Abstract: The mannequin for draping is an important auxiliary tool in garment design and production process, which directly affects the fitness and aesthetics of garment. Aiming at the problems of shape limitation and non-standard size of mannequin for draping in China, this paper sums up its development process in China as well as the demand characteristics and use status of different users via literature search, field investigation and questionnaire survey, looks forward to the development direction of mannequin for draping, and provide a theoretical reference for the future design and R&D.

Key words: mannequin for draping; demand characteristics; production status; use status