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Working On The High Street

Visual merchandising is an important part of retail. The way we present and display our merchandise is an important ingredient for attracting cutomers into the store and for our brand recognition. Whether our line of business is fashion or not, mannequins can play a very important role in either showing off latest collections or to [...]

Mary Queen of Frocks

Launching a retail outlet in a recession would be a major issue for anyone creative or indeed any retail creative team. Whilst the financial investment is large – the emotional termoil is even more demanding. But as Mary Portas starts her new series on Channel 4 – Mary Queen of Frocks – we get a [...]

Why Headless Mannequins?

There are many reasons why you might choose a headless mannequin, but the biggest reason should be that whatever trends in fashion come and go, headless will always present clothing without distraction. Headless mannequins are probably the most popular and easy choice of mannequin available. They do not reflect any kind of style and are therefore versatile [...]

New Girls On The Block!

We are going to call these the FAB4 – three are from the same manufacturer and one is a Rootstein (second from left). Now all we have to do is find them a theme tune… Tweet This Post

Mannequin Trends at Euroshop

I thoroughly enjoyed my first visit to Euroshop in Dusseldorf last month and have finally got round to telling you all about what I saw. My first visit was to the Museum Kunstplast where Bonaveri had opened its showroom. I admire and respect this brand with great interest. I jumped off the plane with my [...]

Happy New Year

Mannequin Hire, Sales, Care & Recycling Specialists 0800 328 5316 International +44 (0) 1636 610033 Our Chance To Say – Happy New Year & Thank You.. for keeping in touch and doing business with us in 2010 Here are a few updates for you.. we can now generate custom mannequin searches for you and your [...]

Jeremy Helps The Aged

We often work with the producers at Top Gear and we can safely say that they are always among our favourite mannequin challenges. Although this video is an old one – we recently found it on the Top Gear website and are now sharing it with you. (We never did shout about it, so better [...]

Cool Fashion Shoot

This video has a bit of a title that would suggest it is not for viewing by the under 18′s and I have no idea why because this video has no explicit content at all. What it does suggest though is how we used to do things and I don’t think any budget was spared [...]

Black Mannequin Hire

For our first database search we have produced a list of anything we have for hire that uses the colour black. Black can be considered as a very heavy solid colour, but it is good for showing Autumn and Winter collections. So here we go – a glance inside our mannequin cupboard – some that [...]

The Big Dummy Eviction

Just after I started Mannakin, I wrote this article which originally featured here back in 2008. It very much refers to the true reason how Mannakin came about. I thought I would republish it – as I am still amazed at how much we have grown. In 2008 we thought it was amazing to have [...]