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On cloud nine for a sky-high price: the $1m mattress

On cloud nine for a sky-high price: the $1m mattress

“Sleep instruments” have become a status symbol. What would you be willing to fork out for a good night’s sleep?

The Savoir super-king mattress from London’s Savoir Beds is hand-crafted in Wales.  

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If you subscribe to the school of thought that a good night’s sleep is priceless, have we got a mattress for you. For $111,678 (shipping is extra, unfortunately), you can order yourself a super-king mattress from Savoir Beds. Handcrafted in its Wales or London workshop, its topper features lavish layers of horse tail, sheep’s wool and cashmere encased in a stretch cotton. Should you feel you need to also include Mongolian yak hair (hand-combed once a year from semi-wild yaks that roam the Khangai mountains), by all means, put that on your order form, too.

“That style known as ‘No. 1’ is one of our more expensive,” explains Savoir co-owner Alistair Hughes, “but we’ve also made a bed for £350,000 [$677,000] before.

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Eugenie Kelly
Eugenie KellyContributorEugenie Kelly writes on fashion, interiors, the arts, style and travel, and edits Life & Leisure's Spend pages. She was previously editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar Australia.

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