Growing up in the US, Most of us do not know the types of cotton we are buying as we head to the department stores to get our goods. We think about the style and decor of the item more than the logistics. Nowadays with the prevelence of the successes in Luxury goods, it is more confusing than ever. Heading into the stores, seeing thread count on each package is not the way to buy the best sheets. We know this as we motivate to read articles and testimonies on our widely shopped mega sites online. What makes a great bed sheet for you? The answer is simple. You need to touch and feel the actual product to know how your respond to the fibers. What types of bed sheets are made? That is a tough question however, there are 2 ways to decide what bed sheets are best. You need to ask yourself a question. Do I want a smooth and silky feeling bed sheet that is just more like silk? Do I want a cool crisp fabulous hotel quality bed sheet? The answer to the first question is for a Sateen person Sateen is a much smoother weave of fabric to be like the first question silk. How it gets so smooth is that the thin strands are woven more cohesively together instead of warp and weft being just 1 strand. Sateen also has a finish on the surface of the finished product to be softer than ever when first touching the fabrics. This is what sells our elegant sateen Italian bed sheets such as Millesimo 1020 thread count, Giotto 590 thread count, Nocturne 600 thread count. Instantly know that your bed sheet is going to be smooth right from the start. If the price scares you, try a nice entry level bed sheet in a sateen 300 thread count. There is a nice Fiona bed sheet offered by SFERRA. So successful that there are now 6 colors instead of 3. Percale, yes a nice hotel quality sheet plainly woven. Percale is what we see as cool and crisp bed sheets. This is because the fibers are just woven simply together to create a basic cloth. This cloth is what you find in best sellers of Grand Hotel by SFERRA, Celeste 406 thread count by SFERRA (which actually is the best selling bed sheet around), and others such as Athena by Yves Delorme at 500 threads is not cheap. If you are starting out in searching for your best percale bed sheets, try the entry level or next level up in price. Usually, prices denote the purchase for quality. You will find that most stores carry similar products at this level of searching because it is a luxury.