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Title: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 04, 2013, 05:25:28 PM
Please note that this was not a single incident of one creepy mannequin head having been put down in a hurry to attend to some urgency or other; there were a phalanx of these pairings carefully arranged thusly, as seen here:
 
         (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/WTF_zpsa8fc000e.jpg)

My question is, why? In the same instant that such a freakshow enters my field of vision I begin to wonder ... what happened here  mmmmmmmmmm ?  Someone was charged with setting up some kind of attention-getting display thereby to advertise some shiny/colourful new bargain to be had. They had a bin of glossy, chalk white male torsos and some banner-sash like things, natch ... they got busy slapping the bargoon garment on a torso, then the sash ... they stood back to survey the effect and thought to themselves, "HEY! You know what THIS needs, eh?!"...

Returning to the scene moments later with a bag of slightly smaller scale, stylistically completely different, pinkish and bowling-ball bald female heads -

         (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/head_zpsa5b52228.jpg)

- this happened.  Right?  Sure.  OF COURSE.  I would have done EXACTLY the same thing. o_O. 

Now, all I can do is stand there in awe wishing I'D thought of that FIRST.

The mannequin at work with Chinese characteristics = WHERE is my camera/phone. 

Yesterday I spotted the window display in a fairly upscale children's clothing shop ... three child mannequins dressed for spring outings - only one with a head, the most fucked up pink hat I could ever imagine placing on a child's head, plonked onto one of the two child mannequins that had no head, jauntily askew. o_O 

Don't get me wrong - I don't want this sort of thing to stop - kkkkkkkkkk .

I just want to know - why?

... aaaaaaaaaaaand ... discuss:  agagagagag
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Fozzwaldus on April 04, 2013, 05:30:04 PM
White walkers south of the wall!!!

Winter is coming!!!
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 04, 2013, 05:31:15 PM
ROFL!  agagagagag
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Monkey King on April 04, 2013, 06:16:12 PM
I was re-watching the first episode of the new season og GoT whilst browsing this thread. Mannequins have always creeped me out.  Have you ever felt like you are being watched and turned round only to find just a mannequin there?  They are odd things.
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Fozzwaldus on April 04, 2013, 07:14:08 PM
I was re-watching the first episode of the new season og GoT whilst browsing this thread. Mannequins have always creeped me out.  Have you ever felt like you are being watched and turned round only to find just a mannequin there?  They are odd things.

Even more unnerving when they are naked, what with their lack of nipples and *junk*.

Which in turn makes me think of the 'un-sullied' that appear in GoT latest episode.

Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on April 04, 2013, 08:45:33 PM
I've seen some in the US with nipples on the breasts - or else my machismo was enough to make even a plastic girl's nipples stand erect. ababababab

I must admin that headless ones (with or without a spare head on a table) are creepy, but I've seen worse. aoaoaoaoao aoaoaoaoao aoaoaoaoao

The creepiest looking ones I've seen in China have heads - with the tops lopped off just above eyebrow level.  Is this some sort of veiled reference to a terrible industrial accident or an ancient method of execution? mmmmmmmmmm

Second creepiest - child mannikins with faceless white cloth heads - looks sort of like the work of some bizarre serial killer who likes to put a cloth bag over the heads of his victims before murdering them. aqaqaqaqaq
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 05, 2013, 04:08:32 AM
Quote
Second creepiest - child mannikins with faceless white cloth heads - looks sort of like the work of some bizarre serial killer who likes to put a cloth bag over the heads of his victims before murdering them.  aqaqaqaqaq

 - couldn't agree more ...     

           Exhibit B:
       (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/creepy2_zps9aaae717.jpg)

                                       aoaoaoaoao
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Guangzhou Writer on April 06, 2013, 03:10:05 AM
I recently walked into the oldest, and somewhat swanky, western department store in Guangzhou, the GZ Friendship Store, and there was a clothing shop inside with a mannequin in *exactly* the same pose as the milk bar from Kubrick's 1971 film, "A Clockwork Orange". It was clothed, but dayum.

Saddle up, me droogies!

