Progress in Mannequin Manufacture

Many an experienced business person has moments in there later careers of looking back to the "good old days." They think of the warm nostalgia of there early days as they started out in whatever their business might be. Business people in the twenty first century have a unique vantage point in contrast with most people of most of history. The exponential growth and expansion of technology and engineering, the shrinking of the world in light of the advances in communication and transportation have made the way business is done drastically different. The pace of modern business is astonishing. One cannot go into business thinking that there are simply rules to learn and then habitual patters to follow. In today's market place one must keep on learning.

When talking about technology or more specifically electronics and computers the above statements are obvious. A standard cell phone of today has more complex and sophisticated technology the most cutting edge computer of ten years ago. But I want to take a moment today to talk about mannequins.

As you might know from reading my other articles, mannequins are my favorite subject. This is not only because I see there incredible overlooked value but also because I have many friends in the business and therefore feel a particular interest toward them.

Mannequins have been traditionally manufactured out of the same material, namely; fiberglass. True, mannequins did exist before the advent of fiberglass but then they were made out of solid wood and were not only very expensive but very heavy and were limited in terms of their posture and maneuverability. After hundreds of years of wooden mannequins (used for tailoring primarily) the trend shifted to fiberglass. The reason for this shift is that fiberglass was much cheaper to produce and could also be manipulate to any position, shape, or size that a given client mite want. And this is the way things went for merely a hundred years.

Today there is a new shift in the mannequin manufacturing trend. It is not as popular as it should be in light of its advantages but I'm confident that the sharp nose of capitalism will see its advantages and benefits and make the new shift in manufacturing as popular as the takeover of fiberglass mannequins was to the old wooden ones.

What it the shift in trend? I'll give it to you in a single word; plastic. It is cheaper to produce, lighter and therefore more maneuverable and most importantly more durable which guarantees it log last ability. This is a short thought on the necessity of adaptability in business as I opened with. The people who have been selling traditional mannequins for generations are going to have to change their approach in order to survive. Keep young or you'll be bumped out that is the final analysis.