Mannequin graveyard: Welcome to Dollywood Close. A mountain of old mannequin body parts has been turned into a lucrative business for a former homeless woman from Lincolnshire.

Under the Taliban, the mannequins in women's dress shops across the Afghan capital are a puzzling sight, their heads sometimes covered in silk, cloaked in cloth sacks or wrapped in black plastic bags.

A viral video of female models walking on treadmills outside a designer store in China has sparked a global debate on the ethics and creativity of using 'live mannequins' in retail displays.

Hooded mannequins are one symbol of Taliban's puritanical rule over Afghanistan. But in a way, they are also a small show of resistance and creativity by Kabul's dress merchants.

In all Muslim countries, mannequins are used to display clothes.” 11 The Taliban initially said it would not impose the same harsh rules over society as the group did during its first stint in ...

1959: Nude mannequins are too sexy Close A retired major is railing against the growing hordes of mannequins, that can be seen shamelessly flaunting their nudity from several of the shop windows ...