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unusual facts about mannequin


Mannequin

Mannequins were a frequent motif in the works many early 20th-century artists, notably the Metaphysical painters Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Savinio, and Carlo Carrà.


André Gagnon

André Gagnon has also composed music for many artists, such as Diane Dufresne (Le 304), Renée Claude (Je suis une femme d'aujourd'hui, Ballade pour mes vieux jours) and Nicole Martin (Mannequin).

Antoinette K-Doe

Only days earlier, she rode in a float with the famous Ernie K-Doe mannequin in the Krewe of Muses parade.

Auton

In 2006, a sketch on The Charlotte Church Show showed the Doctor examining the inner thigh of a scantily clad female mannequin; when confronted by Church (playing his companion), he claimed that he thought it was an Auton.

Charlie Don't Surf

"Charlie Don't Surf", a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan consisting of a child mannequin who sits at a school desk with the hands nailed down to it by two pencils.

Christel Marott

She sculptured and decorated mannequin dolls for Hindsgaul and in 1971 she designed the decorations and costumes for the Noël Coward play Private Lives.

Dazzer Scott

Dazzer and the other members of Die Mannequin have done numerous touring as well as acting in the upcoming Canadian film Hard Core Logo 2.

Die Mannequin

In the fall of 2009, Die Mannequin opened for Marilyn Manson on the full Canadian leg of his "The High End of Low" tour in addition to a cross Canada tour of their own featuring opening act Raggedy Angry.

Hatstand, Table and Chair

In 2014 a reinterpretation of Jones' Chair by Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard, using a mannequin of a black woman, created fresh controversy.

Hello, Mannequin

Hello, Mannequin is the seventh album released by Joy Electric.

Kenichi Ebina

He is also featured in Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, where he talks about his dance performance involving a story about a mannequin brought to life.

Margaret Vyner

Making her way overland to Paris, she was hired by French couturier, Jean Patou, first as a general "dog's body," later working her way up to be a leading mannequin.

Millie the Model

A 1986 Off-Broadway musical, Dial "M" For Model by John Epperson, inspired by Millie, was staged at LaMaMa E.T.C. Not a direct adaptation, it featured, for instance, the female impersonator Lypsinka as Mannequin St. Claire, a character based on Chili.

Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", song by Starship from No Protection and the 1987 film, Mannequin

Peter Proksch

The father Alfred Proksch was a commercial artist, the mother was a mannequin.

Queen's Cross

On 19 April 2012, 63-year old Renee Slater was charged by Grampian Police under the Representation of the People Act, for entering a tailor's mannequin, named "Helena Torry", as a candidate for the forthcoming council elections for Hazlehead, Ashley and Queen's Cross ward.

Stuart Fell

He has appeared on British television many times, with his earliest role being in the LWT comedy series Hark at Barker, in which he plays the driver of a car that crashes when he's distracted by Ronnie Barker carrying a mannequin.

Sueños y Caramelos

Sueños y Caramelos is a 2005 Mexican telenovela that starred Nashla Aguilar as a little girl who lives in an almacen where she assembles a Maniqui or Mannequin, which comes to life and becomes like a mother to her.

Taxi Girl

Their early success is attributed to two singles, "Mannequin" in 1979 and "Cherchez le garçon" in 1980.

The Fuccons

The series is notable in that all of the characters are played by mannequins with perpetually frozen facial expressions, like the mannequins in the French photographer Bernard Faucon's pictures.

Toukie Smith

In 1978, Smith was named Bloomingdale's Model of the Year and became the first African-American model to have a mannequin designed in her likeness.


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