Meet the new girls!

I just picked up some new mannequins, they're Gossard lingerie models from about 1940.

The poor loves have been stored in a shed for some time so I've taken them straight to the restorer, who will strip them back, reproduce the "Gossard" decal on their chests and repaint them.

Hope you like them! The logo is different to the ones in the label resource, so I thought I might submit it to the LR.

Nicole

 

This lovely pair is similar to my Lola, who is a Berlei model from the early '40s (and is fully restored).

 

Thanks Linn! They're pretty special - I almost cried when I saw the new models, they're so beautiful. Thankfully now they can be restored and put back on display - do you like the little deco plinths they're standing on?

Nicole

 

Those are fabulous, Nicole! :adore:

Thanks for giving us a peek, and please post "after" pics so we can see their transformation into stunners like Lola!

 

Lucky duck!!!!!!!l

 

I would love to see the "after" pictures, too! :singing:

Gail

 

Wow...what a fabulous find. Can't wait to see them after their touching up!

 

Thay are really beautiful, Nicole. It's wonderful to know that they will soon be restored, and I can't wait to see them afterwards.
Even Lola may be jealous.

 

I have this fetish for vintage pre 50s manikins!!
I have a corset form from the early 1900s.

I would give my right arm for one of those. Restored or otherwise.

I always admired Lola.

 

They are beautiful. So happy that you rescued them and will be restoring them to their former beauty. Can't wait to see them all gussied up!

 

Thanks everyone! I got them from a lady who found them in her grandfather's shed - so we don't have any more history than that but she was pretty surprised to find them. They were in a box, quite small and light (about half the size of Lola) and quite damp so the first thing that will happen is that they will be left for a few weeks in a dry room to dry them out. Despite this, they're in very solid condition though.

Lola will be making a cameo in a local ABC TV series called The Slap. She ornaments a dressmaker's studio - can't wait to see her make her small screen debut!

Oh, and I just realised a nice bonus: the new ladies are so small they might fit some of the really small dresses I have! Gowns with 20-22" waists.

Nicole

 

I....am...speechless....LOLA is astounding!

The new ladies are wonderful...what a find! You are so lucky.

Can't wait to see them all gussied up!

Congrats.

Barbara

 

Thanks Barbara, I just love vintage mannequins - modern reproductions just don't have the same feel, even when they're straight copies, maybe it's the colours but they just don't have that magic.

I'm fortunate that we have a good skilled restorer nearby - Lola is exceptional, it's true. I had to come and pick her up as soon as she was finished because everyone who came into his workshop wanted to buy her! I'm very protective of her, because she's fragile so she sits on top of an art deco china cabinet and looks down on us all!

Nicole

 

Nicole, thank you for posting your ladies. They are way cool!!! I love them. True works of art even as is!
What a great coffee table book a study of vintage mannequins would make. Maybe one is already out there. Time for more research!
Alice

 

Very beautiful.