We used to be bargain shoppers. Not too long ago, we were students on a budget, young professionals who loved a good deal or a one-click online purchase.

What we soon realized was that there is a high cost associated with a cheap price tag. The entire manufacturing process that goes into delivering a product to our door is not only long and spans across the globe, but often has a negative impact on the planet and the people who make the things we buy.

We quickly found our biggest culprit: textiles. Our closets and bedrooms are full of fabrics, but we had never before considered how they were made, what they were made out of, and most of all, their impact on our health and the health of our planet.

So, we decided to tackle the fabric we spend a third of our lives in: our bedding. We wanted fabric that is naturally soft, not chemically finished. We wanted beautiful color with a positive impact. We wanted a short, domestic supply chain that paid makers fair, living wages. And we wanted to clean up the massive amount of waste produced during the textile manufacturing process.