# HUGE plastic boobs! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545 "2007-01-03T15:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/1 "2007-01-03T15:55:47Z")
I read an article on [salon.com](http://salon.com) about how some clothing stores are using mannequins with large busts. [This](http://www.mannequinstore.com/female/marie.htm) is an example of one of the models available to retailers. Personally, I don’t even look like the [typical mannequin](http://www.mannequinstore.com/female/nicole.htm). Finding clothing that fits is extremely difficult. I imagine a group of shadowy figures around a table in some office basement. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” says a smooth, cultured voice. “We have American women supporting a diet industry, waxing every folicle of hair on their bodies, and injecting a bacteria toxin in their faces. What can we do now?” ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/2 "2007-01-03T15:59:05Z")
How much are they and when to they ship? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/3 "2007-01-03T16:05:09Z")
Holy crap. Look at those nipples. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/4 "2007-01-03T16:22:12Z")
I know women built like that. What’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/5 "2007-01-03T16:27:48Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] How much are they and when to they ship? [/QUOTE] $249.99. Painted nipples $9.99 extra. You should learn to read instead of just looking at the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/6 "2007-01-03T16:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] I know women built like that. … [/QUOTE] … Gravity-defying? Helium-filled? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/7 "2007-01-03T16:36:27Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] … Gravity-defying? Helium-filled? [/QUOTE] Foundationally-supported. Once properly supported, that’s their shape, and the way for them to tell if clothes will fit them is to see them on mannequins (mannequines? mannequinnesses?) shaped they way they are with their undergarments in place. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/8 "2007-01-03T16:41:19Z")
All this, and I still can’t buy a button-up shirt with enough room in the bust. What? ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/9 "2007-01-03T16:51:00Z")
Is it the lighting or is the left boob a lot bigger than the right? ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/10 "2007-01-03T16:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] Painted nipples $9.99 extra. [/QUOTE] Yes, but what colors are available? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/11 "2007-01-03T17:13:33Z")
Orange, or so it would appear. Personally I’m disapppointed that a luminous nipple option isn’t featured as an add-on. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/12 "2007-01-03T17:22:08Z")
Walking through Lincoln Park, I see more women shaped like the “well-endowed” model than the “normal” model. Breast implants are frighteningly common. It’s often the same women with money to burn who get implants, work out 8 times a week to keep the rest of them slim AND buy overpriced clothes. So it makes sense to me that those women in those stores would want to see their potential purchases on mannequins that are shaped like them. Much like I would rather see the clothes in Lane Bryant on real “plus size” mannequins, instead of the size 12 ones they use now. [QUOTE=Sattua] All this, and I still can’t buy a button-up shirt with enough room in the bust. [/QUOTE] Amen, Sister! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/13 "2007-01-03T17:34:15Z")
“Mom, I finally found a great job, now that graphic arts degree will finally pay off!” “Great son! Doing what?” “I hand paint nipples on big-booby mannequins!!” “faint” ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/14 "2007-01-03T17:34:18Z")
If I were a clothing store owner, I wouldn’t want to stretch out the merchandise, just to cater to a small percentage of my customer base. But, if the waist and hips were in proportion to the boobs, it would be more realistic. ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/15 "2007-01-03T17:35:38Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Breast implants are frighteningly common. [/QUOTE] \*\*Really? \*\* :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/16 "2007-01-03T17:35:49Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Walking through Lincoln Park, I see more women shaped like the “well-endowed” model than the “normal” model. Breast implants are frighteningly common. It’s often the same women with money to burn who get implants, work out 8 times a week to keep the rest of them slim AND buy overpriced clothes. So it makes sense to me that those women in those stores would want to see their potential purchases on mannequins that are shaped like them. Much like I would rather see the clothes in Lane Bryant on real “plus size” mannequins, instead of the size 12 ones they use now. [/QUOTE] Do shoppers in general really pay all that much attention to mannequins? To the point of scrutinizing their size and proportions? I don’t. I’ll notice if there is a garment or outfit that I like on display, but I don’t take the size or shape of the display piece (i.e. mannequin) into account. I just try to find whatever it is I liked about the display in my size, then try it on to see if it is flattering. Not once, in 30+ years of shopping for my own clothes have ever I thought “Gee, that mannequin has smaller hips than I do, so that won’t look good one me.” ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/17 "2007-01-03T17:44:16Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] How much are they and when to they ship? [/QUOTE] Ditto! :eek: The only mannequins that ever caught my attention before were the ones with prominent, erect nipples. They didn’t affect my purchase of the clothes however, as I am a man. I think the main effect of mannequins like the one linked to would be to make men a _lot_ more willing to go shopping with their wives/significant others. Not even strippers are built like that in my neck of the woods. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/18 "2007-01-03T17:50:50Z")
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**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/19 "2007-01-03T17:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=Caridwen] Is it the lighting or is the left boob a lot bigger than the right? [/QUOTE] Yes it is!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-plastic-boobs/386545/20 "2007-01-03T17:55:21Z")
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