History of the Mannequin - Limited Edition
Each and everyone of us, without realizing it, is familiar with Stockman.
For the past 150 years the company has embodied true French expertise: The kind put to use in making display mannequins and dressmaker forms - Those fake-Human look-alikes, shaped out of the stuff of dreams.
To turn passersby into customers, mannequins must attract them; their face and morphology embody the particular beauty ideals of every era.
The world's most famous photographers-from Man Ray to Robert Doisneau to George Hoyningen-Huene-quite rightly immortalized them.
This beautiful book, replete with treasures from special collections, invites us to discover a unique aspect of the History of fashion.
This book is a collector edition and will be the perfect gift to anyone with passion for Fashion.
Written by Erwan de Fligué
175 pages.