Beyond the Bed

Dust Allergies? How to Rid Your Home from Allergens and Nasty Chemicals in the Air

And there is one textile above all others where this is especially important. The sheets of your bed, where you spend one-third of your life. By eq...

Indigo: The King of Color

Indigo belongs to a family of 140 leafy green plants with 4 of them often being used for dyeing. The dyeing process usually requires a complicated ...

Yucky Chemicals in Fashion You Should Avoid

What is certain is, a lot of brands use potential cancer-causing and skin-irritating chemicals in their clothing. And let's be clear, the reason ...

Wash It Right! What to Know About Detergents

The massive amounts of chemicals of various sorts that make up the ingredient list of laundry detergents aren't just bad for you, they're terrible ...

Dyeing for the Future: Confronting Water Risks in the Textile Industry

Research shows that about 425,000,000 gallons of water are being used daily in the manufacture of textiles in India alone, with 500 gallons being u...

Things to Know Before Putting On That $9 Shirt

Have a seat. Seriously, for what you're just about to read you might want to sit down. And make yourself a green smoothie while you're at it. Heck,...

5 Changes You Can Make Today to Sleep Better

For something that we do every day and is essential to our well-being, surprisingly few pay attention to how they sleep. But better sleep makes for...

Using Synthetic Dyes: The True Cost to Our Planet

The textile industry produces over a million tons of synthetic dyes a year, polluting our planet in a complex supply chain that makes it difficult ...

Samurai Secrets: Three True Stories of Aizome (Indigo Dyeing)

On March 2, 1657, bystanders on the hills west of Edo (present-day Tokyo) were looking down on a city ablaze in a massive ring of fire. It was anot...

The Fascinating History of Aizome

Japanese ukiyo-e maestro Hiroshige's woodblock print, Wakamurasaki, shows a young Prince Genji getting a first glimpse of lady Murasaki in an illus...

How I Feel About My Skin Disease

Being prone to different skin conditions like psoriasis, eczema, cystic acne, redness, etc. is quite uncomfortable. People who do not have it have ...

What Aizome is Solving: Letter from the Founder

Dear Friends, Aizome Bedding makes truly organic fabrics, in every sense of the word. We believe in creating genuine value for our customers...