Abstract: Fitness is one of the required characters of garment.Mannequin is a useful and important tool for the control of the fitness in the garment industry. China started to develop its mannequin industry rather late,and there exist a lot of problems,in particular,about fitness of the garment mannequin for Chinese civil shapes.Aiming at these problems,on-the-spot investigations to mannequin manufacturing enterprises were conducted,making a systematic analysis of the problems concerning the shade modeling,fabricating and necessary materials of mannequin production at home.Users′ opinions were collected through questionnaire way,including summing up their needs and requirements.The conclusions and suggestions set forth can be used as a reference for designing and making mannequins fit to Chinese civil shapes.