Why do Stateside bath towels have that band of not-terrycloth running across a couple inches from the ends?
And what’s it called? What other places have them? Why, for the love of Pete, do they always bunch up the towel?
See, I noticed that the towels that we brought back from Italy don’t have this thing. They’re also very old and still in darn good shape.
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Good question! I can’t find much about it, but I did find this:
“The border is the decorative bar that also adds support to the towel’s structure, similar to the beams of a roof.” – source
I think they sometimes bunch up because that border shrinks more than the rest of the towel. I hate that!
Usually more expensive towels don’t bunch, but there are many inexpensive ones that don’t either. I hate when it happens. Ironic it is supposed to help with structure. Part of it is not ony decorative, but maybe a sigature for a brand.
Interestingly beach towels don’t usually have a band.
That band is made of mercerized cotton, which is a treated sort of cotton. It annoys me too, as it always shrinks and bunches up, as you say. I will never buy towels with the mercerized band any more, all our recent towel purchases have simply had a chequerboard pattern at the ends in the same cotton. It looks nicer and stays flat
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