Our Fabulous Fabrics Explained

Which bedding fabric is right for you?

Choosing bedding can feel surprisingly complicated. Crisp or soft? Cool or cosy? Relaxed or smooth? And, with so many fabrics available, it isn't always easy to know what makes one different from another.

At Secret Linen Store, we choose fabrics because they each do something wonderfully well. Some are cool and breathable all year round. Some feel warm and comforting on chilly nights. Some drape beautifully across the bed, while others give that fresh, hotel-inspired look.

This guide will help you find the fabric that feels right for you, your bedroom and the way you live.

Our 100% Linen is loved for the relaxed, easy way it feels to live with. Naturally breathable and beautifully soft, it helps keep you comfortable through warm summer nights and chilly winter mornings alike. The gentle texture settles around you rather than sitting stiffly on the bed, creating a bedroom that feels welcoming from the moment you walk in. Linen’s long fibres give it strength, while the natural structure of the fabric allows air to move freely, helping it stay cool, fresh and comfortable year-round. The more you wash it, sleep in it and make it your own, the softer and more relaxed it becomes.

Part of the joy of linen is the way it looks. Its naturally crumpled finish makes a bedroom feel lived in, personal and full of character. Whether you love soft neutrals, rich earthy shades, deep jewel colours or cheerful stripes, our linen collection gives you plenty of choice. From duvet covers and pillowcases to fitted sheets, flat sheets, and valance, it is made for mixing and matching, allowing you to build a bedroom that feels completely yours.

Our linen is made with 100% Certified Masters of FLAX FIBRE™ Linen and made in an OEKO-TEX® Certified Factory, ensuring our products are free from harmful substances. European flax is grown in Western Europe, where the climate is naturally well suited to it. It needs little water, helps support healthier soil and biodiversity, and creates strong, breathable fibres that last beautifully.

It sits at the top end of our price guide, but for good reason. Linen lasts beautifully, grows softer with every wash and asks very little of you in return. No perfect ironing, no fuss, just bedding that looks lovely, feels incredible and makes climbing into bed something to look forward to every day.

Our Linen Super Hero Linen Blend Blend combines the laid-back character of linen with an extra-soft, fluid feel from the very first night. It falls across the bed with a beautiful drape and feels smooth, gentle and breathable against your skin. Linen provides texture, freshness and breathability, while LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded fibres bring softness and movement, creating bedding that feels light, relaxed and effortless to live with. It is particularly lovely if you like the look of linen but prefer a softer finish straight away.

The collection celebrates our best-selling colours and easy styling. Mix and match duvet covers, pillowcases, fitted sheets and so many of our accessories to create a bedtime that is ready and there for you each and every night.

LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded fibres come from certified and controlled wood sources and are combined with linen to create a fabric that is breathable, drapey and beautifully comfortable.

With a price similar to our linen collection, it is an investment in softness, comfort and easy living. If you want bedding that looks beautiful, feels gentle from day one and grows into a favourite part of your bedroom, this range earns its place every night.

Our Cotton Linen Blends balance cotton’s softness with linen’s natural texture, creating bedding that feels comfortable, breathable and easy to love. Cotton gives the fabric a smoother hand feel, while linen adds texture, movement and character. Together they create a bed that looks relaxed and inviting without carrying the full price tag of pure linen.

The range offers plenty of colour choices and styling options, making it easy to create a layered, welcoming bedroom. Whether you prefer classic neutrals or richer colours with more personality, the collection is designed to mix and match beautifully with other pieces across our Secret Linen Store.

Where individual products carry certification, we clearly highlight it on the product page, including OEKO-TEX® testing where applicable. This allows customers to understand exactly what sits behind each product they choose.

Sitting comfortably below our pure linen collections, Cotton Linen Blends give you much of the relaxed look and feel people love about linen while keeping the budget a little more manageable. A properly lovely choice if you want comfort, character and great value all in one.

Our Linen Super Hero Linen Blend Blend combines the laid-back character of linen with an extra-soft, fluid feel from the very first night. It falls across the bed with a beautiful drape and feels smooth, gentle and breathable against your skin. Linen provides texture, freshness and breathability, while LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded fibres bring softness and movement, creating bedding that feels light, relaxed and effortless to live with. It is particularly lovely if you like the look of linen but prefer a softer finish straight away.

The collection celebrates our best-selling colours and easy styling. Mix and match duvet covers, pillowcases, fitted sheets and so many of our accessories to create a bedtime that is ready and there for you each and every night.

LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded fibres come from certified and controlled wood sources and are combined with linen to create a fabric that is breathable, drapey and beautifully comfortable.

With a price similar to our linen collection, it is an investment in softness, comfort and easy living. If you want bedding that looks beautiful, feels gentle from day one and grows into a favourite part of your bedroom, this range earns its place every night.

Whether you're drawn to the crispness of a classic percale weave or the low-maintenance texture of seersucker, each option delivers that clean-sheet feel that we all love. All three are responsibly sourced and made in OEKO-TEX® Certified Factories, so you can trust what's next to your skin is free from harmful substances. Each is available in white, making them easy to mix, match and build a bedroom around, and each sits at a different point on the price scale, so there's a fit whatever your budget.

