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title: "Mannequin"
description: "A mannequin is a figure used to display or fit clothes; the word has also meant a live fashion model."
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published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
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# Mannequin

*A mannequin is a figure used to display or fit clothes; the word has also meant a live fashion model.*

Shop mannequins display clothes; dress forms, or stands, let makers fit and drape. In early couture, “mannequin” also meant the women who modelled clothes for clients, the predecessors of today’s models.


## Sources

1. [Mannequin (AAT 300239006)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300239006). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Mannequin (Q855680)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855680). Wikidata

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