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More »Mannequin Sales Mirror Fashion Industry Prejudices
According to Marc Lacroix, manager of one of the world's leading mannequin producers, European designers don't buy black mannequins, plus-sized mannequins are irrelevant, and Saudi customers only buy the headless and limbless. More »It's A Girl!
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Kenny Tessel, owner of KT's Barbecue, credits a busty, bikini-clad mannequin with saving his business from the recession. She's attracted customers and complaints: "My wife thought it was a hooker standing on the corner," one man says. [LA Times]Peanut Butter, Beards & Big Babes: Know Your Sex Fetishes
Kris Saknussemm has been studying sexual fetishes for 20 years, which, he admits, "is itself a kind of fetish." In a list compiled for Nerve, he divulges his favorites — beyond high-heels, whips or horseplay. More »Women's Integration Army
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More »Born In The USA
This video on Lifestyle Mannequins, one of the few remaining American mannequin factories, explains that headless mannequins are out, and that there's a growing demand for plus-sized models. [Breitbart]Waist Not/Want Not
Will you check out the proportions on this mannequin, seen in trendy UK retailer New Look? Seems like someone had her head — and ribs? — removed. [The F Word]Do Made-In-China Mannequins Have Lead In Them Too?