The invention relates to a pressing dummy for finish pressing sweaters, jackets and similar garments, primarily made of knit fabric, consisting of a hollow body for the body portion and two pivot arms for the sleeves of the sweater, the jacket or a similar garment, with the pivot arms being able to be pivoted independently of the hollow body on the base support of the dummy used for pressing about a vertical axis by means of a manual lever via linkages out of the operative position, in which they are located in a plane in a manner in which they are aligned with the hollow body, forwardly towards the operating personnel into a receiving position, in which the operating personnel can without difficulty pull the sleeves of the garment onto the pivot arms after the body portion of the garment have been drawn over the hollow body, whereupon the pivot arms can again be pivoted back into their operative position, in which the finish-pressing operation takes place, in which a hot air-steam-mixture is blown into the hollow dummy body and simultaneously into the sleeves of the garment by means of nozzles provided on the pivot arms. After finish-pressing, the garment still disposed on the dummy used for pressing is cooled by blowing ambient air therethrough, and the condensate formed in the dummy is eliminated with the aid of the stream of hot air blown through the dummy during removal of the garment from the dummy and dressing of the next garment on the dummy.