to twenty
That’s what many people say, and so: we are living in the age of the motorhome, or to put it in more current, albeit not very popular, terms, we are in the second wave of the motorhome. The first wave
LIBECO What can I do to sleep well in the holiday home? Click here What can I do to sleep well in the holiday home? Well, let’s start at the beginning: how many people can claim that their daily routine
Mushrooms can be a real passion True mushroom enthusiasts are already in the forest at sunrise. When I was young, I used to go mushroom picking with my grandfather in my native Weserbergland region. Even today, I still rely on
This bed linen from the Hoffmann linen weaving mill is as good as the trousseau your grandmother received. The linen bedding from the Hoffmann linen weaving mill is made from 100% pure linen. Linen bedding from Hoffmann has a climate-regulating
The film shows it Is it striped lengthwise or crosswise? Scientists at MIT, the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discovered rather by chance that our choice of bed linen reveals something about our personality. People with a more emotional disposition
Linen from the Baltic States is a classic! Is it appropriate to talk about bed linen at a time like this? Our friends and colleagues from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia say: yes! They say: now more than ever! Especially when
Some call it a plaid, others just a blanket. Either way, it’s a real all-rounder! Sometimes it’s hot in Germany in summer, not only during the day when the sun is shining, but also at night—then the temperatures plummet and
Cooling effect on hot summer nights HEFEL Cool is a range specially designed for hot summer nights, with a cooling effect! The classic HEFEL products are enhanced with a specially developed cooling function – and still keep you warm in
Where the good stuff comes from: Baltic linen used to be something very special, a term like Meissen porcelain or Pilsner beer. Until the Great War, Baltic linen was synonymous with the highest quality and finest European design. Unfortunately, this
Where linen can still be linen. Cool in appearance, yet wonderfully soft and warm against the skin, Vieböck’s organic linen bedding from Austria is crafted in the Mühlviertel region of Upper Austria by one of the country’s oldest weaving mills.
Uni fabrics—they stand alone, unique and singular. When you hear or read the word “uni” on its own, at least in Germany, you probably think of a university. However, in our language, it is actually derived from another word that
Is sleeping in velvet and silk particularly delightful? Our legends and stories suggest as much. According to legend, a Chinese emperor long ago imposed the death penalty on anyone who attempted to take silkworm cocoons out of the country. This
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Linen fascinates us. As the oldest cultivated plant used by humans to create fabrics, it possesses incomparable properties and is more versatile than any other material. Linen absorbs moisture and perspiration much faster than any other fabric—and releases it just as quickly. Linen is antibacterial and free of allergens. Due to the long-fiber structure of the flax from which it is spun, it also takes on color like no other fabric. The fact that linen today only plays a role for a few connoisseurs is due to one reason, like many other things: it was displaced by cheap, industrially manufactured cotton.
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