The Ornamented Being
Ornamented: -verb: Adorn; beautify. Be·ing: -noun: Fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness.
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1707 - 1800A Good Polychromed Wood Mannequin Head and Torso, 18th century, the female form with glass eyes and long blonde curled tresses, wearing antique stomacher.
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… jealous? Who me? *dies*
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I am, I’m too fabulous
I’m so fierce that it’s so nuts
I live, to be model thin
Dress me, I’m your mannequin
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Fashion put it all on me
Don’t you want to see these clothes on me
Fashion put it all on me
I am anyone you want me to be -
18th century
Ok. That Mannequin is realllllly bad. The only reason I posted is because it’s a good example of how full the panniers were. But that mannequin is just. Ugh. Bad Met *slaps wrist*
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I found this ridiculously cool!
It’s the mannequin for the Butterfly dress!!
Charles James (American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)
c.1955
The Met says: This form was made for the original butterfly dress, which was made for Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr. 2009.300.816 in this donation is another version of the butterfly dress.
