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mannequin
fashion
Also known as: fashion doll
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dress styles
- In dress: Europe, 1500–1800
…new styles were disseminated by mannequin dolls sent out to European capitals and by costume plates drawn by notable artists from Albrecht Dürer to Wenceslaus Hollar.
Read More - In dress: Colonial America
Fashion dolls and costume plates now reached America, and it was possible to be au courant with the latest modes.
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use by Worth
- In dress: The 19th century
…use live models rather than mannequins to display designs to buyers. Although only the rich could afford designer fashions, the styles gradually reached the ready-to-wear market (in a modified form that nonetheless prompted the introduction of new fashions for the upper classes), and haute couture came to lead women’s fashions.
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