Nov 9, 1999/ FW/ --- During the 1960s, mass production was the name of the game as fiberglass technology took hold and the emphasis was placed on making mannequins available to a wider economic range of stores.

As such, realism and high fashion didn’t always take precedence. This partially explains the “anti-mannequinitis” period when a majority of mannequins seemed to be lacking qualities contiguous with the fashion they were presenting.

Then a fashion revolution was set into motion by such futurist designers as Rudi Gernreich. Known for the design of the "topless bathing suit," he brought a whole new freedom to a woman’s body Mannequin manufacturers followed suit.

And since the late 1960s, companies have been forging ahead in new realism of technological and creative artistry.

The eyes of mannequins today are the windows to this industry’s soul and remain an historical library of “lasting expression” documenting our own sociological imprint.