It's the robe from the Baccarat Hotel New York, made by Kassatex — 400 GSM Turkish cotton terry, 52 inches long, finished with white cotton sateen piping and the Baccarat logo embroidered on the belt. Same specification the property puts in its guest rooms.

100% cotton terry with 100% cotton sateen piping. Woven in Turkey.

GSM is grams per square meter — the weight of the fabric. 400 GSM sits in the mid-weight band for terry: substantially more substantial than a lightweight peshtemal, noticeably less bulky than a 600 GSM spa robe. It's the weight most luxury hotels specify, because it absorbs properly without becoming heavy or slow to dry.

Yes, and for many people it's the sweet spot. It has enough terry pile to strip water off you after a plunge, but it's light enough that it doesn't become a hot weight during the cool-down and it dries faster between rounds than a heavier robe. If you want maximum plush and maximum warmth for a cold-climate outdoor setup, our heavier Turkish Cotton Robe is the better call.

52 inches. That's roughly five inches longer than our Turkish Cotton Robe, so it falls closer to mid-calf on most people and lower on shorter frames.

One size, unisex. It's photographed on both men and women.

It's cut as a generous wrap with a belt doing the adjusting, and hotels specify one size precisely because it has to work across every guest who walks through the door. If you're at either extreme of the height or build range and want exact measurements first, call us at (302) 273-0861.

White, with tonal white sateen piping. Hotel standard.

100% cotton sateen in white, so it's a texture contrast rather than a color contrast — the sateen catches light differently against the terry. It's a quieter finish than the colored piping on our Turkish Cotton Piped Robe.

Embroidered on the belt, in a fine script. It's the only branding on the garment — the robe itself is unmarked.

Because hotels solve the same problem you do, at scale. A guest robe has to absorb properly on wet skin, survive constant laundering, work on every body type, and still feel good. That specification maps almost exactly onto what a sauna robe needs. The main difference is that you get to choose yours.

No. Never wear a robe inside a heated sauna room. Fabric traps heat against the skin and blocks the evaporative cooling your body depends on at high temperature — it raises your core temperature faster than it should and removes your ability to feel how hot you actually are. The robe comes off at the door and goes back on when you step out.

No, for the same reason, and there's a second problem: saturated steam soaks terry within minutes, leaving you carrying a wet, hot weight. Hang it outside the steam room and put it on during the cool-down.

No. Immersing terry defeats its purpose — you want the robe dry and waiting so it can pull water off you the moment you come out. A soaked robe going onto cold skin makes the rewarming phase worse, not better.

Three moments. Walking to the sauna, so you arrive warm rather than pre-chilled. Between rounds, when you're cooling down and shedding sweat. And after the final round, through the whole rewarming stretch. Off at the threshold, on the moment you exit.

Because the cool-down is where a session succeeds or fails. Stand around in a wet towel and you drop temperature too fast and too unevenly — you get chilled instead of cooled, and the next round starts from a worse place. A dry terry robe pulls sweat off while letting heat leave at a controlled rate.

Yes. After cold immersion, evaporating water on your skin keeps stealing heat long after you're out of the tub, which is why people shiver far longer than they expect. Getting that water off fast is the single highest-leverage thing you can do, and 400 GSM terry does it well.

The Turkish Cotton Robe uses zero-twist yarn for maximum absorbency and plushness, runs 47.24 inches, and comes in two sizes and two colors. This one is 400 GSM hotel-specification terry, runs 52 inches, comes in one unisex size and white only, and carries the Baccarat mark on the belt. Choose ours for maximum plush and a size that fits you exactly; choose this for hotel-standard weight, longer length, and the provenance.

Completely different tools. Peshtemal is flat-woven with no pile — very light, very fast to dry, best in steam and hot climates. This is a proper terry robe with real absorbency and warmth. If you're running long sessions in a humid room, peshtemal. If you want a substantial robe for the rewarming phase, this.

Yes, patch pockets at the hip.

Yes — and it's the belt that carries the embroidered Baccarat logo, so it isn't a component you'd want to lose.

A shawl collar, which lays flat against the neck rather than standing up and bunching.

No.

Machine wash cold to warm. Dry on low to medium heat. Do not bleach.

No. Bleach is explicitly excluded by the care instructions, and it's the fastest way to damage both the cotton fibers and the embroidered belt logo. For a white robe, wash it on its own or with other whites and skip the bleach entirely.

Washing at the cooler end of the range protects it best. We'd suggest washing it separately for the first cycle or two, then with like colors. Never bleach it — that's the real risk to a colored thread on a white ground, more than water temperature is.

Softener coats cotton fibers with a thin waxy residue that fills the terry loops — the exact loops doing the absorbing. On a robe you're relying on to pull sweat and plunge water off your skin, that's the one thing you can't afford to lose. Skip it. If the robe ever feels stiff, run it through a wash with no detergent and no softener to strip buildup.

Yes. A first wash removes manufacturing finish and opens up the terry loops, which measurably improves absorbency from day one.

Natural cotton relaxes slightly across the first few wash cycles. Washing at the cooler end of the range and drying low-to-medium keeps it minimal. Because this is a one-size garment, follow the care instructions rather than experimenting with hot water.

Hang it fully open with airflow on both sides — not folded over a bench, not crumpled on a rail. Terry that dries folded stays damp in the creases and that's where odor starts.

Only if it never fully dries. Sweat and warm damp cotton left in a closed sauna room or a gym bag is exactly what mildew wants. Hang it open in ventilated air after every session, wash it regularly, and never store a used robe inside the sauna cabin.

Every few sessions for regular use, and immediately if it picks up any odor. A white robe also shows soil sooner than a colored one, which is a useful prompt.

Two if you sauna more than twice a week — a terry robe that's absorbed three rounds of sweat needs a full dry cycle before it's pleasant again. For a couple, two minimum.

Not on this one. The belt already carries the Baccarat embroidery, and personalization isn't offered on the collaboration pieces. If monogramming matters to you, our Turkish Cotton Robe and Turkish Cotton Piped Robe both take it for $10.

Kassatex doesn't publish a certification for this robe, so we're not going to claim one. Several other robes in our Kassatex range carry OEKO-TEX MADE IN GREEN certification with published certificate numbers — if third-party certification is a requirement for you, those are the ones to look at.

No. As a licensed collaboration piece it's excluded from promotional pricing and discount codes. That restriction comes from the license, not from us.

White terry pairs with any white Kassatex bath collection, so bench towels, bath sheets, and floor mats can all sit in one palette. Call us and we'll confirm which lines match.

Regularly. Note that this specific robe carries third-party branding on the belt, which most properties won't want in their own guest rooms — for commercial programs we'd point you at the unbranded Kassatex robes instead, which also take monogramming with your property's mark. Call (302) 273-0861 with your quantity.

No. HSA and FSA eligibility applies to qualifying wellness equipment such as saunas and cold plunges, not to apparel or textiles.

Robes follow our standard return policy — unused and in original packaging. Please review our return policy for full details.

Robes ship via ground carrier and typically arrive within a few business days of leaving the warehouse. Because this is a limited collaboration piece, availability moves — call us at (302) 273-0861 to confirm current stock and lead time before you plan around a date.

We're available seven days a week at (302) 273-0861 or customercare@thesaunarepublic.com. Happy to talk through weave and weight selection, fit, or building a full textile set for a sauna room or plunge area.