[卫报] 苏州婚纱厂忙仿制皇家婚礼中Kate所穿婚纱

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[来源:卫报  英文新闻 4月30日]

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根据英国《卫报》4月30日报道，中国苏州各婚纱厂已经在大量仿制皇家婚礼中Kate Middleton所穿的婚纱，据悉该样式婚纱在中国将会热销。

Royal wedding: Chinese tailors rush to copy Kate Middleton's dress
In the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, teams of tailors have already whirred into action to copy the Duchess of Cambridge's elegant wedding dress.

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Many of the 700 wedding dress factories and shops that cluster around Tiger hill, in the city's old town, confirmed that they are planning to offer their customers a cut-price version of the design by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen.

"We have copied lots of dresses in the past, and our tailors copied Princess Diana's dress to around 90 per cent accuracy," said Xu Xiang, the 24-year-old production manager of the Bo En Qiao wedding dress factory.

Behind her, one of her 20 workers was busy draping a ruched and embroidered skirt onto a mannequin, using an image of Kate Middleton on a flat-screen monitor as a guide.

"It will now take us 15 to 20 days to make up a version of the latest royal wedding dress. Our dresses go for around £70 to £90," she added.

At that price, of course, the Chinese copy of the bridal gown will not come with three petticoats of lace, hand-stitched using the Carrickmacross lace-making technique, and nor will be made with the same quality of ivory satin.
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"Of course we will have to use something cheaper," said Mrs Xu, fingering the polyester bodice of one of her studio's creations.

As for the Duchess' 9ft-long train, Mrs Xu said she would include it if a customer asked for it.

"We were prepared to do a train as long as Princess Diana's," she said. "We made one that was 60ft-long once."

The romantic city of Suzhou, studded with carefully-cultivated traditional Chinese gardens, has become one of China's wedding dress capitals. Many brides-to-be pop down from nearby Shanghai to pick up a gown for as little as £20.

There are so many wedding dress makers crammed into the Tiger hill district that large piles of discarded satin and organza are strewn in the street.

Mrs Xu's factory sells around 1,000 dresses each month over its website, all to foreign clients including ten per cent in the UK.

However, it also sells dresses to dealers, such as Fu Xuxian in the southern trading hub of Yiwu, who was preparing on Saturday to cash in on the huge publicity of the wedding.

"The princess looked fantastic in that dress. It is a relatively simple style, and feels very fresh, sweet and elegant," he said.

"I used to think that wedding dresses should be as traditional as possible, with complicated designs like Princess Diana's," he added.

"However, this was very different and very new."

Mr Fu, 30, said that he had already had interests from his clients in copies of the dress. "We are just negotiating on the price now.

"If I sell them for around £110 each, after shipping the buyers will need to charge at least £180," he said. "Otherwise they might think that the margins are too tight."

If a deal is struck, Mr Fu said he could deliver the dresses in a week. Already he has managed to sell 20 of the engagement dresses.

Mr Fu also complained that, unlike the Hollywood blockbusters that are available in China before their release, it was frustrating that the design of the dress had not leaked in advance. Mr Fu said his version of the dress would be ready within a week.

Meanwhile, back in Shanghai, the Chinese media covered the royal wedding in depth, with several describing it as a "fairytale wedding."

"William and Kate kiss on the balcony - a Classic moment," said the Beijing News.

However, one anti-royal wedding party was a flop, with the organisers having to quickly turn off music from the Sex Pistols after complaints.

"I severely underestimated the royal sentiment in this city," said Ned Kelly, the organiser.