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Check craigslist, Facebook marketplace, or other local market sites. I got one torso mannequin from freecycle, and another from habitat for humanity.
Maybe see if there is a sewing group in your area that would let you borrow a dress form.
Or look for a Bollywood dance group, or costumers; they might enjoy learning to drape a sari, or even give you tips.
Check craigslist, Facebook marketplace, or other local market sites. I got one torso mannequin from freecycle, and another from habitat for humanity.
Maybe see if there is a sewing group in your area that would let you borrow a dress form.
Or look for a Bollywood dance group, or costumers; they might enjoy learning to drape a sari, or even give you tips.
There are several sites to show you how to diy a mannequin, but most of those will require if not a friend, at least an accomplice. You basically get some saran wrap, wear your undies, and get wrapped. Cover whatever areas you need for draping, i.e., neck and shoulders, entire torso, arms as far as you want them, below the hips up to you. Then your accomplice duct tapes you over the saran. If you no no one at all in the area, you might be able to find a tailor and explain your project and see if they would help you.
Once taped, you cut the thing open and the plastic wrap will let you slide out. Tape up the opening and there you are.
I like this idea, but my mother and her sister did a slight modification when they made a mannequin of me. I just put on a T shirt that I could sacrifice, and they taped right over the T shirt, cut it up the back so I could slip out of it, and then taped up the cut. The more tape you use, the stiffer it is. My mother used brown tape which dries a bit stiffer than duct tape but you could use a combination. That thing lasted years.
I like this idea, but my mother and her sister did a slight modification when they made a mannequin of me. I just put on a T shirt that I could sacrifice, and they taped right over the T shirt, cut it up the back so I could slip out of it, and then taped up the cut. The more tape you use, the stiffer it is. My mother used brown tape which dries a bit stiffer than duct tape but you could use a combination. That thing lasted years.
I did the tee shirt and duct tape version, and mounted it on a floor lamp.
I bought a commercial dress form last year, since the duct tape one got left behind in a move. It was nearly as much work to pad out the commercial one to almost match me as it was to make the perfect duct tape match. I still don't have the waist length right.
But perfect body match isn't what you need to drape a sari!
I did the tee shirt and duct tape version, and mounted it on a floor lamp.
I bought a commercial dress form last year, since the duct tape one got left behind in a move. It was nearly as much work to pad out the commercial one to almost match me as it was to make the perfect duct tape match. I still don't have the waist length right.
But perfect body match isn't what you need to drape a sari!
You’re right
One just needs a waist and shoulders, plus something to lift the mannequin (to see how the saree flows to the ground)
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