From Beds to Threads: Emma Seymour on Sleeping Cool & Dressing Smart
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 106 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
🛏️ Cool sheets. 🧥 Smart style.
Emma Seymour from Good Housekeeping shares the best in bedding and adaptive fashion.
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What makes a sheet truly "cooling"? Are pricey beds worth it? And what exactly is adaptive clothing — and why is it changing lives? 🛏️👕
Emma Seymour, Associate Director at the Good Housekeeping Institute's Textiles Lab, joins Paul Vogelzang on The Not Old Better Show for a fascinating Good Better Best conversation. From testing hundreds of sheets and comforters to spotlighting clothing that blends fashion with accessibility, this episode is about living better in every way.
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#GoodBetterBest #NotOldBetter #AdaptiveClothing #SleepBetter
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Not Old Better Show, Good Housekeeping interview series on radio and podcast. |
| 0:06.2 | The show covering all things health, wellness, culture, kitchen, cooking, and more. |
| 0:11.4 | The show for all of us who aren't old, we're better. Each week, we'll interview superstars, |
| 0:17.1 | experts, and ordinary people doing extraordinary things, all related to this wonderful experience of |
| 0:23.7 | getting better, not just older. Now here's your host, the award-winning Paul Vogelzac. |
| 0:33.5 | Welcome to another episode of our good housekeeping, good, better, best series here on the Not Old Better show. |
| 0:40.2 | Today, we're pulling back the covers quite literally to talk about all things betting from crisp summer sheets to the kind of comforters that make you want to hit snooze just one more time. |
| 0:53.4 | We're going to be talking about much more. Joining us today |
| 0:57.1 | is Emma Seymour, Associate Director of the Good Housekeeping Institute's textiles, paper, and apparel |
| 1:03.9 | lab. The woman who's tested more pillows, blankets, and sheets than most of us will own in a lifetime. |
| 1:11.7 | Emma Seymour's team has spent the last five months evaluating hundreds of products |
| 1:16.8 | checking everything from fabric strength to how well they survive the washing machine |
| 1:21.5 | and even getting real-world feedback from over 600 testers, including those of us who run hot, sleep cold, or share a bed |
| 1:31.7 | with someone who somehow steals all the covers. But we're not stopping at the bedroom. Emma Seymour |
| 1:38.3 | is also here to talk about something that's making a big impact on lives. Adaptive clothing. That's right. These are smart, |
| 1:46.5 | stylish designs that make dressing easier for older adults and people with disabilities without |
| 1:52.0 | sacrificing personality or fashion sense. Think magnetic closures instead of fiddly buttons. |
| 2:00.5 | Shoes you can step right into and clothing that works with medical equipment while still |
| 2:05.7 | looking great. |
| 2:07.6 | You guys know this about me. |
| 2:09.1 | I love my clothes. |
| 2:10.5 | I love great fabrics. |
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