Ralph Lauren

Lauren Home Spa bedding and bath

Why It's Good:

Super-luxe without ever being louche, Lauren Home towels, matelessè bedspreads and shams, and sheets come in soft textures and subtle colors that add sophistication to any bedroom and bathroom.

Why It's Green:

Made of SKAL-certified organic cotton. Based in the Netherlands, SKAL provides organic certification worldwide.

Where To Get It:

http://www.ralphlauren.com
Available at Bloomingdales. For more information on how Lauren Spa is green, go to www.ralphlauren.com, click on "Home," then "RL Style Guide/Lauren Spa Edition."

In Bed with Ralph Lauren

For a great, free, short-cut course on How to Be a Home Stylist 101 (and even How to Be an Interior Decorator 201), watch Ralph Lauren Home videos. If you can get over the feeling that the equivalent of a small country's GDP was spent to produce them, you'll be riveted by these mini-movie masterpieces. What's impressive is the attention paid to every deluxe detail, and that unlike most people—and budgets—Lauren's genies didn't decorate on just two levels (floor and table), but in every direction and with great depth and dimensionality. Now Lauren Home is debuting their organic collection of towels, bedspreads and sheets in pretty, soft colors you could see working in any style of bedroom or bathroom, be it Swedish country (the creamy, cool White Orchid), Parisian vintage (Placid Sky, a pale slate blue) or elegant rustic (the sophisticated olive Dune or sandy-corally Conch). And while I won't go whole-hog Ralph, I can spring for crisp matelassè shams ($100) and sheets ($70) and dream of greener days, in both senses of the word, ahead.