A day in the life of a window dresser

A few weeks ago i was asked if i would be willing to help out when the display team come to the store i work at to update the shop windows, of course my answer was YES!
At my store i am often given the task of dressing the mannequins on the shopfloor, so i had an idea of what the task entailed, I can honestly say i never knew how much work actually went into being a window dresser, they spend a day taking all the old displays out then on the second day they put in the new ones and they sometimes need an extra day to finish off the displays in the larger stores.
I was only able to help out on the first day where we cleared everything out and prepared everything for the new displays.
The display team follow a brief given to them by head office to ensure that stores match their displays.
I had to paint benches to match the new colour scheme then rebuild them, peel off 8ft high stickers of trees off of 6 windows, make up card snowflakes and tear up old flooring. Now that dosen't really sound much for 6 and a half hours work but it took some effort! while i did this the girls layed carpet and put up the snowflakes and nailed up lights behind some of them in the kids and womenswear windows. On the second day they redressed the mannequins and put in the accessories.

I worked with two really hard working girls who were lovely and i enjoyed working with them. I feel proud that i made a small contribution to the windows and can say i helped do that!