It resembles a halter-neck bikini top that wraps around the wearer's neck - but made out of towel fabric. At time of writing, a social media frenzy surrounds this product. On one side, the haters ...

The towels are your standard towel design: 100% cotton fabric with terry construction and a textured border. It's not entirely clear what, if anything, makes these towels antimicrobial.

As a fiber scientist in the Good Housekeeping Institute Textiles Lab, I have evaluated more than 90 towel styles with my team ...

The Drytek Dog Towel has undergone two years of development and six months of in-field testing with pets of all sizes to ...

Towels and bed sheets serve different purposes and thus require different washing frequencies. Towels, absorbing skin cells ...

However, after multiple trips through the washer and dryer, the softness became less apparent, and the towel appeared to shake off some of the fabric softeners likely used in manufacturing.

"They also dry more quickly." Kitchen towels are made with lighter fabric and aren't the best for absorbing moisture.