The aim of the workshop is to produce life-size figurines that can be used to present body covers. The real body shapes will challenge the concept of beauty standards and promote diversity. First, participants will measure their own bodies in order to develop a torso that can then be exaggerated, reshaped or deconstructed. The dictates of the ‘body mass index’ will be questioned here, and we will examine how body shape ideals have changed over the decades. A surface will be moulded from this art form and transferred to a pattern. The resulting bust is stuffed and placed on a metal stand. Variations in the production of a torso can be tried out. The analogue production of these ‘tailoring dummies’ is used to discuss issues of standardisation, discrimination and marginalisation of corporeality.