Attached Link: http://www.landsend.com

Hey peeps, check this out. A clothing catalogue using Poser models to try on and choose your new clothes. The link is on the right hand side, 3rd button from the top called "my model" You put in your statistics and a poser model shows up. No gender bias here, they have the models for both men and women. cheerio lululee

Attached Link: http://www.mvm.com/

The 3D technology is by a company called My Virtual Model - here's their link if you want to browse, but I couldn't find any mention of the nuts 'n' bolts.

MVm has been around for about four years, and, uses a proprietary system that's actually image based at the core (or was, originally). Some of the prinicpals behind it were active in the old mirai communites a while back, as well

Up here in Canada the paper ran a "sneak preview" of the site. They mentioned using Poser models. Tomorrow I believe will have a more in depth story. I'll check it out and keep you posted if there is any cool info in it. cheerio lululee

Hmmm... I don't think it updates the picture (I know I don't look that good from the back in a bathing suit). ;^)

Well, she's really cute!

Um, for the record: this is NOT my body :-) Willy PS: ... only dreamin' ...

Maybe I should test it again. But it surely didn't look like my body.

Hauksdottir: It's really funny. You have to "register" and then put in some numbers and colors - defining your model. Which is stored within a cookie (I believe) because you can go to other stores via the link to mvm and take your model with you. I didn't try to go to the extreme numbers - that would have disturbed my dreams - but I think, the model reacts to some degree ("younger" or "mature" face, for instance). Willy

I used a tape measure, and entered the most current, accurate numbers... even the thighs. I'm not vain... being a poet as well as an artist, I know that beauty isn't measured by conformation to anybody's ideal. And if clothes are to fit, they need to be loose enough to sit down in without splitting. Over the years, I've ordered many things from LandsEnd. They offered incredible value on cashmere turtlenecks (especially when they had the tunic-length models which look good on a 5'-10" frame and cover up my butt). Warm and sturdy flannel pyjamas. Slippers. I never ordered jeans, because that really is something I have to try on, but everything else fits well and wears well. Carolly

Well, I didn't want to input my own body measures - too much for the eye! I just guessed them. That was particularly difficult with the length of the torso (from between the legs up to the left shoulder down the back to the beginning). As I hadn't a woman at hand I had to calculate (around 80 inches). Can anybody tell me, if I was right? ;-) Willy

How much do I trust you?

Ouch! Well, you see, men don't think along the same lines than women :-) For me it was just a scientific question. It wasn't meant personally. Kind Regards, Willy (trying to keep a straight face) PS: I appreciate the female form - or else I wouldn't have been in Poser, would I? ;-)

LOL! I was thinking of pulling my specs from the site and sending them to you... but if you did get a pear-shaped woman when you tested a garment... I would not want it shown here in a bikini! ;^) Carolly

OMG! Nope! This I would never do! Honestly! If I were in need for data of a pear shaped body I could've used my own! Ya know - beer belly and other typical legacy of good nutrition and lazyness - a body/mass-index of 32! As I usually don't drink much beer (once a month, at max) this is injust like h**l. And a chocolate bar here and there - who would deny this to me? But there are plusses too: the center of mass is appreciably low. I can't keel over that fast! :-) Willy (dreaming on) PS: This thread is getting out of hand very fast!