Mannequin

ISO 400, f/5.6, exposure 1/6

 

In Coventry Transport museum, there was an area where WWII scenario was created. This tired dude was part of an area where they were working on rebuilding bombed Coventry in 40's.

 

Extremely low light and it was very very hard to click, I must admit. Had to wait for a moment when a dull light flashed...

 

Mannequin --

 

–noun

1.a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.

2.a wooden figure or model of the human figure used by tailors, dress designers, etc., for fitting or making clothes.

3.a person employed to wear clothing to be photographed or to be displayed before customers, buyers, etc.; a clothes model.

4.Manikin, a model of the human body for teaching anatomy, demonstrating surgical operations, etc.

 

Origin:

1560–70; < D manneken, equiv. to man (man) + -ken (-kin).

 

manikin

1570, "jointed figure used by artists," from Du. manneken, lit. "little man," dim. of man (n.).

 

mannequin

1902, "model to display clothes," from Fr. mannequin, from Du. manneken (see manikin). A Fr. form of the same word that yielded Eng. manikin.

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