(http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4943117449430171&pid=15.1)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on April 08, 2013, 09:06:04 PM
Go back and get a pic!!!
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Guangzhou Writer on April 09, 2013, 05:00:49 AM
My camera died last summer and I have a dumb phone, but if possible I'll try to get it if available. You know how Chinese stores are, they open, close, remodel to exactly the same thing, open, close, remodel...

I once saw a small, cheap restaurant that looked like every other small, cheap restaurant around it, I saw it close. It was remodeled fore two months (could have been done in a weekend), looked *exactly* the same as before remodel was done over winter break, never opened, "closed", was remodeled almost exactly as before, opened, stayed in business about a month, then finally closed again. Now it's a simple fruit shop with no need for any of the tables, counters, etc. that were built and torn down twice.
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on April 09, 2013, 06:05:52 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-8TGJHM8/0/L/i-8TGJHM8-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on April 09, 2013, 06:53:24 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-cNNm7nQ/0/L/i-cNNm7nQ-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on April 09, 2013, 11:05:50 AM
I wonder what was being advertised in the first photo Stil?  afafafafaf  The manequin in the second didn't look too impressed. ahahahahah
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on April 10, 2013, 06:14:25 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-zZNq9hw/0/L/i-zZNq9hw-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 10, 2013, 01:29:55 PM
This thread has officially become AWESOME, thanks to Stil.  agagagagag

Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on April 15, 2013, 02:54:42 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/Places/Changsha-Random/i-vWQp3cQ/0/1024x1024/DSC07265-1024x1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: George on April 15, 2013, 08:57:39 AM
Hmmmmmm. Micro-fibre towels.......and definitely a cute mannequin!
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Day Dreamer on April 15, 2013, 03:38:01 PM
I think I dated her once, or twice.

I also think she turned me down. I was too shallow
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on April 15, 2013, 07:34:03 PM
There's a joke there about the size of her open mouth and knowing it was you she was dating Day Dreamer.

Of course I won't go there.  uuuuuuuuuu
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: dragonsaver on April 16, 2013, 04:15:55 AM
 bkbkbkbkbk axaxaxaxax
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 16, 2013, 02:49:00 PM


      (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/mannequins-dont-need-pants4web_zps478fe968.jpg)

         ... because, really, if you aren't selling pants ...
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 16, 2013, 02:53:24 PM
        
         A cautionary tale:

     (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/chengdu-mannequin1_zps18224d57.jpg)
    http://shanghaiist.com/2013/04/10/chinese_man_french-kisses_gropes_statues_of_women_in_street.php (http://shanghaiist.com/2013/04/10/chinese_man_french-kisses_gropes_statues_of_women_in_street.php)

... these aren't mannequins strictly speaking, however - I do think mannequins everywhere should take note - their mobility issues put them in a certain kind of danger with a certain kind of person, ESPECIALLY IF THEY AREN'T WEARING ANY PANTS!!!

 aoaoaoaoao
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: xwarrior on April 16, 2013, 05:55:42 PM

I know she is a dummy but after years in China .... !!!

 
(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00007_zps9cef3e73.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00007_zps9cef3e73.jpg.html)



A bad hair day.


(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00004_zpsed369849.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00004_zpsed369849.jpg.html)



Don't look at me, they said it!



(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00010_zps1b582730.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00010_zps1b582730.jpg.html)



This is where bad girls go.


(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00009_zpsc036f6dd.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00009_zpsc036f6dd.jpg.html)



Scary, eh!


(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00002_zps1894fa1a.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00002_zps1894fa1a.jpg.html)



Never turn your back on a customer, or she may try to defenestrate herself.


 
(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/IMG_4048_zps031d67cd.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/IMG_4048_zps031d67cd.jpg.html)


Research shows that people with heads smile more than those without heads.


(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00013_zpsf92ccab2.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00013_zpsf92ccab2.jpg.html)


Minimalist window dressing


(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00012_zps34572726.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00012_zps34572726.jpg.html)


Something like that joke about putting a paper bag over their heads before sex.


(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00011_zpsda4a4e91.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00011_zpsda4a4e91.jpg.html)


Should be one hanging in every wardrobe.

(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00001_zpsf4e8988b.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00001_zpsf4e8988b.jpg.html)













Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 16, 2013, 06:33:43 PM
Now that's what I call a cornucopia AND some really stellar captioning  bfbfbfbfbf

Loved, loved, loved the shot of the bad girl corner.