For those who want that fresh, structured feel with a little extra refinement, our 400 Thread Count Cotton Percale is the one to reach for. The higher thread count brings extra smoothness and comfort on top of the classic percale crispness, feeling cool and breathable in a way that's especially popular with warm sleepers. It sits in a useful middle ground - elevated without tipping into luxury pricing, ideal for everyday freshness with a touch more polish.

If you're after that same clean, breathable finish at the most accessible price point, our 200 Thread Count Cotton Percale is our most affordable cotton option. Light and brilliantly easy to live with, it suits warm sleepers and anyone who favours structure and crispness over softness and drape. It's a dependable, versatile foundation for any bedroom - simple bedding, done well.

For those who'd rather be reading than ironing,White Seersucker trades pure crispness for texture and ease. Its raised seersucker weave helps the fabric sit away from the skin and lets air circulate more freely, while a 200 thread count cotton percale reverse brings smooth comfort where it matters most. The textured finish adds instant depth and personality to an all-white bed, and at one of our lower prices, it's practicality and easy styling in one low-maintenance package.

Our Cotton Linen Blends balance cotton’s softness with linen’s natural texture, creating bedding that feels comfortable, breathable and easy to love. Cotton gives the fabric a smoother hand feel, while linen adds texture, movement and character. Together they create a bed that looks relaxed and inviting without carrying the full price tag of pure linen.

The range offers plenty of colour choices and styling options, making it easy to create a layered, welcoming bedroom. Whether you prefer classic neutrals or richer colours with more personality, the collection is designed to mix and match beautifully with other pieces across our Secret Linen Store.

Where individual products carry certification, we clearly highlight it on the product page, including OEKO-TEX® testing where applicable. This allows customers to understand exactly what sits behind each product they choose.

Sitting comfortably below our pure linen collections, Cotton Linen Blends give you much of the relaxed look and feel people love about linen while keeping the budget a little more manageable. A properly lovely choice if you want comfort, character and great value all in one.

The designs are built into the fabric itself, creating depth and clever weaving detail that feels rich, tactile and super special. Cotton keeps the fabric comfortable and breathable, while the woven construction gives it a little more structure and a bigger presence in your bedtime.

From geometric patterns to fabulous florals, our jacquard collections have lots of opportunities to bring colour and personality into every day. These are pieces that work hard, colour in the bed and give the end of your day a big personality.

All of our Woven Cotton Jacquards are made with responsibly sourced cotton and made in an OEKO-TEX® Certified Factory, ensuring our products are free from harmful substances.

Sitting comfortably in the middle of our price range, Woven Cotton Jacquards are a great choice and a wonderful way to introduce texture, pattern and personality without blowing the budget.

Our Brushed Organic Cotton starts with woven organically grown woven cotton, the surface is then gently brushed to create a wonderfully soft finish. That brushing process lifts the fibres, creating tiny pockets of air that help trap warmth and give the fabric its cosy feel. The result is bedding that feels softer, warmer and more cocooning than traditional cotton. Often also known as flannelette.

Our Brushed Cotton range is vast, we have stripes, plains, herringbone weaves and gingham checks. Whether layered with throws and cushions or styled more simply, it makes your bed feel warm, welcoming and irresistible at any time of the day or night.

Made with 100% GOTS certified organically grown cotton. Certified by Control Union, 1350258. Choosing organic cotton means choosing fibres grown with more care for the land they come from, without synthetic pesticides and fertilisers. That matters for the soil, for the growers and for the wider environment. GOTS certification then tracks the cotton from source to finished bedding, so you get all that soft, brushed bedtime comfort with proper reassurance tucked in too.

With a friendly mid-range price, Brushed Organic Cotton gives you extra warmth and comfort without stepping into the big bucks. It is a bit of a gem for winter bedrooms and anyone who needs to be held from time to time.

Super Soft Cotton has a peachy, strokable softness that you notice the moment you climb into bed. The sateen weave gives the fabric its gently smooth finish and subtle sheen, helping it glide comfortably against your PJ’s. It feels soft rather than crisp, making a bed that encourages longer lie-ins and much slower starts.

It comes in some of our best-selling colours, from soft everyday neutrals to bigger colours that add a bit of personality without any faff. There are duvet covers, fitted sheets and pillowcases, so you can keep the whole bed beautifully coordinated or mix and match it with linen, percale or patterned pieces you already live with and love. The smooth sateen finish gives each colour a fabulous richness, making the bedroom feel warm, welcoming and very easy to settle into at the end of the day.

Made with responsibly sourced cotton and made in an OEKO-TEX® Certified Factory, ensuring our products are free from harmful substances. It is a lovely bit of reassurance to tuck in beside all that softness, so you can choose it knowing it feels wonderful and has been made with care too.

With one of the friendlier price points in the collection, Super Soft Cotton serves up comfort well above its price tag. If softness is your priority, this range earns its place night after night.

Still not sure?

We know choosing bedding isn't always straightforward. Linen or cotton, crisp or soft, cool or cosy, there can be a lot to think about. The good news is that helping people find the right bedding is what we do every day.

If you'd like a hand deciding, give our friendly team a call on 01243 822 599. We love talking about fabrics, colours and all the little details that make a bedroom feel right for you. We've been helping people make beds they can't wait to climb into for years, and we'd be delighted to help you create yours too. After all, your bed should be the one place that feels completely and unapologetically yours.