Many of the people who buy used mannequins and mannequin parts from Mannequin Madness are artists. Whether they are doing an art installation at Burning Man, creating a Halloween display, a mosaic sculpture for their garden or a project for their senior thesis in fine…
This article is about the change in mannequins from the 1960’s to today. It was written by Tove Hermanson, editor of the Costume Society of America. The history of mannequins prior to 1960, is here. The sexual revolution, the civil rights movement and the recession of…
I recently came across a series of articles about the history of mannequins written by Tove Hermanson, editor of the Costume Society of America. It was a long article, so I have in into two sections, the history of mannequins prior to 1960 is below and…
Mannequin art, Mannequin History and the politics of mannequins are all topics that I write about. I recently came across a series of articles written by by Tove Hermanson the Editor of the Costume Society of America’s monthly newsletter that I were fascinating. The first…