Being asked to provide mannequins for music video shoots is one of our specialities and we are really proud to add the fabulous MIKA to our growing list of celebrity clients. Roz had a wonderful hard working day at Wilton’s Music Hall in E1 – the most beautiful music hall you have ever seen. Well worth a visit. www.wiltons.org.uk. The mannequins behaved themselves too, which was a bonus although one did refuse to have his trousers put on. We do believe that some of the crew have photographic evidence of Roz struggling on the cat walk with him. Let us know so we can have a caption competition!
All of us here at Mannakin wish MIKA every success in the world with the new album. Roz’s favourite track? I see you!
The shoot was featured twice on Channel 4’s T4 on Saturday 29 August 2009. It is available for 30 days on 4 on Demand. Click here to view on the web.
Undoubtedly the most talented artist at this years Glastonbury Festival was Lady Gaga. How honoured we were to see her appear live on stage with our mannequins.
We are back after a successful trip with the mannequins to Glastonbury Festival. Not only did they stand on stage for the duration, they also appeared with Lady Gaga – when she did her secret gig at Club Dada, Shangri La. We were delighted as she announced how much she enjoyed performing with the mannequins. Kelvin Clone even had his privates fondled by her! (He is now charging double his usual hire fee!) Some pre photos here, with more to follow shortly.
New York based fashion designer of note, Catherine Malandrino – recently opened a boutique within the famous London store Harrods. She chose our mannequins for the opening whose guests included Liz Hurley! We were absolutely delighted with this project and thank Catherine for using our mannequins for such a special event.
If you have been reading our blog regularly, then recently you would have seen the inside of the Patina-V factory in New York. Patina-V is often seen as a pioneer in mannequin design – turning out quality models. We have old ones and new ones in our collection, but these stunning display torso’s or busts with their hands in meditation pose are beautiful. Their moulds seem to go one step further in the production process, making them true works of art all by themselves. We have a collection of approximately 20 of these models available to hire. Please contact us for more info.
We have just acquired a fantastic collection of mannequins, created by designer Ralph Pucci. We are really please to have this collection, known as ‘MANIKIN’. The finish is called ‘foundry’ and they look like they are carved from stone. More pictures as we upload them can be found here.
We were rather hoping that by putting scary face Nicko outside our house on Friday night (Halloween) that we would have a night of peace from trick or treaters, but in fact, they loved him and we had more visitors than usual!
Hellen Back at the Absolut Masquerade promotional event at Maverik Showrooms, London E2 – October 2008. Mannequin styled by Sophia Hedblom. Read more on the event here.
