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"Say goodbye to skin-and-bones mannequins--there&amp;#x27;s going to be a lot more plastic around this season, thanks to a higher demand for in-store models that better represent what the female population actually looks like. According to the Mirror UK, &amp;quot;Dummy maker Displaysense has seen orders for size 12-14 [US size 8-10] fashion mannequins soar by 16% as shops ditch size zero and favour an hourglass figure.&amp;quot; The credit celebrities like Adele and Christina Hendricks for ushering in a new era of appreciation for voluptuousness, and stores are responding by asking for mannequins with size DD busts and fuller figures on the whole. A spokesman for the mannequin maker tells the Mirror, &amp;quot;Staying relevant to your audience is essential and our order books show that sales of larger sized and bigger breasted mannequins, wider clothes hangers for heavier garments and other plus-size display products are undoubtedly on the rise in 2012.&amp;amp;#8221; It&amp;#x27;s tough to say how effective this rise in demand will actually be, especially since it&amp;#x27;s just one mannequin maker&amp;#x27;s experience, but we think it would be pretty nice to walk into a store and see better representation of different body types, don&amp;#x27;t you? The idea that a size 0 and a size 10 could sit side by side and sell the same clothes is pretty appealing...because really, how the heck can you tell what something will look like on you unless you see it on someone who looks like you!? What do you think, ladies? Would you be more likely to try something on if you saw it on a mannequin that was your size? Do you think fuller-figured mannequins will improve the shopping experience? Discuss! PLUS! - Stacy London is producing a new reality series about plus size shopping! - Tim Gunn wants to design plus size clothes! Would you wear &amp;#x27;em? - A new store debuts &amp;quot;plus size&amp;quot; fitting rooms: Let&amp;#x27;s discuss Photo: Store Fixtures USA"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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