After World War II, male mannequins showed greater strength of character.

The La Rosa male, with a dash of debonair, looked as if he were back to dominate the household. Young women, on the other hand, appeared wide-eyed and expectant.

The late 1940s brought a siege of “happy-go-lucky” and relaxed men; in fact so much so that one was even yawning. How often does one see a yawning mannequin?

Between the late 1940s and early 1960s, there was a great deal of experimentation with new materials.

Fiberglass and cellulose (a heavy-duty form of papier-mâché) mannequins were produced concurrently.

During the late 1940s, for the worldly-wise father figures that sometimes even “smoked,” the texture of cellulose added to their manly and often chiseled looks.