Our Sleep Story

A Love Letter to Her Sister

When Lara Smith's younger sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, the treatment brought brutal night sweats that robbed her of sleep. Lara searched everywhere for something beautiful that could actually help. It didn't exist. So she built it.

Where It Started

Twenty-five years in fashion.
One moment that changed everything.

Before Lusomé, Lara Smith spent over two decades at the highest levels of the fashion industry — starting at Ralph Lauren and Gucci, then rising to senior executive at some of Canada's largest retailers, sourcing innovative textiles across the globe.

She understood performance fabrics. She understood what made women feel beautiful. But when her younger sister was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, none of that mattered — because nothing on the market could solve the problem staring her in the face.

The treatments plunged her sister into early menopause. Night after night, she woke drenched in sweat — fighting for her life and unable to sleep. Lara searched North America and Europe for sleepwear that could help. Everything she found was 100% polyester with chemical finishes. Functional, maybe. Beautiful? Something a woman could feel like herself in? Not even close.

I really started this company as a love letter to my sister and all the women suffering in silence from extreme health conditions that brought about night sweats.

Lara Smith, Founder & CEO

So Lara did what her entire career had prepared her to do. She assembled the textile scientists who could build proprietary fabric technologies — not "science theater", but advanced blends and biobased treatments engineered to regulate temperature and manage moisture before you even start to sweat.

Lusomé launched in 2014. Within the first year, 125 boutiques across North America signed on. Then came the Oprah Magazine feature, and everything accelerated. Lara had found the gap no one else had bothered to fill — luxury and science, in service of women who deserved both.

Along the way, she fought off a hostile takeover attempt during the pandemic and emerged with an even bigger vision: to transform Lusomé from sleepwear into a complete sleep health system, anchored by clinical proof from one of the world's most respected medical institutions.

Meet The Founder

Hear It From Lara

The story behind Lusomé — in her own words. Why she left corporate fashion, what keeps her going, and what this brand means to the women who wear it.

The Proof

Then She Proved It Works

Lara partnered with Harvard Medical School researchers to clinically validate what her customers already knew.

26

More Minutes

of sleep per night, measured in a clinical trial and peer reviewed in Frontiers in Slee. Conducted by Harvard Medical School researchers.

2

Proprietary Fabrics

Sheets: 100% cotton with Xirotex™ Cool — absorbs heat before you start to sweat. Sleepwear: advanced blended fabric with Xirotex™ Dry moisture management.

80%

Of Women

will experience disruptive night sweats — from menopause, postpartum, thyroid conditions, cancer treatment, or simply running hot

Not "cooling."
Temperature-regulating.

Most cooling products are reactive — they try to cool you down after you're already sweating. Lusomé built two proprietary technologies that work differently. Our sheets use Xirotex™ Cool, a biobased treatment on 100% cotton that absorbs excess body heat before you start to sweat, then uses continuous evaporative cooling to maintain your optimal sleep temperature. Our sleepwear uses Xirotex™ Dry fabric that moves moisture away from your skin instantly — so sweat never lingers.

This is the difference between a $89 bamboo sheet from Amazon and a clinically validated sleep system. One is a fabric claim. The other is a measured outcome.

*Based on a clinical study conducted by researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Results measured in hot sleepers. The 26-minute claim applies to Lusomé sheets specifically.

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Where We're Going

From Symptom Relief to
Sleep Health Authority

Lusomé started as a solution for night sweats. We've become something bigger — a company built to help every woman who runs hot sleep measurably better.

01

Clinically Proven Sleep

Every product decision is grounded in measurable outcomes. Our partnership with Harvard Medical School researchers set a standard we hold ourselves to every day.

02

Technology in Beautiful Fabrics

Born at Ralph Lauren and Gucci, refined over 25 years — Lusomé proves that performance and beauty aren't trade-offs. They're the same thing.

03

A Complete Sleep System

From gateway sleepwear to clinically validated sheets and collagen sleep mask — each piece engineered to work together for your best sleep.

The Sweaty Pillow Podcast

Real Menopause Talk.
No Filter.

Hundreds of thousands of downloads. Board-certified doctors, psychiatrists, hormone specialists, and fitness experts — having the honest conversations about menopause that no one else will. Every episode ends with actionable takeaways you can use immediately.

Hosted by Lara Smith. Backed by a community of thousands of women who get it.

Listen on:

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"I thought Lusomé was just another pair of pretty PJs until my first night's sleep. To say life-changing would be an understatement."

— Carrie Oliver, Host on TSC

Validated By

Harvard Medical School Researchers

Recognized By

Oprah Daily — 2025-26 Sleep O-Wards

Founded

Calgary, Canada — Since 2014

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