After reading the article, I thought I HAVE TO share this with you. For all the girls out there who fell in love with Kate's beautiful dress, you can get yours too for a bargain.
The Muyi Wedding Dress Company is selling its take on the creation, which it copied within hours of the ceremony, for just £200.
The business is located in Suzhou - known in China as Wedding Dress City, and home to more than 1,200 factories specialising in wedding gowns.
The factory's owner, 24-year old Yang Lifei, said she expected the dress would be popular with Chinese brides.
"Young people here want to live the dream," she said. "They want to feel like royalty."
The original gown was designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen.
The intricate lace work features roses, thistles, daffodils and shamrocks - the floral symbols of the United Kingdom.
It was hand-stitched by artisans at the Royal College of Needlework using a traditional technique dating back to the 1820s.
The Chinese version features factory-made lace bought for just £1 a metre. The seamstresses who toiled through the night to put it together earn the equivalent of £250 a month.
But the low-cost imitation is relatively faithful to the haute couture original, and includes an 8ft train and fitted bodice.
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