Comments on: I bought a dress form

By: Form, fit & function that won’t break the bank

Form, fit & function that won’t break the bank — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:05:45 +0000

[...] fit versus trying to test fit on what amounts to shaped pieces of plywood. Long story short, I wish the other form I bought from them were also foam with the flatter hand sewn side seams. I am planning to buy one of their [...]

By: Marieta

Marieta — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:44:17 +0000

Come to find out Alvanon is geared towards companies and not individual sales. I wanted one soooo bad, but they said that their shipping rate oversees are very high because this is not part of their business?!? They suggested for me to find my own freight forwarder, but I am not sure if that’s a good idea. Given the fact that I don’t know the first thing about import/export. I wish there is a way to get this beauty!!!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:58:45 +0000

Hi Marieta, I don’t remember what I paid but it was appreciable. I didn’t get it right away, I had to wait for a container shipment -which could account for the lower price. I’m accustomed to paying hundreds of dollars for shipping but would have noticed if I paid as much as you were quoted. I would check back with them to see if there are other alternatives. It could be they are shipping just the one, direct.

By: Marieta

Marieta — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:46:00 +0000

Thank you for sharing about Alvanon Dress Forms Kathleen! I found the post extremely useful and immediately wanted one…. So I went on their online website and purchased. After couple of days got an invoice stating that shipping to IL will cost me a $1, 145 on top of the cost of the dress form of $2,200. Am I missing something here? I was ready for the investment, but cannot justify shipping to be 50% of the actual cost of the dress form. Did you run into such a high shipping rate when you purchased yours Kathleen?

By: Tabitha

Tabitha — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:46:34 +0000

Has anybody used one of their children’s forms? I would love to hear some feedback of that one, or any other children’s forms!

By: Fashion Incubator » Curvy does not mean plus sized

Fashion Incubator » Curvy does not mean plus sized — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:50:11 +0000

[...] will have to know the difference. Already there are dress forms specific to the curvy body type (I bought one) and in a variety of sizes. Meaning that if you order a curvy form and were expecting a plus sized [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:38:19 +0000

Hi, does anyone have used Alvanon infant and toddler body forms he or she would like to sell? How about consultation to help us fit our clothes line? Thanks.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:09:11 +0000

Your thoughts and reesearch on the dress forms were very helpfull to me. Ouch on the price! I wonder if it is possible to find someone that might be selling one.
Thanks again for shareing.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:08:31 +0000

Can you recommend a dress form for TALL women?

By: Joanne

Joanne — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:03:47 +0000

I enjoyed this article. I was the consultant from the garment industry to the firm that developed the measurement-collecting technology; and though we collected over 200,000 measurements with our scanner (looks similar to the ones in the airport – kind of like a transporter from Star Trek), I never got to see a dress form whose shape was based on them until last week, when I applied for a job at a company that uses Alvanon forms. At my old company we wanted to get away from the dress form shapes that were based on data collected back in the 1930s and 1940s from young, fit women in the military. They were not totally realistic then, and even less now. We actually did start out making custom clothing from the measurements we took, before getting into data-collection. I would like to own one. It would be easier than making custom padded, zip-on covers for my forms to correct the fit.
P.S.-Don’t let them tell you at the airport that the body scanner doesn’t show all…it does. They just blur out your face.