If these sheets are 100% cotton (or even have cotton in them), then I'm the Queen of England and so far, nobody is curtsying. They are slick and shiny. The sage is not sage and looks nothing like the picture. They are olive drab, like an army tent. After washing they exhibit no wrinkles (another sure sign of synthetic). The only redeeming quality is that the fitted sheet is ample. More ample than I wanted, but that's a personal problem. I'm keeping them, because I'm tired of looking. I cannot afford $200 for a set of sheets, so I guess my dreamss of true 100% cotton are never again to be realized. I just wish they didn't feel the need to lie to me. Go ahead! Tell me, "Lady, you are lower middle class. You don't get nice stuff". But don't promise me the moon and deliver a moon pie. Shame on you.