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A powder room during a dinner party with folded white hand towels by the sink

Hosting Thanksgiving this year?

5 reasons guests quietly judge your guest towels (and never tell you).

Damp by the third guest, musty by day two. Nobody says a word. They just dry their hands on their jeans.

18 matching towels · 780 GSM · Ready to give

The Towel Report

Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 3-minute read

  1. A woman drying her hands on a white hand towel at the sink

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    Guests notice the hand towel. They just won’t tell you.

    At a dinner party it’s the most-touched thing in your home. Twelve pairs of wet hands, one hand towel. By guest four it’s soaked through.

    Nobody mentions it. Some of them just stop using it.

  2. One thin, soaked hand towel on a ring in a powder room during a dinner party

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    One thin towel can’t serve a party.

    A thin towel has less cotton to hold water, so it soaks through fast. Hung back up damp, it grows the bacteria that make towels smell, and your overnight guests get it on day two.

    Washed with softener, it barely dried hands to begin with.

    Damp towels grow odor bacteria

    See a fresh towel for every guest

  3. Stiff decorative guest towels left untouched while a guest dries her hand on her dress

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    Why the “nice” guest towels didn’t fix it.

    “I bought the fancy guest towels.”

    Decorative guest towels are made to look good folded, not to dry ten pairs of hands. One pretty towel, reused all night, is still one damp towel.

    Guests don’t need prettier. They need fresh, and enough of them.

    The fixes, and what they cost

    1. 01Decorative guest towels× Too pretty to use$40
    2. 02Extra cheap hand towels× Soaked by guest four$24
    3. 03Linen spray× Musty underneath$12

    Total$76

    Still damp by dessert

    Skip to the set

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Side by side

Your towel vs. MIORA vs. decorative towels.

What your guests actually touch.

MIORATypical towel“Decorative” guest towel
Weight 780 GSM Varies Made for display
Hand towels 6 in the set One or two One
Softener coating None Common Common
Rotation One out, one drying, one in the wash Reused damp Reused damp
A fresh towel per guest 18 towels Not enough One
What it costs you $299.95, once The guest who stops using it Pretty, still damp
  1. A stack of white MIORA bath, hand and face towels

    5

    Made it to #5? Here’s everything you need to decide.

    The Host & Home Set: a fresh, dry towel for every guest.

    All 780 GSM, 100% long-staple Turkish cotton, no softener. Six hand towels means one out, one drying and one in the wash, all weekend.

    Hosting on Thanksgiving, Nov 26? Order by Tuesday, Nov 10 for estimated delivery in time.

    18 towels

    • 100% long-staple cotton
    • 780 GSM
    • Zero-twist loops
    • No polyester
    • No softener or coatings
    • OEKO-TEX® certified

    Your first month

    1. Day 1One wash with your usual detergent. No softener, no dryer sheet.
    2. Night 1Six of every size: a fresh, dry towel for every guest.
    3. Week 1One out, one drying, one in the wash, all weekend.
    4. Month 2Thanksgiving: the fourth guest gets a towel as dry as the first one’s.

    $299.95$374.9518 towelsFall Linen Event · 20% off

    • Six 30″ × 56″ bath towels
    • Six 20″ × 30″ hand towels
    • Six 13″ × 13″ face towels
    • 100% long-staple Turkish cotton, 780 GSM
    Get the Host & Home Set, $299.95

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A close stack of white MIORA towels showing the raised cords
Host & Home Set: 18 white Turkish cotton towels, three stacks of 2 bath, 2 hand and 2 face
Close-up of the raised cord border on white MIORA bath towels

A fresh towel for every guest.

6 bath · 6 hand · 6 face.

Ingredients

100% cotton

CottonLong-staple Aegean Turkish

Weight780 GSM

Polyester · nylon · acrylicNone

SoftenersNo silicone or synthetic

CertificationOEKO-TEX®

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Host & Home Set · 18-Piece Turkish Cotton Towel Set · 780 GSM

18 matching towels with 6 hand towels for the powder room: a fresh one for every guest, and spares.

100% cotton No polyester No synthetic coatings OEKO-TEX® certified
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What it's made of

100% long-staple Aegean Turkish cotton, 780 GSM. Every towel in the set is the same single fiber.

No polyester, nylon or acrylic. No silicone or synthetic softeners, no synthetic coatings. Pre-washed with water only. No AZO dyes and no formaldehyde finish.

Details & dimensions
  • 6 bath towels30″ × 56″
  • 6 hand towels20″ × 30″
  • 6 face towels13″ × 13″

Every towel is 780 GSM.

Care

Follow the care label sewn into each towel. Skip fabric softener: it coats the cotton fibers.

New cotton terry can shed a little loose lint in the first few washes.

Certifications

OEKO-TEX® certified.

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The Skin Set

4 face towels

$49.95 $29.97 40% off with this set

Discount applies automatically in your bag when bought with this set.

Hosting Thanksgiving this year?

A fresh, dry towel for every guest.

They’ll never say it. Now they’ll never have to.

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