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Dummies for swimwear, lingerie and sportswear need to have different qualities to standard dummies. They need to have extra give to mimic the human body`s flexibility. Intimate / swimwear figures for compressionwear. Technical Fit. The shape is far from perfect, it wont withstand years of pinning, and those pins have to be inserted at a right angle, so are not that secure. But it serves our general purpose for learning how to cut patterns on the stand.
Lastly, another type of figure you might want to add to your collection is an old man or old granny ventriloquist puppet. Are you looking for a dressmakers dummy for pattern making or dressmaking ?There are a huge variety of dummies available, and several different terms to describe them :- Dressmakers dummies; Tailors dummies; Mannequins; dress forms; body forms. In the fashion trade we just call them stands.We are presently testing an economy polystyrene dummy to see if it is a practical, although temporary alternative to a professional stand for our students to use from home. Now that you know what type of ventriloquist dummies are available and have decided which puppet(s) you would like to work with, you are probably wondering where to buy ventriloquist dummies. You can try your local toy store (not a big box toy store, but the mom-and-pop toy store in your town), or even a hobby shop; however, you might find that your search will leave you at a dead end. Why? – Because a lot of local establishments simply don’t sell ventriloquist dolls.
If you are just getting into the art of ventriloquism and you don’t want to invest a lot – or you simply don’t have a big budget, you are probably wondering where you can find ventriloquist dummies for sale cheap. Some dummies may be used for display purposes, while others are used for fitting garments. For our purposes, we are just interested in the ones for fitting garments. Display mannequins are totally unsuited for this purpose primarily because the body shape tends to be totally idealistic and unreal.
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If these prove to be satisfactory, we would be able to recommend them for students of our online pattern cutting courses.