noun
dress form; dressmaker's dummy
A mannequin-like form used in dressmaking and tailoring to fit and display garments.
新しいドレスフォームを買って、自宅で洋裁を始めた。
I bought a new dress form and started dressmaking at home.
マネキン is a general mannequin for display, while ドレスフォーム is specifically a padded form for tailoring.
ボディ can refer to a dress form in fashion contexts, but is a broader term also meaning 'body' or 'torso'.
Variant with interpunct; less common in running text but seen in some contexts.
Loanword from English 'dress form'.