Mini wedding dresses help dream become reality

For Cao, the effort has paid off.

"Last year, a client from the United States placed an order asking me to make mini copies of the wedding dress she wore at her ceremony as a souvenir to preserve the memory. It took three months for her to receive the completed products," she said.

So far, Cao has made 200 mini wedding dresses.

The procedures include design, choice of fabrics, platemaking, cutting, sewing, needlework and fine polishing.

The mini dresses range from about 87 centimeters to 35 cm long.

"To observe, think and imagine is key to design dresses," she said.