The measurements of male mannequins have been reducing steadily over the years, even as American men's actual pants size has been getting bigger: The average waist size in 2006 was 39.7 inches.

Next month, the British mannequin maker Rootstein debuts their latest male form—the “Homme Nouveau,” feminized and not so hearty, with a 35-inch chest and a 27-inch waist. Perfect for the ...

Out of the 32 female mannequins they assessed , they found them all to be an underweight body size using visual rating scales. Researchers also looked into male mannequins and found the average ...

The study found that only 8 percent of male mannequins represented an underweight body size. But the fashion industry may discriminate against men in other ways, it pointed out. While researchers ...

In total, we visited 17 stores and got acquainted with 58 mannequins, 32 of which were “female” and 26 “male”. What we found was that all of the female mannequins in these shops had body ...

Read more: The women taking a stand against Instagram perfection The study, published 2 May in Journal of Eating Disorders, looked at the male and female mannequins in 17 fashion chains in two UK ...