Interesting slices of life

Perfect mannequins

For this study, subjects were surveyed about their level of “appearance self-esteem”. They then evaluated clothing such as bikinis and dresses on a series of store mannequins. People who reported lower self-esteem were more likely to have a negative reaction to clothing on a mannequin than those with higher self-esteem. Interestingly, when researchers reduced a mannequin’s beauty by marking the face, removing the