Window dressers arrange displays of goods in shop windows or within a shop itself. They may work for design companies contracted to work for clients or for department stores, independent retailers, airport or hotel shops.

Alone or in consultation with product manufacturers or shop managers they artistically design and arrange the displays and may put clothes on mannequins and display the prices on the products.

They may hire joiners and lighting engineers to create displays. When new displays are required they have to dismantle the existing ones and they may have to maintain displays during their lifetime. Some window dressers hold formal display design qualifications.

Notable window dressers

• Raymond Loewy
  Raymond Loewy
  Raymond Loewy was an industrial designer, and the first to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine, on October 31, 1949. Born in France, he spent most of his professional career in the United States...
  
   Early in his career he dressed windows for Macy's in New York.
• Gene Moore
  Gene Moore (window dresser)
  Gene Moore was a leading window dresser of the 20th century. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he moved to New York City in the 1930s. He worked for Bonwit Teller for sixteen years, then in 1955 joined Tiffany's on Fifth Avenue. He remained with the store for the remainder of his career...
  
   was a leading 20th century window dresser.
• Rhoda Morgenstern
  Rhoda Morgenstern
  Rhoda Morgenstern, portrayed by Valerie Harper, is a character on the television sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and subsequent spin-off Rhoda.-The Mary Tyler Moore Show:...
  
   was a fictional window dresser played by Valerie Harper
  Valerie Harper
  Valerie Harper is an American actress, known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s television show The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and for her starring roles on the sitcoms Rhoda and Valerie.-Early life and career:Harper was born at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Rockland County,...
  
   on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and the spin off television show Rhoda
  Rhoda
  Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which ran for five seasons, from 1974 to 1978 airing in 109 episodes. The show was a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky,...
  
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• Giorgio Armani
  Giorgio Armani
  Giorgio Armani is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion and a...
  
   the fashion designer once worked as a window dresser.
• Molina, one of the principal characters of Manuel Puig's novel Kiss of the Spider Woman
  Kiss of the Spider Woman (novel)
  Kiss of the Spider Woman is a novel by the Argentine writer Manuel Puig. It is considered his most successful....
  
  , was a window dresser prior to his incarceration.
• Roseanne Barr
  Roseanne Barr
  Roseanne Cherrie Barr is an American actress, comedian, writer, television producer and director. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy at clubs before gaining fame for her role in the sitcom Roseanne. The show was a hit and lasted nine seasons, from 1988 to 1997...
  
  worked as a waitress and a window dresser in Denver prior to her showbiz career.
• Marty Lamberti started in 1940 as a background designer and in 1943 expanded his talents to become a window dresser. Marty Lamberti worked for notable chain stores and momma & poppa stores in the New York and surrounding areas. Mr. Lamberti loved his profession and he retired after working 67 years. His talents and artistic flair contributed to many designs and unique concepts that are being used today.