.loved.

.it.


Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 16, 2013, 06:44:10 PM
      (http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00012_zps34572726.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/shop%20dummies%20in%20China/Image00012_zps34572726.jpg.html)


This is also a show-stopper, xwarrior!

... among other questions that arise as I contemplate this image, "Why mannequins? Why were you built with detachable right legs...?"

o_O
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: George on April 16, 2013, 06:52:57 PM
 agagagagag agagagagag agagagagag agagagagag
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 16, 2013, 07:18:12 PM
        (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/sad-mannequin_zps31ba3bd5.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/sad-mannequin_zps31ba3bd5.jpg.html)

Yah, so this is always a melancholy sight for me - abandoned mannequin...


                  (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/sad-mannequin-2_zps57559751.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/sad-mannequin-2_zps57559751.jpg.html)

The two bits of packing twine used thusly to put her in an upright position, tying her by her neck and ankles to the post, conjure up awful unspeakable things, because, of course, mannequins are life-size representations of human beings. It goes without saying that this is what gives them the power to creep us the fuck out - like clowns, only different.

So of course I was morbidly fascinated with this mannequin manifestation in a way that possibly only art college graduates who wrestled with majoring in photography are wont to do ... and then I recalled another abandoned mannequin I caught last year.

I'll be damned if I can find the shot; I looked and looked and it is not in evidence. Suffice it to say that abandoned femmannequin was lying where she was chucked in a heap of trash.

Remembering that in contrast with this here I find myself ruminating... Did whomever was appointed the task of discarding this tireless servant of the clothing trade first toss her out in similar fashion, and then, feeling a twinge of discomfort, some kind of associative squirmy ill-at-easeness at the sight of her there, a feeling s/he would never admit to experiencing of course but one that rooted them there in a moment of unsettled pause nonetheless, did that person then stoop to stand mannequin up and devise this quick means of affording her/it/us at least this much dignity ... ?
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on April 17, 2013, 11:39:06 AM
xwarrior and maifelan thanks so much for showing these ladies and the "interesting" lives they lead. bfbfbfbfbf ahahahahah I will now make it my business to see if the Aussie "ladies" have the same opportunities. uuuuuuuuuu  Somehow, I don't think it would be permitted. bibibibibi
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 20, 2013, 05:08:25 PM
        (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/disco-bondage-mannequin_zpse08769a8.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/disco-bondage-mannequin_zpse08769a8.jpg.html)

                 um... what?  mmmmmmmmmm.
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on April 20, 2013, 05:21:52 PM
Bondage gear?  Kidnapping supplies?  Mannequins being held hostage? mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on April 20, 2013, 11:22:46 PM
 ...if you're anything like me, you're frequently captivated all over again, as though for the very first time, by the appearance of such things as were common enough back 'home', mannequin bits for instance, and how China manages to interweave them into public space in an entirely unexpected way...
    
         (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/disassembly_zpsd4dc6d1f.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/disassembly_zpsd4dc6d1f.jpg.html)

What I mean is this delightful slice of imminent assembly/disassembly in progress would almost certainly never occur on a sidewalk in Kanuckistan, while here it's as common as 你好。。。photographs like this throw themselves at you by the dozen.

I took this last year in Kunming. Two hours later I walked by in the other direction, and manly mannequin was just as you see him here, all in his untogetherness, laid out with an odd sort of precision, unmoved, a monument to patience...
        
