Dubai: Around 10 women with varying disabilities are currently working at the Dubai Club for the Disabled, on a dress that is set to break the Guinness World Record for the longest wedding dress.
The dress, which is designed by young designer Reem Al Marzouqi, will be presented to the Guinness World Record committee on March 20 at the Zabeel Park, and one of the women from the club will showcase it.
The dress’s train will be five kilometres long, which is almost double the old record, which is 2.5 kilometres. Reem said, “As the record will be representing the UAE I decided to make a conservative dress that is suitable for a veiled bride.”
Reem, an aspiring designer, wanted to bring out the talent of people with disabilities — whom she worked with before — through this project. She said she approached various centres and clubs for people with disabilities to help her with her project.
The Dubai Club for the Disabled adopted the project as it was in line with its recent efforts to put more focus on the social and cultural side of the club, Majid Abdullah Al Asimi, Executive Director of Dubai Club for the Disabled, said at the press conference on Wednesday.
Al Asimi, said that the club is well-known for their sports achievements locally and internationally and they are trying to do the same with their social aspect too.
“There will also be another record breaking attempt for the largest flag that is lifted by helium balloons, which is also designed by Reem,” Al Asimi said. The flag will be 108 metres by 54 metres.
The flag will be presented at the opening ceremony of the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championship that will be held in Dubai in April.
Reem said the Guinness World Record has already given the initial approval for both the records.
The dress, Reem said, is in its final stages and she expects it to be ready in two weeks. “By the time the dress is done, it would have taken around two months to make.
Iman Nour Al Din, who supervises the women at the workshop where the dress is being made, said they divided the work into two sessions, morning and afternoon. “At each session, there are three women working on the dress at a time. They work between one and two hours depending on their ability — if they get tired they stop.”
