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A Canadian brand of Turkish Towels

Careful! These may ruin you for other towels.

Portrait of Nikky Starrett taken by Vijitha Bahadur

Weaving art into everyday luxury

Nikky S is a Canadian designer, entrepreneur, and founder of Pomp & Sass, a premium textile brand reimagining the role of the souvenir in luxury hospitality. With a background in illustration and years of experience in product development, branding, and design education, Nikky blends artistic vision with real-world strategy to create pieces that are both beautiful and purposeful. Their work transforms destination-inspired artwork into woven Turkish towels, designed to extend the feeling of a place long after the stay.

Guided by a deep commitment to sustainability, quality, and ethical production, Nikky partners with a multi-generational manufacturing family in Denizli, Türkiye, the origin of the traditional peshtemal. By returning to the original intention of this time-honoured textile, each piece is made to last, reducing waste while enhancing value, and produced with minimal plastic packaging and responsible practices. As a WBE-certified, disabled, non-binary founder, Nikky is also passionate about building a business that supports others and gives back to women in Canada.

At the heart of Nikky’s work is a simple belief: thoughtful design can make life a little softer. Whether creating fully bespoke pieces or working from a curated collection, they collaborate closely with hospitality and retail partners to bring meaningful ideas to life. The result is something guests don’t just purchase, but connect with, something that carries the memory of a place, and becomes part of their everyday.

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Yellow honeycomb Turkish towel in yellow orange with white tassels made with pure Turkish cotton

Our Social Responsibility

We listen, hear, see, stand for and speak out for equality. We also actively work towards self improvement, accountability and healing. The fundamental truth of equality is a guide to many of our decisions. Our hearts are full of love and our annual diversity audit will support our journey and the journeys we interact with.

Our intention behind our actions is to create a space where everyone is welcome and safe. This includes the people who benefit now as well as generations to come who want to continue to enjoy our beautiful planet. We see the progress we have to make and accept the work it will take to improve. We acknowledge our role and are doing our best with the resources we have access to. Pomp & Sass was made to be a positive influence in the world. This is exactly what we intend to do. Thank you for your support.

Blue and white hand towels made in pure Turkish cotton with white tassels and a plate of red grapes

Ethical Manufacturing

Our towels are made by a family company in Türkiye that values the lives and safety of their workers. They are paid fairly, in a safe, clean environment. Working hours are ethical and fair. OEKO-TEX certification ensures that production is free of any harmful chemicals and safe for human use.

Adult men and women are hired equally and are supported to ensure they are able to work. Clean water, regular breaks and safety precautions are part of everyday work.

Pomp & Sass will one day become Fair Trade certified. We do not have the purchasing power to work with the single company in Turkey that offers the required Flocert certification needed by the Fair Trade certification. We are working towards this goal with very sale.

Canada does not have industrial weaving machines to produce our product. We therefore went to the country of origin of Turkish towles (peshtemals and peskirs) to foster a respectful working relationship. Thank you to our manufacturer for being reliable and a pleasure to work with.

Sustainability

Everyday Business

Sustainability is an everyday practice. We work diligently to reduce waste, eliminate plastic and lower power use. Practices such as electronic invoicing, reusable office supplies and recyclable shipping boxes are just some examples of our efforts. 100% of our Turkish towels and 95%+ of our shipping is plastic free. That 5% remaining plastic is required by international shipping law and thoughtfully disposed. Sustainability is a journey, not a destination.

Packaging

When it comes packaging we have a less-is-more approach and are supporting the disruption of traditional product packaging. Pomp & Sass has eliminated all product packaging with the exception of our product swing tags made from recycled paper. The Turkish towels are wrapped in tissue paper to protect them during transport. Even the stickers we use are biodegradable because everything counts.

The packing slips and post cards included in our shipped boxes are printed on recycled paper and can be recycled at the end of their lifecycle.

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Green grassy hills with a summers blue sky and white clouds. Trees are seen on the righthand side of the scenic image.

Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that the land on which we work and operate as it is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We acknowledge the territory of the Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Ojibway / Chippewa peoples; the land that is home to the Metis; and most recently, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation who are direct descendants of the Mississaugas of the Credit. As settlers on this land, it is our privilege and responsibility to pay respect and to recognize our colonial histories and present-day implications. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land, and while doinging so, give our respect to its first inhabitants. We acknowledge that we are responsible for the environmental impact we make and to take responsibility for our duty to protect and sustain this land.Our commitment to the land is a practice and part of our opperations. This work is done in actions.