What is Mannequin?
[[File:Holt Renfrew Mannequins.jpg|thumb|250px|Mannequins in a clothing shop in [[Canada]]]] A '''mannequin''' (also called a '''manikin''', '''dummy''', '''lay figure,''' or '''dress form''') is a [[doll]] used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, windowdressers and others especially to display or fit [[clothing]]. During the 1950s, mannequins were used in [[nuclear weapons testing|nuclear tests]] to help show the effects of nuclear weapons on humans.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/trinity/photopages/mannequins_dinner.html | title = Nuclear Test Mannequins | work = Seattle Times Trinity Web | year = 1995 | publisher = Seattle Times Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/07/0708_020710_TVnucleararchae_2.html | title = Archaeologists Explore Cold War Nuclear Test Site | work = [[National Geographic News]] | date = 15 July 2002 | first = Bijal P. | last = Trivedi}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Dolls]] {{stub}}