A mannequin is a doll, often articulated, used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others, especially to display or fit clothing and show off different fabrics and textiles. Previously, the English term referred to human models and muses ; the meaning as a dummy dating from the start of World War II.
Stephen Sprouse was an American fashion designer and artist credited with pioneering the 1980s mix of "uptown sophistication in clothing with a downtown punk and pop sensibility".
Gene Moore was an American designer and window dresser. Moore joined Tiffany & Company in 1955, as its Artistic Director and Vice President.
Mannequin is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gottlieb in his directional debut, and written by Edward Rugoff and Gottlieb. It stars Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, Meshach Taylor and G. W. Bailey. The original music score was composed by Sylvester Levay. The film revolves around a chronically underemployed passionate artist named Jonathan Switcher who lands a job as a department-store window dresser and the mannequin he created which becomes inhabited by the spirit of a woman from Ancient Egypt, but only comes alive for Jonathan.
Bergdorf Goodman Inc. is a luxury department store based on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The company was founded in 1899 by Herman Bergdorf and was later owned and managed by Edwin Goodman, and later his son, Andrew Goodman.
Roy Halston Frowick, who was known mononymously as Halston, was an American fashion designer, and he rose to international fame in the 1970s.
Visual merchandising is the practice in the retail industry of optimizing the presentation of products and services to better highlight their features and benefits. The purpose of such visual merchandising is to attract, engage, and motivate the customer towards making a purchase.
A display window, also a shop window or store window, is a window in a shop displaying items for sale or otherwise designed to attract customers to the store. Usually, the term refers to larger windows in the front façade of the shop.
Gillis MacGill was a fashion model who opened her own modelling agency, Mannequin, in November 1960. It was located at 10 West 57th Street in New York City. At the time MacGill was thirty-two years of age and was earning $60 an hour as a runway model. She was a top model for twenty years. In 1972, her business was called Mannequin Fashion Models Agency. She was married to Bruce Addison; both were listed among New York Social Diary Personages on August 18, 2005.
Simon Doonan is an author, television personality, and the former Creative Director of Barneys NY.
Karl Bissinger was an American photographer best known for his portraits of notable figures in the world of art following World War II with regular travel and fashion features in popular magazines of the mid-twentieth century. Bissinger’s career as a photographer took second place to his later work as an activist for the War Resisters League and other pacifist organizations.
Café Nicholson was a New York City restaurant that operated from 1948 to 1999. The establishment became a gathering place for members of the artistic, literary and cultural elite.
Lester Gaba was an American sculptor, writer and retail display designer.
Linda Fargo is the senior vice president of the fashion office and the director of women's fashion and store presentation for the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City.
David Hoey is an American window dresser and the senior director for visual presentation at Bergdorf Goodman famed for his work for the aforementioned high end New York City specialty store. in 2010 his work along with that of his predecessor and current store vice-president Linda Fargo entitled "Windows at Bergdorf Goodman" became the subject of a book published by Assouline, which retailed for $550.
Victor Hugo, born Victor Rojas, (1948–1994) was a Venezuelan-born American artist, window dresser, and partner of the designer Halston.
Otto Fenn Jr. was an American photographer of fashion, celebrity portraits, architecture and food photography. Fenn was an early friend and creative collaborator of artist Andy Warhol. In later years, Fenn became a historic preservationist, known for his efforts to preserve the historically significant architecture of the Village of Sag Harbor, New York.
Alice Lex-Nerlinger was a German mid-20th century artist in the media of painting, photography, photomontage and photograms.
Betty S. Halbreich is an American personal shopper, stylist, and author known for her career at the New York luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman, where she serves as Director of Solutions. Her 2015 memoir, titled I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist, was featured on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Mary Brosnan, also known as Mary Brosnan Kratschmer, was an American businesswoman and mannequin designer, winner of the Neiman-Marcus Fashion Award in 1966.
