Even larger leaps in sizing technology are being made by companies like Acustom Apparel, which uses 3D body scanners along with pattern-making software to scale the creation of custom-fitted clothing at a digestible price point.

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For a relatively subtle look, take pattern cues from the duvet, but up the scale for the bolster's cover wider stripes, bigger flowers.

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In the filaments, the same cross-sectional pattern of holes is preserved, but on a microscopic scale.

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The precise nature of this pattern, Dr Benatti says, depends on Planck-scale physics.

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