My brother Dylan and I truly love owning & operating TMASC. We like people, and we are passionate about sleep and its importance to health and general psychological and physiological well-being. As a natural extension of this, we nerd out on sleep products and their form and function. We regularly visit trade shows and factories to ensure we continue to offer the most comfortable mattresses and bedding on the planet.
In January 2018, we visited two of the largest trade shows in Europe: Heimtextil in Frankfurt, where fabrics from around the globe are on display from many manufacturers, and the imm cologne Furniture fair in Cologne.
With Dylan in Calgary and myself in Edmonton, we don’t get a lot of time together in person, so travelling is always a wonderful opportunity for the two of us. As brothers, we always mix our personal lives with our business, as it is so ingrained in each of us that the two cannot be easily separated. It's an extension of who we are.
Our trip to Frankfurt was a perfect example of this, and very well worth the time that we spent there. Like typical men on a mission, we can generally get in and out of a trade show pretty quickly. This time, we wandered a little farther and longer than we typically do on the off chance that we would find something valuable, and typically that’s just how life is, finding things of value where you least expect it, or least thought to look. That’s one of the best things about travelling so far away: you have no excuse not to spend as much time at the show as possible.
At Heimtextil we received a wonderful education from Pierre Brun of Brun de Vian-Tiran and got to see most of their collection in person. Our meeting culminated in an easy decision to expand our line with their incredible Camargue Antique Merino blankets, pillows, duvets and mattress toppers.
One of our last visits of the day in Heimtex was to a unique company from Germany, Formesse. We were immediately impressed by their unique product offering. This company is best known for making the best-quality jersey cotton fitted sheets in the world. Exceptionally stretchy, soft, and breathable, they do not wrinkle or pill. They might just be the most functional and best overall fitted sheet. Our number one mattress supplier, Berkeley Ergonomics, uses a wonderful knitted cotton fabric for their mattresses, and woven fabrics used as fitted sheets can reduce surface comfort because they tend to be stiffer and less stretchy than knitted fabrics like jersey cotton. It was a no-brainer for us to bring these wonderful fitted sheets into our stores with the goal of helping people sleep as well as possible. It’s truly great when products from different suppliers we carry work synergistically together.
Formesse Bella Donna Fitted Sheets are offered in 3 size categories. Keep in mind that, as a knitted jersey stretch fabric, each size category will fit a variety of mattress dimensions.
