During 1900 – 1910 the transformation of the mannequin from a headless doll to a figure modelled on the entire human form is equated with industrialization, a time when the readily available manufacture of large plate-glass, sewing machines, and electricity reshaped the shopfront into an expressive space. From 1910 – 1920 , with the beginning of the First World War in 1914, women began to work in arduous factory tasks such as weapon production, replacing males drafted to the