Where would be the best place to buy a dress form?
Like one of those manikin things in your size that you can use to fit patterns for yourself? I heard they are really expensive but wondered if there is a good place to buy maybe secondhand?
I am also looking for one, and I live in Washington.
I've seen them listed on Craig's List a number of times.
I've learned to use several different search words when looking, including "dress form", "Dress dummy", "mannequin" and also search using every possible way that you could misspell mannequin.
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