An artist in Minnesota has created a wedding gown so unique that she hopes it ends up in a movie or in a museum.

Gail Be has spent over three years designing the dress, which has taken over 20,000 hours to complete with a staff of 23 workers, according to "Good Morning America." The wedding gown weighs almost 400 pounds and features a 20.5-foot train. Almost 1 million beads adorn the gown, including 500,000 glass pearls and over 400,000 crystals, some vintage Swarovski. The gown is a size 4, according to Be.

While Be is having a former colleague verify the bead count on the dress, it is not eligible for Guinness World Records because officials have not watched the gown-making process from beginning to end.

Be had a previous brush with fame when Lady Gaga wore one of Be’s original headpiece designs in a music video.

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