Mannequins And Its Various Types
Have you gone to any showroom for buying some clothes for your wardrobe lately? Did you notice the Mannequins standing outside the showroom with just the perfect shape for the clothes or anything they are put one with? Don’t you then admire to have such a body to look nice in anything that they are wearing? Well mannequins indeed have become an important part of the merchandising retail business. They play an important role in attracting the customer the shop and motivate them to buy the product.
What are Mannequins and what are they basically used for?
The artificial dolls or dummies that are brought in use by the retailers to show their latest merchandise collection are called as mannequins. They are basically used for the following purposes:
1. They are used to highlight the unique and latest collections of the retail store.
2. They can also be held responsible for the up selling of store.
3. Mannequins bring the customers to the store by attracting them, therefore increasing the revenue and profit of the store.
4. Mannequins show and make aware about the latest trends in fashion world and thus influence people to buy particular merchandise.
Types of Mannequins
Mannequins are of many types and are made up of different materials like wood, wax, fiberglass, and plastic. Some mannequins are made to set in just one pose, while the other Mannequins have arms and legs that are adjustable. Male Mannequins, Female Mannequins and Children Mannequins are also available.
Some basic types of Mannequins are as follows:
1. Headless Mannequins – whatever trends in fashion comes and goes, Headless Mannequins will always be known for presenting clothing without any distraction. One can use this Mannequin to display menswear, womenswear, lingerie, swimwear and any other clothing item that one can think of.
2. Full Body Mannequins- Full Body Mannequins are generally used as model dummies in retail clothing stores, but can also be brought in use as props for the theater, photo shoots, and dressmakers.
3. Male Mannequins or Female Mannequins –These Mannequins are used to represent male or female dummies with ideal bodies so that customers get attracted to buy the particular merchandise that they wear.
Other accessories used in retail stores
Mannequins are used to display the merchandise and to show the latest trend in fashion. But many more things are also required in a merchandising retail stores. Apart from a good range of design of clothes, other things are also needed to present those clothes to the customers in an appealing manner. Pegboard Hooks are hooks that are used for displaying merchandise. They are also an essential part of every merchandise retail store. Body forms Mannequins can only show the customers as to how the clothes can look on them but it do not make the merchandising store complete. Accessories like Pegboard Hooks are what makes the store complete. So the next time you go to a merchandising store, do pay attention to the Mannequins and let it affect your decision on buying your merchandise.
Mike is writing about 4 Way Racks and Acrylic Displays available at www.the-competitive-store.com
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