Today at mooch, Wayne had me dressing male mannequins, to put me out of my comfort zone a little bit. Which I am glad he did, I have dressed many female mannequins previously, but not many males. Also it comes easier dressing women, firstly because I am a woman and secondly, I can see myself wearing the clothes I put together! Dressing the male mannequins was a good experience and I really enjoyed creating the looks. I had a simple brief, one smart, one casual.

Firstly I went to work on the smart look, I had dressed to ladies mannequins previously in fairly smart clothes, so I thought it would look good to place my smart guy with those! Also, I had a jacket in mind that I just had to display. I do love the tweed jackets, but being a vintage store, a tweed jacket was too much of an obvious look, I wanted Mooch to stand out from competitors! Sheffield has a LOT of vintage shops! So here is my first men’s look…

                                                    

I went for this great mustard jacket, not only because I loved its uniqueness, but also because it would look fab next to my winter 60’s style lady! I dressed it with a pink denim shirt and a green silken (ladies) scarf, and used it as a pocket square. The colours are bright and they really stand well together ( I do love some clashing colours). I kept the jeans simple and smart, and finished the look off with a simple tan belt and loafers. The loafers were actually purchased before the mannequin went on display, which is fab but it left me short of some shoes!

Here are my final mannequins on display. Looking fabulously stylish! I kind of feel like, if these were real people I would want to be friend with them! Each mannequin is a full, finished outfit from top to toe, showcasing a lot of mooch stock without looking over crowded.

Next I worked on the casual mannequin. As I am a student and Sheffield is a very student heavy city, this mannequin was much easier to dress!            

I went for the classic sheep skin coat! Mooch has many of these in store as they are very popular. However, I haven’t came across many grey ones before! So instantly I went for this coat, again to show off Mooch’s diversity! Some simple, wearable black jeans- nothing too crazy and then a flannel shirt under the coat. Flannel shirts are hugely popular with student and they sell like wild fire in Mooch! So I went for a blue shirt to compliment the grey coat. Adding a hat and a scarf, winter essential but things that weren’t previously on display, to give it a more casual feel .Finally  finishing off with some dark bluey grey Doc. Martins! A vey stylish, winter ready and wearable out fit! Showing that not everything you find in a vintage shop has to be outrageous!

I loved dressing these mannequins and its nice too see the shop window looking full!