The N.Y. Times headline reads "Stores demand mannequins with personality (heads optional)" out with the generic, white, hairless, skinny mannequin pushed aside by provocative alternatives that entice shoppers with muscles, unusual poses and lifelike bodies. They are featuring pierced ears and articulated fingers for rings, etc. Nike's new mannequins are taller and in thirty-five athletic poses. Ralph Lauren is using the face of a model. Armani, Gap and other retailers are getting into the act. A mannequin manufacturer in Colorado has seen sales increase by 48%. Back in New York we had a gentleman who had a habit of calling people a "dressmaker's dummy". One day a madcap staffer took a call asking for a price to ship mannequins. He yelled over to my friend "John, this call is for you!"
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