Ready to dress up your seasonal window display with a jaw-dropping statement piece? Here are a couple of tips on how you can create a dress form that customers fall in love with for the upcoming Autumn season!
The Power Of A Window Display
Window display advertising is a powerful way to communicate your brand to customers, both new and returning. For new customers, an enticing window display can serve as the first point of contact they will have with your business. For returning customers, a retail display can be a great way to help strengthen the relationship with your business and encourage continued business.
Incorporating Seasonal Inspo To Your Window Display
If you’re looking to inspire and capture the dreamy feelings of the season, within your display, let us help. We’ve put together a vast selection of craft supplies and decor essentials just for window displays! Explore items made of durable, quality materials able to withstand the elements like sun exposure, wind, and more. Here, we’ve used deco mesh, metallic wired ribbons, and our Mannequin Madness dress form!
Window Display Essentials For The Season
- Deco Mesh | When you’re looking to make a statement, deco mesh is a favorite among visual merchandisers and installation artists. It is available in many different colors and styles for every season, it is also easy to work with, and it maintains shape and volume easily.
- Tinsel & Garland | A great way to add glitz, glamour, and volume to a dress form tree or display is with decorative tinsel and garland.
- Burlap | Ribbons are an easy way to enhance and create a big impact. They’re great because they are available in a variety of materials, textures, and patterns.
FYI! If you’re interested in dressing up your storefront with a mannequin or you want to get inspired with more tutorials, visit Mannequin Madness and check out their Dress Form Christmas Tree Zoom Classes!
Let Your Creativity Run Wild
With our Fall-inspired display, we got ultra creative and designed a burlap bodice, textured pine tree skirt embellished with berries and the changing leaves of autumn, and deco mesh ribbon belt.
How We Made Our Stunning Fall-Inspired Skirt
Our autumnal skirt is made up of pine garland woven throughout a wire frame wrapped around our mannequin’s waist. While this may sound difficult, the entire process fairly smooth and easy. Here’s how we did it!
You’ll Need
- 4” Pine Garland
- Wire Round Tomato Cage
- Wire Cutter
- Dressmaker Pins
- Oak Leaf Embellishments
- Berry Stems
How To Make A Skirt Using Chicken Wire
- First, you’ll want to prep and secure your wire frame body onto the mannequin. Using your wire frame and cutters, bend and fold the chicken wire around your dress form waist. To secure the frame, use your dressmaker pins to pin the wire to your dress form waist.
- Next, build your pine skirt. With your pine garland, drape it on top of your chicken wire, tucking the folds of the garland into the wire to keep it in place. Repeat this until your frame is completely filled and formed.
- Once your skirt is completely formed, accent the surface of your skirt with your leaf embellishments and berry stems.
Here’s How We Made Our Textured Burlap Bodice & Accessories
For The Bodice, You’ll Need
- Scissors
- 21” Burlap Fabric
- Oak Leaf Garland
- Dressmaker Pins
How To Make A Wrapped Burlap Bodice
- First, with your scissors, cut a large piece of burlap fabric. Remember that this piece will wrap around the top of your dress form nearly twice. Fold your burlap in half with the fold at your dress form waist.
- Place the center of your burlap piece at the front of your form and carefully wrap the two ends around your form. As you wrap your dress form, gently pull one side of your burlap fabric to build height towards one shoulder. Use your dressmaker pins to keep your burlap in place.
- As a final finishing touch to your bodice, drape your oak leaf garland from your dress form shoulder, bringing one end towards the front to the waist. Wrap the loose end around the back, bringing it towards the front.
For The Dramatic Bow Belt, You’ll Need
- 2-1/2” Deco Mesh Ribbon
- Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
- Tape Measure
- Scissors
- Oak Leaf Garland
- Berry Stems
How To Make A Deco Mesh Bow Belt
- With your deco mesh roll, wrap it around your dress form waist twice and use your hot glue to keep the mesh material in place.Trim your ribbon.
- Separately, craft a dramatic bow with long tails and use your hot glue to adhere it to the belt. Let your bow tails fall gracefully to either side of the skirt.
- Accent the surface of your dress with your berry stems and leaf embellishments.
Retail Store Display Supplies At Paper Mart
Window displays can be made from the most unexpected materials. If you’re looking for window display supplies for the seasons, check out our wide variety of craft supplies here!