The Costume Institute Will Debut 25 Mannequins at the 2026 Met Gala in a Move to Embrace Body Positivity

The mannequins, which break the typical size 2 model, will be featured in the 2026 "Costume Art" exhibit ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Most fashion mannequins are about a size 2. The Met Gala exhibit is making room for diverse bodies

On a sultry summer day in Brooklyn last year, artist and couture designer Michaela Stark found herself in a studio surrounded by 175 cameras, for a ...
WTSP

Body mistaken for mannequin, taken to landfill

Spring Hill, Florida -- Two men hired to clean out a home on Tree Haven Drive found what they thought was a bad mannequin from Halloween in the garage, cut it down and took it to the dump. But it was ...

‘Real bodies’: Met Gala’s body-positive fashion exhibition celebrates all shapes and sizes

The coming spring exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum will feature mannequins representing pregnant, disabled and ...

Met Gala exhibit will redefine fashion with diverse, real-body mannequins

For this year's exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, fashion turns toward inclusivity as new mannequins modelled on ...
Complex

Human Body Mistaken for Mannequin and Thrown in Dumpster Leads to New Training for Quebec First Responders

Due to an incident where police once mistook a human body for a silicone mannequin and threw it in a dumpster, first responders in Quebec are now being trained on how to tell the difference and avoid ...
People

Floating Mannequin Limbs Mistaken for Human Bodies in Northern Calif. Canal: 'Only in Stockton'

The California Highway Patrol in Stockton joked about the strange findings, claiming it was part of a "Stockton Kraken" legend A group of people in Northern California started their week off with ...