United States of Mannequins: a view into shop windows through the 1980s
August 1984. Shop window. Beverly Hills, California – BUY THE HI-RES FILE or BUY A PRINT
“Plastic Girls” episode 2. United States 1982-1988
This is the second part of “Plastic Girls,” a forty-year project by the Italian photographer Roberto Bigano documenting mannequins. All the pictures were taken in the United States from 1982 to 1988, mainly with a 4×5 view camera capable of delivering an incredible amount of details comparable to today’s high-end digital cameras. Read the first episode.
These photographs are part of “A Big Country,” another Roberto Bigano’s project on the “True & False” in the United States, that we will publish soon.
August 1982.
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
August 1984.
Melrose Av. Hollywood, California.
August 1984.
Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, California.
August 1984.
Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, California.
August 1985. Shop Window. Beverly Hills, California.
August 1985.
Shop window on Sunset Strip.
Hollywood, California.
August 1985. Beverly Hills, California.
August 1985.
J.Magnin Dept. Store.
Beverly Hills, California.
August 1988, Rockland, Maine. Senter & Crunes Dept. Store.
August 1988 New York City. Bravo Calvin Klein! Lord & Taylor applauds American Design.
August 1988, Beverly Hills, California. Altman’s Dept. Store
Copyright and credits
Photographs by Roberto Bigano.
All the images in this post are copyrighted.
Tutte le immagini di questo post sono coperte da copyright.
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Glamorous and provocative vintage Spanish mannequins. 1980-1997
This is the third episode part of “Plastic Girls,” a forty-year project by the Italian photographer Roberto Bigano documenting mannequins. All the pictures were taken in Spain from 1980 and 1997, with 35mm cameras.
Evolution of Style through Mannequins. Part 1: 1978-1980
Roberto Bigano have been shooting “Plastic Girls” for over forty years. Mannequins tell a lot about the culture of a country and the evolution of fashion and style. This post is the first of a series and features photographs taken from 1978 to 1980.
About Roberto Bigano.
Roberto's eye by Francesco Piras.
All the pictures on this page are by Roberto Bigano, an Italian photographer working in Europe and the United States with a diverse client base that requires wide-ranging editorial, art repro, and fine art photography. He has some 35 books to his credit.
His last work, in spring 2024, was about the 1920s and 1930s New York City Art Deco Architecture, enhancing peculiar aspects of that unrivaled style. We'll soon publish it on ikonographia.
Read all Roberto's stories on this site.
About Roberto Bigano.
Browse or buy his pictures or prints in the Roberto Bigano Archive.
Dedicated pages on his works on Ikonographia: Bugatti Automobili, Bburago, "Plastic Girls" (Mannequins), Sardinia Artistic Bread.
