I wanted to understand the strengths and weaknesses of hammam towels vs microfibre towels as an ideal travel towel, so I decided to experiment. This has been in my to-do-list for a long while. Microfibre is unknown territory for me. I used it as a bath towel only once years back and I remember me [...]
Week 7 of lockdown is underway and here at Cotton & Olive, we have gone back to basics. We recently welcomed pieces which we have been working on since October 2019 and decided to take it upon ourselves to photograph and debut the latest members of the C&O family. It’s been somewhat of a creative [...]
At Cotton & Olive, we are proud to do our part, however small, to help protect the environment. We created a plastic-free packaging option for customers to opt-into. There was a growing need to take action on this matter but it wasn’t an easy task. Firstly, we had to source the right recyclable and reusable [...]
Our indigo cotton hammam towels were recently featured in The Independent's article "12 best hammam towels."
Bougainvillea flowers in a Bodrum backstreet Bodrum is a naturally attractive resort at the very South Western tip of Turkey. It has a lovely mild and dry climate all year around. Lovely beaches, hills & mountains covered with dark green shades of bushy scrub mark this place as point where blue and green [...]
