Though most brides dream of their one-off wedding dress being hand sewn by designer couturiers , that could soon be a thing of the past . One company in China is now making 3D printed bridal dresses . Unveiled at the TCT + Personalize Asia exhibition Shanghai this weekend , the dresses have been created using advanced technologies and nylon powder , rather than silks , lace and chiffon . The future of fashion ? Two 3D printed wedding dresses were unveiled this weekend at Shanghai's TCT + Personalize Asia technology expo , created by Chinese designers specialising in digital technology . But despite their less-than-luxury beginnings , the designers claim the dresses are soft to touch , comfortable to wear and durable too . Created by Chinese 3D printing specialists Xuberance , who also make ties , hair pins , jewellery and home accessories using the technology , the dresses could signal fashion of the future . Rather than the revered traditional dressmaking skills of Parisian couturiers , normally fantasised about by brides-to-be , these dresses are made using a process called selective laser sintering ( SLS ) . The dress 'fabric ' is constructed by using lasers to fuse together the nylon powder , slowly building up the material in layers . Each dress takes around one week to make , using advanced digital technologies and laser techniques , to fuse together nylon powders . The specialist process however , comes with a high price tag . The cost of the 3D printed wedding dresses is yet to be revealed , but a bridal veil made using the same specialist process is expected to retail at 20,000 Chinese yuan ( approximately £2167.35 ) And it 's not just dresses and accessories that Xuberance applies their innovative digital technology to . Though details have been kept under wraps , a 3D printed wedding cake and sugar flowers were also on display at the exhibition . But if you were hoping to cut costs by skipping the bridal shops , it seems unlikely . A 3D printed veil created using the same process currently costs 20,000 Chinese yuan ( approximately £2167.35 ) , while a metallic effect headpiece retails at 5,000 yuan ( around £541.84 ) in the company 's online shop . The dresses are , as with the most sought-after haute couture bridal designers , being given the 'price on request ' treatment , but since they each take a week to 'print out ' , costs are likely to be high . Despite shunning traditional fabrics like chiffon or lace , the tech-savvy dresses are intricately detailed and designed to resemble the real thing , but offer new scope for more ambitious patterns . Would you wear Xuberance ? Though bridal dreams are traditionally filled with thoughts of Chanel , Vera Wang and Oscar de la Renta , new technology could soon change the face of wedding fashion .
Forget gowns hand made by couturiers - these come from 3D printers . Specialist company in China hopes to change the face of bridal style . Dresses take one week to make using lasers to fuse together nylon powder .