du main, du fin, du mannequin

the title probably makes no sense to you (or at all and translates horribly), but I thought it to be a nice twist to a phrase of a Dutch commercial for french cheese, which is 'du pain, du vin, du Paturain'.

anyway ;) : do you know the McQueenie Miniature kits? I just love them! They make and sell high quality kits (and finished products) of period furniture and I once ordered their mannequin kit at a Dutch webshop, since I really thought the Oldtique Store to be should have one. Later in some other webshop I found another mannequin of them, similar but with a different bust and I thought: why not have twó mannequins for my Oldtique Store? So I got that one too. The kit is supereasy, just glue the thing together and sand to get rounded edges on the feet. It would have been a 5 minute job, mostly because of the sanding.

but, I can't help myself always thinking of something that I want to add or change and these mannequins (lovely and perfect as they are on their own) were no exception.

I really wanted them with fabric, which is a bit tricky due to the shape. Starting with the first the summer of 2012 it took a while, but I finally got to do the finishing touches they needed.
I changed the look of the the kitparts of the second one a bit so they wouldn't be complétely identical, besides the different finishing of the fabric. The text of the light one is the name of the French fashionhouse Lanvin, the eldest in the world. Thought that'd be a nice touch. On the back I decided to put 'la couture de Jeanne', Jeanne being Lanvin's founder.

it makes more sense photographing it with the text to the light, but then you can hardly see it

the saucers on the 'arms' of both were a neccessity because of the fabric and being able to finish it neatly. But a lovely one I think and something you see often on reallife mannequins too. I made the saucers with milliput.

 

I forgot to make a picture of the tiny nappy pin I used to attach the pricetag. It's a lasercut one from the Dollhouse Mall and actually goes through the fabric of the mannequin

I'm so thrilled about them, especially how the darker one turned out (oh, I would love to have one of those in real life!), it's what I had in mind for it.