We start with our patented inflatable store mannequin (well, okay, probably any sex doll will do, but it needs to have a non-stick surface).

We soak the latest fashions in starch, then arrange them naturally on the mannequin. Once they are dry, we deflate the mannequin and remove. We attach a support to the discreet wire hanger left behind in the clothes, and display.

Voilà, clothes "hanging" from an invisible mannequin (see illustration).
-- DrCurry, Jul 10 2005

Artist's Impression http://www.worth100...his.asp?entry=43589
[DrCurry, Jul 10 2005]

Focussing on cool picture--trying to not imagine a sex doll with a sticky surface.

+, but I haven't seen laundry starch for many years.
-- baconbrain, Jul 10 2005


Thank you DrC for one of the best laughs I've had in a long, long time. For some reason this idea got me giggling and I couldn't stop until I laughed out loud. Don't know exactly why, though. I guess so many mental pictures, double entendres, and just plain bad jokes raced through my mind.

BTW, am I paranoid or is that invisible dummy over there giving me the finger?
-- Canuck, Jul 10 2005


nice idea. haven't shops used headless dummies in the past?
-- po, Jul 10 2005


I've seen plenty of store mannequins made of clear acrylic.
-- angel, Jul 10 2005


[angel] I think that was the point - you could see them.
-- fridge duck, Jul 10 2005


Do you also go by the name of Eurydice, [DrCurry]?
-- wagster, Jul 10 2005


I don't see what you are talking about. +
-- sartep, Jul 10 2005


Check the link.
-- wagster, Jul 10 2005


Transparently fabricated.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 10 2005


These are very, very widely used here in the UK to model footwear.
-- Basepair, Jul 10 2005


Definate bun for this one (+) mannequins freak me out
-- gorjabuble, Jul 11 2005


Can we use this technique in the underwear department to show how to "go commando"?
-- baconbrain, Jul 11 2005


Try to sell red shoes in that store. ** I'm melting, melllting. **
-- reensure, Jul 11 2005


[fridge duck]: Yes, that was rather my point as well.
-- angel, Jul 11 2005


Dr. Curry posts ideas only once in a blue moon. I am happy only once in a blue moon. +
-- nomadic_wonderer, Jul 14 2005


crawler!
-- po, Jul 14 2005


Brilliant! My wife is a manager for a thrift store, and one of her employees is in charge of assembling sets for mannequins. She just might love this concept.
-- elhigh, Jul 14 2005


Brilliant.
-- dbmag9, Feb 11 2006


+ Tres cool. I'm imagining a high ceiling with table and chairs suspended, and an ensemble of invisible party guests above. Don't look up.
-- nth, Feb 12 2006


might be complicated to arrange soaked fabrics naturally, but the general concept is very nice
-- loonquawl, Jun 04 2009


I've seen variations on this where they have curved plastic pieces and rods to simulate a body but you only see the fabric.
-- Arcanus, Jun 05 2009


[+] Besides looking cool, it has the advantage of reducing the number of mannequins that a store needs to own.
-- goldbb, Jun 08 2009


Tricky this without affecting the fabric sheen in some unwanted way.
-- RayfordSteele, Aug 12 2009



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