Mannequin for presenting or photographing clothing articles

A mannequin for presenting or photographing at least one clothing article arranged appropriately on the mannequin, wherein

• the mannequin has a front side and a back side facing away from the front side,
• wherein, the mannequin has at least one cutout such that the back side of the mannequin is not visible in a plan view of the front side of the mannequin along a predefinable line of sight in the area of the at least one cutout,
• wherein the mannequin has at least one insert releasably fixable in the cutout, which insert is configured to be inserted into the at least one cutout so as to at least one of reduce and change a contour of the at least one cutout, which in turn, together with the at least one cutout or alone, defines a smaller cutout in terms of area, and wherein said insert is configured to be completely removable from the at least one cutout,
• wherein the at least one cutout is designed in the area of a pelvis of the torso, wherein in particular the at least one cutout in a section on at least one of the front or back side narrows, especially tapers in a V-shaped manner, in the direction of the thorax, so that in particular in the case of a clothing article arranged appropriately on the mannequin, which forms a clothing article cutout in the area of the pelvis, in the case of the plan view of the front side of the mannequin in the area of the pelvis, the inside of the clothing article on the back side of the mannequin is visible, but not the mannequin itself, and wherein the cutout extends up to two upper thigh areas of two legs of the mannequin extending from the torso.

A method for photographing a clothing article, comprising the steps of:

• (a) arranging a clothing article, which has a clothing article cutout, on a mannequin comprising:
• a torso having two shoulders, wherein
• the torso has a front side and a back side facing away from the front side,
• wherein the torso has at least one cutout such that the back side of the mannequin is not visible in a plan view of the front side of the mannequin along a predefinable line of sight in the area of the at least one cutout,
• wherein the at least one cutout is designed in an upper area of the thorax of the torso such that the torso does not comprise a neck and is arranged between said shoulders, and wherein
• the mannequin has at least one insert releasably fixable in the cutout and configured to be completely removable from said cutout, which insert comprises a cutout being smaller than the cutout of the torso, and which insert is configured to be inserted into said cutout of the torso in a form fitting manner such that it rests on the torso,
• such that a clothing article that forms a clothing article cutout through which the neck of a person extends when the person wears said clothing article, can be arranged on the torso with said insert removed, such that no portion of the mannequin protrudes out of said clothing article cutout, and, in the case of said plan view of the front side of the mannequin, the inside of the clothing article is visible on the back side of the mannequin in the area of the cutout, but not the mannequin itself, and
• such that a further clothing article that forms a smaller clothing article cutout through which the neck of a person extends when the person wears said further clothing article, can be arranged on the torso with said insert inserted into the cutout of the torso, such that no portion of the mannequin protrudes out of said clothing article cutout of said further clothing article, and, in the case of said plan view of the front side of the mannequin, the inside of the further clothing article is visible on the back side of the mannequin in the area of the cutout of the insert, but not the mannequin itself;
• and
• (b) photographing at least one of said clothing article or said further clothing article with said camera.