The Tog Number Doesn't Tell the Whole Story Picking a duvet by tog number alone works right up until two shoppers buy the same 13.5 tog rating in different fills and end up with two noticeably different beds. One is light enough to barely register under the arms; the other presses down with real, settled weight. Both …

World Aquatics sets the bar before any brand does World Aquatics requires every swimsuit worn in a sanctioned competition to meet a published set of technical specifications before a swimmer is allowed to race in it — a rule that has less to do with fashion than most spectators assume, and more to do with which brands …

Three weeks into a proper cold snap, the tog question shifts Three weeks into a proper cold snap, the question most UK sleepers ask stops being "what tog should I buy" and becomes "is my 13.5 tog actually warm enough." The standard winter duvet in Britain and Ireland sits at 13.5 tog, and for the overwhelming majority …

The White Company curates; John Lewis covers the whole range Put a White Company duvet and a John Lewis duvet side by side and the difference is less about quality than about philosophy. The White Company is a focused homeware brand built around a single aesthetic — calm, white, considered — and its duvets are a small, …

Two iconic Aussie surf brands — and they no longer share an owner Here is the fact that quietly explains most of this comparison: Rip Curl and Billabong, the two surf labels that grew up together on Australia's coast and once looked like natural rivals from the same world, are now owned by entirely different companies …

Two Sydney labels at opposite ends of the rack Seafolly and Zimmermann both grew out of Sydney, both built their reputations on Australian beach culture, and both sell swimwear most of the country recognises on sight — yet a Seafolly one-piece and a Zimmermann one-piece can be separated by several hundred dollars. That …