Photos: Knock-off of Kate Middleton's wedding gown

 

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen wedding gown won rave reviews from the fashion world and has inspired knock-off artists to create versions of the dress for the mass market. Prices for the imitation gown range from $540 (3,500 RMB) in China to $1,230 (8,000 RMB) in France.

 
June 20, 2011
 
 
 
A combination photo shows a file picture of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L), waving in her royal wedding gown, and Susana Xui (R), posing in a copy of the gown after purchasing it at a studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu province on May 5, 2011.
 

A combination photo shows a file picture of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L), waving in her royal wedding gown, and Susana Xui (R), posing in a copy of the gown after purchasing it at a studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu province on May 5, 2011.

Photograph by: Carlos Barria, Reuters

 
A combination photo shows a file picture of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L), waving in her royal wedding gown, and Susana Xui (R), posing in a copy of the gown after purchasing it at a studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu province on May 5, 2011.
Chinese fashion designer Yang Lifei and an assistant (L) look at a wedding picture of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, at Yang's studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu province on May 5, 2011.
Chinese fashion designer Yang Lifei adjusts a copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress at her studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on May 5, 2011.
A copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress is seen at a wedding fashion studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on May 5, 2011.
A local TV reporter records a segment next to a copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress at a studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on May 5, 2011.
Chinese fashion designer Yang Lifei adjusts the veil on a copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress at her studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on May 5, 2011.
A copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress is seen at a wedding fashion studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on May 5, 2011.
A copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress is seen at a wedding fashion studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on May 5, 2011.
A copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress is seen at a wedding fashion studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on May 5, 2011.
A copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress is seen at a wedding fashion studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on May 5, 2011.
A man takes measurement on a mannequin at a fashion studio, which recently copied Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress, in Suzhou, Jiangsu province May 5, 2011.
A woman looks at a copy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress at a wedding fashion studio in Suzhou, Jiangsu province on May 5, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 

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