The Beaded Dress Form Mannequin

This model of fashion historically used for fitting garments
being designed or sewn, the “Dress Form”
is termed by the Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
as a “replica of a human form 

made of cloth, padded and mounted on a metal base 

that is used for draping and fitting garments.”

Dress forms have been hand-crafted for centuries.
History states that mannequin dress forms date back
to the time of the Egyptian Pharaohs.
Who knew? 

And who knew what Myrle Borine would do with one of these
icons of fashion once she decided to cover it
with patterns of delica glass beads.