Like Suzi, I have problems with adjustable stands - the gaps are *always* in the wrong places. That said, you can get some that have bits to cover the gaps, and they're fabulous (I used my Nana's to death when I was a kid).
I do have an adjustable female form (small - medium) that I use occasionally, but I find myself more and more using solid ones (pinnable, and paddable), and padding them as necessary. A brand new professional solid dummy can cost quite a lot (as much as 800 pounds) - but you can get them second hand, and some shop display forms (the heavier duty kind) are quite acceptable for the kind of 'light' use most costumers put them through, which is nothing like what they'd get in a factory, (my male one even copes with padded armour). Quite a ot of shopfitting stores, etc have second hand ones (that's in the UK, but I can't see it being that much different over there). Ebay is also quite a good place for them, but find out what they're made from - avoid the cheap polystyrene kind like the plague - you'd really need the yellowy coloured moulded foam kind. Like Suzi, I obviously can't suggest a make or supplier, as shipping across the Atlantic is a bit pointless! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
