Bienvenu to "Mireille".
Mireille, along with "Mabel" the ex-shop display mannequin brought back from Britain last summer, will be modelling dresses, chemises, scarves, jewellery and who knows what else?
Mireille was made by the celebrated Parisien company, Girard, and she probably dates to pre 1920.
She has rather more realistic proportions than Mabel. She's a French size 46 (approximately a UK size 14/16)
Her vital statistics are bust 38 inches, waist 21 inches, hips 42 inches
She has a wonderful turnkey mechanism which allows her to assume rather jaunty angles.
She is covered in rather worn hessian.
She has a very robust and rather heavy base with the 4 legs held in position with a large iron bracket.
She's already had her first modelling assignment
This summery broderie anglaise dress is for sale in Histoires now.
Mireille, however, is not for sale. She's got more work to do!
