The Institute of Textiles and Clothing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University feels more like a robotics lab than a fashion school. White mannequins line the glass corridors, some of them pinned with ...

London retail stores are testing out hi-tech mannequins that can communicate directly with shoppers who walk past storefronts on the street. The technology, combining bluetooth transmissions and a new ...

RENAZZO DI CENTO, Italy — To the untrained eye, the clusters of synthetic body parts scattered on the floor of a vast warehouse in Italy’s heartland looked very much like clusters of synthetic body ...

Deciding whether or not you want to buy clothing online can be difficult. No one likes paying for shipping and waiting a week to find out the dress that looked great on the model looks like a circus ...

A new virtual mannequin that can alter its shape to any set of measurements is set to fix online shopping's sizing problem for good. Retailers like Adidas, Nicole Fahri and Hugo Boss have already ...

We’re not entirely sure if United Arrows’ new MarionetteBot makes mannequins more or less creepy, but it’s certainly attracting attention. To make it work, the popular Japanese clothing chain equipped ...

Designer clothing chain ITIB recently became a hot topic of conversation after a clip of women strutting their stuff on platforms placed outside of one of its stores went viral on social media. The ...

A mannequin that sweats, moves and has a human body temperature could help clothes designers create better military clothing, sportswear and even spacesuits, its creators say. Monitoring how well a ...

If you’ve ever looked at a store mannequin and wondered if you'd ever see one that actually represented your body type, you’re probably not alone. And now, a recent study in the Journal of Eating ...