Designer makes splash with wee gowns

Cao Yuting garners massive support online for her mini wedding dresses

Wedding gown designer Cao Yuting has received widespread attention for making mini model dresses.

After she posted a video of her cutting lace and sewing beads to make doll-sized wedding dresses online last year, the 32-year-old received a large number of fans, millions of views and many "likes".

Netizens said just looking at the dresses made them feel relaxed.

"It is so beautiful, I can sense the happiness from the other side of the screen," one commenter posted.

Cao, a native of Hunan province, owns a studio in her hometown, Chenzhou city, where she designs full-size wedding gowns.

Before getting into gowns, Cao worked as a fashion designer in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. While attending a friend's wedding in Chenzhou one day in 2014, she was disappointed to see that the wedding dress was poorly designed and roughly made.

"Every girl deserves a fine, exquisite wedding gown," she said. "It is a woman's ultimate dream to look good at her wedding."

The thought led Cao to quit her job in Guangzhou. She returned to Chenzhou and later opened her studio.

Cao said she feels it's her responsibility to help make her customers' wedding dreams come true, and that she gets extremely happy when she sees how good women look in her gowns.