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A mattress for the rich and famous

One conversation with the man the bedding industry has dubbed the "Wizard of Ahhs" is all it takes to be convinced that with his mattress-design expertise he can and will solve the greatest sleep discomfort."Mattress making is like cooking to taste: We have the idea and we make the first rendition and we keep remaking and tweaking it until it's perfect," Earl S. Kluft, owner of the luxury bedding brand E.S. Kluft & Co., told FoxNews.com.Priced at $33,000, Kluft's Palais Royale bed, sold exclusively at Bloomingdale's , is his hand-tailored take on the 1940s "Rolls Royce" of mattresses -- the "Aireloom."Bloomingdale's wanted to develop an "ultra-premium bed" and tapped Kluft to design "a line that would accommodate their customers' affluent lifestyles," he said.The Palais Royale features monogrammed handles and more than 10 lbs. of cashmere, mohair and Joma wool. Inside the mattress, layers of Talalay latex and certified organic cotton felt allow for airflow, while thousands of hand-sewn...

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