Mannequin for "Théȃtre de la Mode: Le Palais Royale", Maryhill Museum of Art, Maryhill, Washington. Théâtre de la Mode (Theatre of Fashion) was a 1945–1946 touring exhibit of fashion mannequins by top Paris fashion designers. It helped revive the French fashion industry in the aftermath of World War II. The mannequins were 27.5 inches (700 mm) tall, fabricated of wire. The exhibit is now part of the permanent collections of the Maryhill Museum of Art.