Mannequin at Robinsons department store goes viral for kooky styling, looks a little bit like a Samsui woman

Today’s weird viral tweet goes to a mannequin that decided that today was the day to wear a pillow over her head. (Photo: @YuChengQ / Twitter)
Today’s weird viral tweet goes to a mannequin that decided that today was the day to wear a pillow over her head. (Photo: @YuChengQ / Twitter)

It’s Saturday, and you’re strolling past Robinson’s department store at the JEM shopping mall in Jurong East.

You decide, ok: today is the day I finally buy some new bedding with my hard-earned money.

You find the bedding section, take the escalator to go up to that particular section, and then you see… this.

This kooky sight was spotted by Twitter user @YuChengQ in a tweet he posted on Friday evening.

That tweet has received more than 2,700 retweets and 2,900 favorites as of press time, with commenters quick to praise the styling of the mannequin.

(Photo: Twitter screengrab)
(Photo: Twitter screengrab)

One Twitter user, @Tigburrchubz, likened the look to an outfit worn by Vivacious, a contestant of the hit US drag television show, RuPaul’s Drag Race.

In the show, the contestant wears another “head”, which she calls Ornacia. (There can be multiple Ornacias in one outfit.)

We do see some similarities though in the look and style of the mannequin to a group of Chinese women who came to Singapore in the 1920s to 1940s to help out in manual labor: the Samsui women.

However, with the cape draped oh-so-luxuriously around the mannequin, she begins to channel a little bit more… Princess Leia.

Similar, no?

What does this image remind you of? Let us know in the comments section below.




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