Abstract: A mannequin, method and system for facilitating making, altering and/or purchasing clothing by a user. The mannequin includes: a body that substantially resembles that of a prospective user of clothing and/or adornments, the body including an outer contour; a plurality of sensors attached to the body, for providing one or more quantitative indications of performance of the clothing and/or adornments fitted to the mannequin; and a data transmission interface connected to the sensors operable to transmit the one or more quantitative indications of performance of the clothing and/or adornments.

Abstract: A mannequin (10b) including a body which substantially resembles that of a human with an outer contour defined over at least part of the body by a plurality of devices (32) that extend and/or retract relative to the body and a data interface operably connected to the plurality of devices (32) such that they extend and/or retract to define a contour according to data received from the interface wherein the received data represents the outer physical dimensions of a customer.