The Making of Lauren

God knows why we find this so hot, but on his incredibly detailed website, Len Gifford, a sculptor who builds mannequins for a living, explains how he took a fashion model and turned her into the kind of display you'd see in a store window. (Yea, he's kinda like Andrew McCarthy in "Mannequin" - but it plays out in reverse.) It took Gifford more than a month to turn Lauren into an inanimate object, which means it's probably not worth asking him if he takes on custom projects. We'd never be able to afford it. (R.S.)

The Making of Lauren [lgsculpture.com, via John]