Offbeat Enough

A Chinese man had a 200-metre long wedding dress made for his fiancee.

A Ken says he originally planned to make the dress 2008 meters long, in tribute to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

“But it would have been too hard to make and to handle. So I changed the length to 200.8, and I hope the long train will bind us together forever,” he said.

Ken, of Guangzhou city, placed the order with a local factory who took nearly three months to complete the dress, reports Guangzhou Daily.

“I was amazed to hear that he wanted such a long wedding dress for his fiancee, but I was quite touched by his sincerity,” says factory owner Zhang Xiaoyun.

“It’s 200.8 metres long, with 208 butterfly knots, and the tail is three metres wide. The whole piece weighs close to 100kg.”

The couple had their wedding pictures taken at the Guangzhou Sunflower Garden, where workers spent nearly five hours helping them arrange the dress for the photographer.