Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Blog Post 3: Evolution of the manneguins


The evolution of the mannequins for fashion and retail started in the 1800s as fashion dolls. The fashion dolls helped circulate fashion designs of dressmaker all around europe. As time went by from dolls to being made of wax, wood, and iron. The mannequins themselves weigh 300 lbs. The struggles that the wax mannequins had were, they melted under high heat like sunlight and light, and they were very hard to handle. If a person want to remove a mannequin or move it to a different spot, they had to be extremely careful. For example, this mannequin is from    famed mannequin designer “Paul Huot” from the 18th century to 19th century. Mr. Paul Huot’s mannequins.

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