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on April 21, 2013, 12:14:01 PM
Thanks Maifeilan! bfbfbfbfbf The mind Boggles!  Maybe they heard something about Italian men. Rather than locking up their daughters, they decided to tie up the men. ahahahahah
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: latefordinner on April 21, 2013, 08:18:38 PM
It's Jimmy Hoffa!
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on April 24, 2013, 04:52:59 PM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-jzSvr5x/0/1600x1600/i-jzSvr5x-1600x1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on April 25, 2013, 12:15:39 PM
Thanks Stil. How nice of them to strategically place that hand and block the view. bibibibibi
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on May 20, 2013, 04:37:10 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-jJFCPrL/0/L/i-jJFCPrL-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on May 20, 2013, 04:40:45 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-L3Z8qT3/0/L/i-L3Z8qT3-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on May 20, 2013, 12:22:39 PM
Thanks for the photos Stil! bfbfbfbfbf I'll leave the comments for the first one to the guys. ahahahahah In the second one, my comment is "Now that is what I call a Peter warmer!" aoaoaoaoao
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: latefordinner on May 21, 2013, 06:13:55 PM
Looking at the second last pic (two pair if legs in an alley), I have to wonder if this is how third world mannequins end up when they've been kidnapped and had their organs harvested.
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on May 28, 2013, 05:26:55 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-zTDFTHK/0/1024x1024/i-zTDFTHK-1024x1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on May 28, 2013, 12:19:06 PM
I think this bloke has had an organ harvested. ahahahahah Stil, do you know what is written on the paper stuck to his torso?
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on May 28, 2013, 01:52:41 PM
Must have been a zombie attack.  He lost both of his brains. ahahahahah
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on May 29, 2013, 04:21:52 AM

Stil, do you know what is written on the paper stuck to his torso?


It looks like

出售模特共有四个 chūshòu mótè gòng yǒu sìgè

There are 4 of the mannequins for sale.


Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Day Dreamer on May 29, 2013, 04:49:08 AM
I definately don't want the one on the far right
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: xwarrior on May 29, 2013, 04:50:35 PM
When I took this photo in 2007 my interest was not in the mannequin. It was taken while  I stood in the street and admired the painstaking workmanship of the signage.

   "Hong Bin, skilled artisan and signwriter of No.61 Work Group, finished the final curlicue with a flourish and stepped back to admire his work. While the signage was limited to a small shop window there was some satisfaction to be gained from the knowledge that he was the first in the city to complete a sign in the English language. Only a Master of the craft would have had the necessary skills to accomplish such a task.

For all that, there was something about the signage that niggled away in the back of his mind. There had been no problem replicating the English letters - the simple letters of the barbarian language were, as it turned out, easily copied. No, his feelings of uneasiness had started when inscribing the few Chinese characters that introduced the phone number.

A muffled scream shattered his reverie. He turned in time to see Shop Boss snatch up a cleaver from his desk and advance towards him ..........."  

  


(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/xwarrior6/junk%20-%20odds%20and%20ends%20from%20other%20places/Image30001_zps71e88f44.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/xwarrior6/media/junk%20-%20odds%20and%20ends%20from%20other%20places/Image30001_zps71e88f44.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on May 29, 2013, 05:01:15 PM
You thought the dress would look pretty on you?
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Tree on May 30, 2013, 05:32:04 AM


(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8360/faece.jpg) (http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8360/faece.jpg)

Fighting!
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on June 03, 2013, 03:18:19 AM
I think these are supposed to be male mannequins. Definitely not Canadian though.

(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-kmgtBWL/0/L/i-kmgtBWL-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on June 03, 2013, 11:34:49 AM
Definitely not any Aussie I've seen over 6 months old either. Perhaps these guys were caught in a blizzard with their pants down, ahahahahah Thanks for the photo Stil. bfbfbfbfbf
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on June 11, 2013, 08:32:01 PM
       (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/bed-bath-and-beyond-warrior_zpsb6630cbe.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/bed-bath-and-beyond-warrior_zpsb6630cbe.jpg.html)

    ... ultra-mega-bed-bath-and-beyond-mannequin-warrior ... whomever came up with this is wasted on renrenle - and I applaud them for being invisibly AMAZING.  bfbfbfbfbf
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on June 13, 2013, 04:49:08 PM
       (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/WP_20130612_034_zpsea823924.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/WP_20130612_034_zpsea823924.jpg.html)

(http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/WP_20130612_076_zps4c1fb8fe.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/WP_20130612_076_zps4c1fb8fe.jpg.html)

       (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/WP_20130612_036_zps3e9a56a6.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/WP_20130612_036_zps3e9a56a6.jpg.html)

       (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/WP_20130612_035_zps029f4e4f.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/WP_20130612_035_zps029f4e4f.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Maifeilan on June 13, 2013, 04:55:30 PM
                 (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/WP_20130612_038_zps9e43ed8e.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/WP_20130612_038_zps9e43ed8e.jpg.html)

