Mannequins are weird windows into culture. They indicate the value that we place on physical characteristics at any given time.
And as times change, you can guage the health of a business based on their mannequin spending. If they’ve got old mannequins, they probably don’t have enough revenue to buy new ones.
I took a picture of this mannequin through a shop window in Wheaton. Note the stray hairs and the bad 70s haircut. The wall of ties and the shipped-paint skin. a sad state of the business.
Best mannequin story ever? The Twilight Zone "The After Hours" episode.