Aizome

We nurture a radical belief in possibility, rooted in respect for tradition, nature and one another.

01/29/2026

People think antimicrobial textiles need silver or copper.
That anything natural is a gimmick that washes out.

So we tested it.

Independent lab testing.
Deep Indigo and Rosé Rubia fabrics.
Controlled conditions measuring reduction of microorganisms on the textile surface.

The result?
Our plant dyes remained antimicrobial after 20+ washes
and outperformed silver and copper against bacteria, fungi, staph, candida, and E. coli.

Natural doesn’t mean weaker.
It means smarter.

The natural dye revolution isn’t coming.
It’s already here.

01/27/2026

A personal story that connects ancient Japanese indigo, modern medicine, and a forgotten truth about textiles.
From samurai armor to a cancer ward, this is the moment color stopped being decorative and became an ingredient.
How AIZOME came to be and why textiles should never be neutral to human health.

Read the Blog - Link in Bio

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01/24/2026

Most textiles aren’t designed around people. They’re designed around production systems.

At AIZOME, we argue about the important things so you don’t have to.

From unbleached cotton to living indigo vats, Seed to Sheet breaks down the production choices we keep fighting for, all in service of skin, biology, and time.

Want to know more: Read the blog, link in BIO

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01/22/2026

Most brands sell color stories.

We work with sources.

When a label says “Sky” or “Oak,” it usually means chemistry designed to suggest nature. Not actual nature.

When we say Indigo, Sumac, Walnut, or Pomegranate, we mean the plants that went into the vat. Their biology. Their limits. Their variability.

That difference changes everything, from how the fabric ages to how it behaves on skin.

Color isn’t a naming exercise. It’s a conscious decision.

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01/20/2026

"Let us fight for every woman and every man to have the opportunity to live healthy, secure lives, full of opportunity and love. We are all time travellers, journeying together into the future. But let us work together to make the future a place we want to visit." Stephen Hawking

01/16/2026

Detoxing isn’t just food and skincare.
Your sheets touch more skin than anything else you use daily.

Sleep isn’t neutral.
What you sleep in matters.

Detox your sleep.

01/14/2026

This is what factory visits look like for AIZOME.
Our co-founder Misa with the CEO of cuteness Mila, visiting our partners in Turkey.

Behind every AIZOME product is a real place.
And real people.

01/13/2026

Most bedding brands never see the inside of a factory.
Most rely on reports, certifications, and distance.

At AIZOME, we chose a different path.

We visit our manufacturing partners every year.
We start with unbleached organic cotton to avoid unnecessary chemical processing.
We control our dyeing process instead of outsourcing it.
And we test continuously, not just once for a report.

Organic cotton is only the beginning.
How bedding is made, dyed, and verified is where the real difference lives.

Read the full story on the blog. Link in Bio

01/09/2026

Most bedding brands never see a factory.
They buy pre-made fabric, add a label, and call it “organic.”

Here’s what we do instead.

We start with unbleached, GOTS-certified organic cotton.
No optical brighteners. No chemical pre-treatments.

Then we dye our sheets with medicinal plants, not petrochemicals.
No synthetic dyes. No plastic binders. No fragrance finishes.

To make that possible at scale, we built our own patented dyeing process.
Not outsourced. Not shortcuts. Full control.

And we don’t stop at claims.
Our sheets are independently tested, dermatologist-reviewed, and FDA-cleared as a Class I medical device.

This is why AIZOME feels different.
Because it is.

Sleep on truth.

01/06/2026

Woohoo, it’s 2026 🎉

If you’re new here: AIZOME started almost 9 years ago with one question that changed everything for us: What’s actually in our fabrics?

What began during my mom’s cancer treatment led us to rediscover something old and powerful. For thousands of years, textiles were dyed with medicinal plants. Then synthetics took over. The consequences followed.

So we built AIZOME on a simple belief: things can be better.

What started as a small crowdfunding campaign became something much bigger than we ever imagined. And it only happened because of you.

To everyone who believed in this idea early on, supported us along the way, and continues to be part of this journey, thank you. Truly.

In 2026, AIZOME grows beyond bedding into a small capsule of essential textiles, made to the same uncompromising standard:

No plastics.
No synthetic dyes.
Medical-grade thinking.
Kind to your body.

If you want to be part of shaping what comes next, we’d love to invite you to join our AIZOME Insider newsletter.

Link in bio, if it feels right 🤍

Happy New Year, and thank you for being here.

01/01/2026

The safest place is the one
that feels like home.

AIZOME. Happy New Year From Our Family To Yours

12/30/2025

This year reminded us that progress doesn’t need to be loud to be meaningful.

Cleaner materials, lower-impact processes, and more thoughtful choices across the supply chain.

This is the kind of progress we believe in at AIZOME.
Wishing you a hopeful New Year.

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Bedding for better sleep & healthy skin

We are nine devoted bed buffs. Through our work in Japan and elsewhere in healthcare, dermatology and textiles we were inspired by the ancient Japanese craft of aizome (藍染) - making textiles with natural indigo, the same as samurai wore under their armor to protect their skin from infections and help heal wounds.

Why not make the most important textile (we spend 1/3 of our life in it) the best textile we own? Organic, certified safety for your whole family, hypoallergenic, anti-bedmite and premium soft with an decadent 450 thread count sateen weave.

And as it turns out, if you take care of yourself, you also protect the environment - zero non-biodegradable waste produced with up 200 times less water that conventional chemical dyes. These bed sheets are as pure as before the industrial revolution.