More months out than I care to admit, I’ve already got an eye on Christmas gifts – for my parents, my brothers, and the friends who are basically sisters. Normally, I resist getting the same gifts for everyone, but this year, I’m making an exception. Because the only thing more essential – or more appealing, really – than good taste is good sleep. And Quince, in a rare act of generosity, is taking 25% off its already implausibly priced bedding bundles.
It’s newsworthy not just because it includes their best-selling bed sheets – European linen, percale, and premium down – but because Quince rarely ever does sales. If you’ve listened to a podcast in the last decade, you know they’ve already cut out the middleman, so their prices are already amazing value.
For a limited time, though, prices are lower still – and I’m taking it as a sign to give everyone I know the gift of a better night’s rest and a better-looking bed. And I think you should do the same.
Available in a dozen tones and patterns, Quince's European Linen Bedding Bundle arrives soft and only gets dreamier with age. I’m partial to the striped linen bed sheets for the maximalists on my list, but this Desert Sky and Burgundy combo is going straight to my wanderlust set.
The build-a-bundle I'm most likely to steal for myself is European Linen – including a duvet cover, fitted and flat sheets, pillowcases, and shams, all woven from 100% midweight Belgian flax and garment-washed for that heirloom-from-the-jump softness.
And for people like my dad – the pragmatic sort who doesn’t care about colorways – there’s the Down Premium Essentials Bundle, comprised of 650-fill white down puffs wrapped in silky sateen, available in three densities (lightweight, all-season, and ultra) for a less fussy, but more bespoke sleep experience.
Everyone on my list is a wildly different style of sleeper, but this Quince deal makes it weirdly easy to shop for all of them. I could play it safe with a bottle of wine or a fancy soap – but this year, I’m gifting something softer, more personal, and far more useful: eight hours of tangible proof that I care.
We all have that friend – or kooky aunt – who’s chronically in the Christmas spirit, proudly wearing reindeer-print pajama pants and Uggs to the grocery store well into January. Tantalize their taste (and upgrade their aesthetic) with a more refined palette of Burgundy and Dusty Olive.
Not everyone on your list is a built-in bestie. For the hard-to-win-over in-law or that distal but inexplicably chic cousin, you’ve got to pull out the big guns – and in luxury bed sheets, that means Egyptian cotton. For those really in the know, make it Giza cotton – the rarefied strain within the strain. Explain (casually, of course) that this isn’t just any sateen; it’s the sateen. Silky, luminous, and just as sophisticated as they think they are – wink very much implied.
Then there are the purists – the ones who think ‘plain’ is a compliment and consider vanilla the peak of culinary sophistication. For them, it’s all about mastering the essentials, so opt for cotton percale – the crisp, cool, perfectly pressed shirting fabric you find in five-star hotels. Any colorway works, but this crowd calls for neutrals.
Bedding might seem like a niche gift, but I think it's the best one you can give. Everyone sleeps, and with Quince's options, you can pick from plenty of colors and fabrics so you can make it personal, too.
