Hanalei Guest Towel

The Hanalei Guest Towel is a 30 x 50cm cotton towel from Harmony in France, with high-pile terrycloth on one side and cotton-velour on the other. A high and low pile weave forms a vintage geometric-floral pattern. Made for a guest bathroom or a hand towel.

Two different surfaces on one towel is an unusual approach and a practical one. Terrycloth absorbs, which is what you want against wet hands, while the cotton-velour side is smoother and warmer against skin. Which face you prefer depends on what you are drying.

The pattern comes from the weave itself rather than being printed on, created by varying the pile height across the surface. That means it will not fade or crack the way a printed design eventually does, and the texture is visible from both sides. At 30 x 50cm this is guest towel or hand towel size. In a bathroom people other than you use, a towel with some texture to it reads as considered in a way a plain white one does not.