Mannequin
A mannequin is a mostly life-size figure made of plastic, wood or (partially) porcelain, which is placed in shop windows for the purpose of advertising in order to attract customers. It plays a particularly important role in fashion, as it is usually used as an advertising medium for clothing , shoes and accessories . Mannequins are often considered moving puppets designed with mostly detachable head and hair piece (s) and follow in the form such as color current trends and zeitgeist phenomena . For exhibition rooms with limited space, there are also flat, relief-like shapes that are only suitable for the front view.
The mannequin in everyday culture
In the media and everyday culture , this type of doll is often discussed in a comedic way because of its human resemblance and its ability to be dismantled. The comparison of mannequins as corpses or vice versa is a popular topic in film and the press.
The mannequin in art and music
- Variously designed mannequins played a major role in the surrealist exhibition Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme in Paris in 1938 .
- Mannequins of power plant on Trans Europe Express (1977), and later English Single ( Showroom Dummies 1982) and French version.
- The multimedia artist Xynn started using mannequins as an interactive element for his stage shows in 1979. He also used them in his videos and for cover design ( Dreams About Reality (1980), Schooldays (1981) and others).
Leading manufacturers
There are hundreds of manufacturers of mannequins around the world, including a large number of high-quality, but also less high-quality ones, known colloquially as “yoghurt cups”. This term is owed to the material of the mannequins, because the less high-quality mannequins are made of very thin and easily breakable material and cannot have a long service life. One of the leading and most popular manufacturers is Adel Rootstein Mannequins London. Adel Rootstein was known for the fact that her company had been producing high-quality mannequins that were very accurate in every detail since the early 1960s. For all mannequins that were manufactured at Rootstein, human persons (mostly celebrities) stood as models for weeks so that the sculptor (then John Taylor) could make the prototype.
The first model who posed for Adel Rootstein was called "Imogen", although she is not one of the most famous, because this was followed by mannequins of the British supermodel Twiggy , singer Sandie Shaw and also the supermodel Donyale Luna, who was the first African-American woman Vogue front page made it. Furthermore, celebrities like the actress Joan Collins , Dianne Brill (the house model of Thierry Mugler ), other supermodels like Yasmin Le Bon, Erin O'Conner, Jodie Kidd , Coco Rocha , Agyness Deyn , Pat Cleveland, Dianne Dewitt, have posed for Rootstein Marie Helvin (ex-wife of star photographer David Bailey ), Karen Mulder , Catherine Dyer, Ute Lemper , Violetta Sanchez, Janet Suzman , Linda Evangelista , Jerry Hall , Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss .
useful information
- In the movie Mannequin , a mannequin comes to life.
- Based on the film, Bud Bundy speaks to a mannequin in an Al-Bundy episode hoping she would come to life too.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Fe / dpa: Cologne: leg of a mannequin held for a corpse. In: Focus Online . July 9, 2007, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ^ Adel Rootstein changed the Face of the Mannequin , AG Nauta Couture, May 18, 2014
- ^ Adel Rootstein's Model Mannequins , The Costume Society, October 17, 2016
- ↑ DEPESHA vol. 3 "Fashion - the Curse of The Original Sin" 2009-10 (p. 122 ff.), September 8, 2009
- ↑ Mannequins Brands , Mannequins Online, accessed on May 12, 2017
