Gardeners, landscapers, and lovers of garden art often use wire dress forms to bring pizazz to a backyard. Sometimes a plant-wrapped wire dress form can become décor for a party or special event.

Here are 8 ways to repurpose a mannequin dress form into garden décor that will bring “oohs” and “aahs” from your visitors.These and other examples can be found here on our Pinterest board.

If you are inspired by these ideas, we can provide the dress forms. See discount coupon code in the last paragraph. 

1 Like a delicate evening gown, this wire form is covered with a light pink trailing bloom.

If you are hosting a fashion themed birthday party, bat mitzvah, bachelorette party or fundraiser the decorations have to be on point. Fashion about about making a statement and looking good.

To get your guests to go “ooh” and “aah” at the décor, here are 10 ways to repurpose a mannequin dress form into an instaworthy centerpiece, gift holder or room décor. These examples are from event planners from all over the world.  If you are inspired by these ideas, we can provide the dress forms. See discount coupon code in the last paragraph. 

1 Using the pink, black and white palette for her event, this event planner used a mannequin torso to create a cupcake stand. The mannequin fits nicely into the color scheme and helps project the style of the event.

This post has a very detailed explanation of “how to strike a mannequin”. This is a visual merchandising term for presenting a mannequin in store window display without any visible means of support – no foot stand, no bum rod.

Mannequins and mannequin torsos are the ideal elements to bring some extra “jazz” to your bedroom and closet. They can be purely aesthetic, mostly practical, or both.

There are 3 basic ways that you can use mannequins and torsos in the bedroom/closet area – see below.

1. Display Scarves & Jewelry

First, you can use a torso to display scarves, belts and jewelry. This is also practical because it reduces the space for those items, and you can use this strategy to display your favorite items or certain items that raise the overall “haute couture” look of your closet. These items will “glam it up,” as they say.