           (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/windowfemmequinz1_zpsd13ef8a0.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/windowfemmequinz1_zpsd13ef8a0.jpg.html)

                 (http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/wooo_O/WP_20130612_037_zps0307c978.jpg) (http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/wooo_O/media/WP_20130612_037_zps0307c978.jpg.html)

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      post script (Chengdu femmequins & mannequins at night in some kind of vaguely narrative sequence ...?)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on June 15, 2013, 01:38:30 PM
Thanks for the photos Maifeilan! bfbfbfbfbf Not being racist or sexist here, but I wonder if any of the mannequins anywhere, look like the main inhabitants of the Country? The warrior comes close!
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on June 18, 2013, 05:19:11 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-rnq7JCW/1/L/i-rnq7JCW-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on June 18, 2013, 02:22:57 PM
I didn't know Marie Antoinette still did modelling. ahahahahah
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on June 19, 2013, 12:54:59 PM
Thanks Stil. bfbfbfbfbf That lady could be a main inhabitant of several countries. bfbfbfbfbf
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on June 24, 2013, 08:27:21 PM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/Street-Scenes/A-Walk-After-Work-V/i-3F5kJ4r/0/1024x1024/20130623-DSC00588-Edit-Edit-1024x1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on August 19, 2013, 02:44:53 PM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/photos/i-4PDSPLt/0/1024x1024/i-4PDSPLt-1024x1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: George on August 19, 2013, 04:07:21 PM
 agagagagag agagagagag agagagagag
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on August 27, 2013, 03:10:59 PM
Mannequin Warrior needs a date. akakakakak


Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: xwarrior on August 28, 2013, 12:04:40 AM
Mannequin Warrior needs a date. akakakakak

pick me! pick me!  bhbhbhbhbh

 bfbfbfbfbf

Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: xwarrior on February 23, 2014, 08:00:45 PM


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Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on February 24, 2014, 01:04:12 PM
Thanks xwarrior! bfbfbfbfbf
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: latefordinner on February 25, 2014, 01:42:09 PM
I love the one sitting on the bench with her head turned toward the camera. It's as if she is saying, "some of them look almost alive"
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on September 06, 2014, 06:31:53 AM
It was a hell of a party.

(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/Street-Scenes/Changsha-Streets-B/i-s2j3982/1/1200x1200/20140829-DSC04397-Edit-1200x1200.jpg)

(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/Street-Scenes/Changsha-Streets-B/i-h68cXkP/1/1200x1200/20140829-DSC04393-Edit-1200x1200.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on September 06, 2014, 01:24:21 PM
Thanks Stil! bfbfbfbfbf I wonder what the bloke looks like? uuuuuuuuuu
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on November 22, 2014, 04:12:00 AM
(http://changshanotes.smugmug.com/Places/Xingsha/i-TLBJMbf/0/1024x1024/STIL0168-Edit-1024x1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on November 22, 2014, 12:43:17 PM
"Why?" indeed. The mind boggles. What is the story Stil?
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on November 22, 2014, 02:34:12 PM
"Why?" indeed. The mind boggles. What is the story Stil?

TIFC

Granny, I never even thought about why when I took the shot.

You got me thinking and I wrote a short post about it here Caged (http://changshanotes.com/blog/2014/11/22/caged)
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: El Macho on November 22, 2014, 03:57:18 PM
Great shot, Stil.
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on November 23, 2014, 01:47:29 PM
Stil, if you do find an answer, will you let me know? As "the den" is becoming full of Asians, I am trying to understand how they think. I am often tempted to tell a "dirty" joke to one of the few who acknowledge me. I would love to know if their humour is similar to mine. bfbfbfbfbf
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Stil on November 24, 2014, 03:33:08 AM
It's just junk Granny. The cage is what you put over windows here to keep thieves from getting in and the mannequins were probably for a children's store that closed and the new tenants didn't want it.
Title: Re: Why, mannequin? Why???
Post by: Granny Mae on November 24, 2014, 11:54:33 AM
I'm certainly learning to expect the unexpected Stil!  bfbfbfbfbf