One’s bedroom, and most specifically, the bed has always been a place of sanctuary, a cosy, private retreat from the world and the one place where you should really be able to switch off and relax.

In our hectic modern lives, it’s more important than ever to make time to create a space that calms and restores. “We are in bed for sleep and many other things,” says Hervé Martin the new Chief Executive Officer of bed linen specialists Frette, who has worked at Kenzo, Cartier and Louis Vuitton. “With new technology you can entertain yourself and do so much else. The moment <that you go to bed> has become more important now compared to ten years ago, because the world today is far more stressful,” he says.