Mannequins Breasts Too Large?
July 20th, 2007
Salon Magazine author Wendy Paris writes about Mannequins with giant bazooms in shop windows. In this article she believes that they are “…more than just garment racks, they are a mirror of current beauty and fashion. These mannequins with their massive chests crossed the line from a little harmless obsession with appearance to a society run amok.”
If the mannequins were modeled after women who’d had breast augmentation surgery, I can understand the authors frustration. But how different are these mannequins measurements from those of Hiddenfeet readers? These buxom fiberglass beauties are considered a welcome change for many who read the Salon article. Even the title of the article - “Big Breasts for Dummies” was considered offensive to some. Mannequins are known as dummies, but is the author hinting at something else? Women are often quick to associate large breasts with hateful and demeaning words.
Spend some time reading through the various reader comments to understand both sides of this debate. Is there something wrong with showing a variety of model sizes in store windows? Post your Hiddenfeet reader comments below.
The article was obviously written to create traffic for the magazine’s website. 147 reader responses prove my point. Wendy Paris is trying to incite debate and is carefully stabbing women of ample bust size. Does she really believe what she is typing?
If the author is posting an article of truth - she herself is falling for the marketing effects of these busty mannequins.
“I gawked at the equally well-endowed “Mary” on StudioRox.com, the Web site of a New York mannequin manufacturer and importer.”
That is the point. If you are large or small, man or women, a busty model - real or fake - will always grab your attention.
How society views women as a result of these mannequins is irrelevant. They are designed to get people to look at the product they are wearing. And to that end - it seems they are working.
“Women with breast jobs are not really a large enough market to warrant their own fashions” she says.
Wendy Paris has never lived in Beverly Hills.
I find it ironic that even if big breasted models become a hot fashion decoration, finding clothes that fit actual women with naturally big breasts is still going to be nearly impossible. I saw a woman buying ten bras the other day because she found one that she said “Lord oh lord it fits so perfect.” We had a few laughs together at the checkout counter.
Someone needs to fix that problem before worrying about DDDD mannequins.
A. Jodiez
Large breasts are always beautiful, and it is time to let the world know it. It is solely out of envy that this article is written.
Lets be honest. Bras look better on larger breasts when being displayed in stores. They are designed to cup and hold a breast. If nothing round is there, they serve little purpose as a fashion accessory. Nothing against smaller chested women, but that “is” the function of a bra! The hourglass shape is just as natural as the pear shape or the apple shape. Breasts have nothing to do with a women’s morals or her intelligence or her sexual appetite or even her ability to nurse a baby.
It might be humorous to the author of Salon magazine but if you are a woman who has gone under the knife you understand that this is no laughing matter.
Products are always being marketed that make the consumer feel inadequate. This has been with the advertising industry since its inception. My daughter is 17 and wears a 34DD. I think she might be thrilled to see a mannequin who looked a bit more like she does. I doubt this bountiful mannequin is an example of how society feels women are “expected” too look. Some people - real ones - are shaped differently than Kate Moss.
Deal with it.
These are pretty popular also in Panama where people don’t pay attention, laugh or drool at them.