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Beyond 2000 – Episode 152 (1989)

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clip A revolution in shop windows

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be PG

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Amanda Keller reports from Japan where a robot mannequin with the body type of a typical Japanese woman might yet replace the store dummy with long legs and long arms, the look that is much admired in Western Europe.

Curator’s notes

The really fascinating information about this story is that Japanese women for years have been forced to endure the European look for their store dummies, despite the fact that Japanese women are typically size 9 and have shorter arms and legs than their European counterparts. Amanda Keller tells the story well and leaves to the end the rather dampening fact that this high-tech invention is so expensive to produce that it looks as though Japanese women will be living with their European-style mannequins for many years to come.

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