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Hastens Creates Pricey Bed To Celebrate Royal Wedding

Filed under: Decor

Want to sleep like royalty? Swedish bedding maker Hastens celebrates Sweden's royal wedding with The Royal Bed. The all-natural mattress sells for $18,000 for a king model and is meant to celebrate the marriage of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling on June 19. Hastens plans to present a Royal Bed to the royal couple as a gift. The bed is done in blue, white and gold, Crown Victoria's color choices for the wedding and colors associated with Sweden. The legs are oak accented with brushed brass. Each corner of the bed bears a detachable brushed brass crown. The bed is embroidered with gold thread that reads: "Hastens Royal 2010." Furniture Today reports that the bed will be made in limited quantities and offered for sale only through the end of June. The bed is on sale at the 10 Hastens stores in the United States.

Tags: bed, bedding, crown princess victoria, hastens, luxury bed, sweden royal wedding

GQ Asks: "Is It Worth It?"

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos, Wine, Men's Style

In the May issue of GQ hitting stands this week, the magazine gets its hands on twelve of the most expensive items of their kind on Earth to evaluate whether they're really worth the price. From the $5,980 Toto Neorest 600 toilet to the $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron, they try to determine the difference between comically overpriced and extremely valuable.

If you have the money, the magazine says, some things are indisputably worth every penny. The Toto toilet for one, as well as the $64,950 Hastens Vividus bed, a $148,000 pair of ugly but awesome Wilson Audio speakers, and, yes, the Veyron.

Things that are more hype than merit, however, include $6,500 Cheval Blanc wine, $600 java made from the excrement of a coffee bean-eating Indonesian civet cat, the $30,000-per-night Ty Warner Suite at the Four Seasons in Manhattan, and $160 Kobe beef rib eye steak. According to author Benjamin Wallace, "I've had $18 bar steaks that gave me more pleasure." We're willing to take his word for it.

Gallery: GQ's Luxury Test