What Are the Differences Between Duvets and Comforters?
The differences between duvets and comforters may very well depend on where you live. Whether your local retailer stocks either duvets or comforters also could depend more on geography than preference. The explanation is both simple and yet complex. Again, geography is the key The word duvet is French for eiderdown. Right away there are problems with this definition. Clearly eiderdown is also called several different things depending on where you live. In the US it is called down and that is that. But duvet, in the current use of the word, now means more than just what sort of stuffing you will find between two layers of cloth. There can be just about any sort of stuffing. Silk and man-made materials are two ends of the spectrum. Silk is just beginning to emerge as a filling. But there is more than stuffing to consider. A duvet typically is used in place of a top sheet and blanket. If you lived in say, Switzerland or Austria, you would not even think of using a top sheet and a duvet. T
