Un mannequin portant une réplique de la robe de la princesse Kate Middleton pose pour des photos dans une robe de mariage studio à Suzhou City, est de la Chine
A model wearing a replica of the wedding gown of British Princess Kate Middleton poses for photos in a wedding dress studio in Suzhou city, east Chinas Jiangsu province, 4 May 2011. 6 workers spent 31 hours completing the 3-meter-long copycat of Kates wedding gown, according to the studio. Hours after Kate Middleton stepped out of the Rolls Royce that drove her to Westminster Abbey in London to marry Prince William, tailoring stores on taobao.com, Chinas largest online shopping bazaar, were already offering replicas of her wedding dress. A copy of the lace gown, which was designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, and featured a V-neck satin bodice flowing into a skirt with floral hand embroidery, is selling for 1, 800 yuan (US$280) at Sumiaos Little Store, one of the online shops offering the dresses. The price also includes a duplicate of the ivory tulle veil worn by the new Dutchess of Cambridge.