A garment should look like it’s being worn, even when nobody is wearing it. We edit ghost mannequin photos by hand so collars sit naturally, sleeves hang evenly and the inside brand label shows clearly. For on-model fashion work, we retouch skin, hair and fabric without the plastic finish. Send one image and get it back retouched, free, within 24 hours.
Shoppers judge fabric by eye. A hollow collar, a twisted sleeve, a stray thread or a color that sits a shade off tells them the garment might not be what they expect. They don’t blame the retouching—they simply scroll past, or buy and return it.
We work with fashion brands, e-commerce retailers, commercial studios and fashion photographers needing clean apparel images in volume. Every file is edited by a human artist, checked at full 200% zoom and delivered in the exact format your catalog, lookbook or campaign requires.
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“We run large seasonal apparel drops with strict ghost mannequin guidelines. Shoaib’s clipping paths and collar alignments are always spot-on on the first pass. We barely have any revisions.”Peter Helskog · Studio Production Manager, Scandinavia
3D neck joint compositing · Inside brand labels · Symmetrical fabric drape
Ghost mannequin (or invisible mannequin) photography shows a garment holding its worn 3D fit without a visible model or stand. Because each finished packshot blends separate frames of the exterior and interior lining by hand, small shortcuts immediately look flat or pasted on.
Brand woven labels, embroidery and care tags build immediate trust for premium outerwear and knitwear. We keep, straighten, clean or swap inside neck labels using your supplied close-up frame—matching fabric perspective, weave grain and interior shadow falloff.
Heavy tailoring, chunky knitwear, sheer organza & denim each need their own retouching rules
Applying the same cleanup template to a heavy olive field jacket and a sheer chiffon dress ruins one of them. Click any category below to inspect how we adapt edge paths, interior joins and texture preservation for each garment type:
Have swimwear, lingerie, structured three-piece suiting (like our Berlucchi navy suit composite), or scarves not listed above? Send a sample frame and we’ll test it free.
Better raw sets make post-production faster, cleaner & cheaper per SKU
If your team photographs apparel in-house or in a commercial studio, following these eight shoot habits gives us exact perspective alignment for every neck join (tick items off on set):
Not sure whether your mannequin lighting or lens angle pairs cleanly? Send 1 test set and we’ll review your setup alongside your free retouched proof.
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16-bit manual dodge & burn · Zero plastic blur · Consistent multi-SKU lookbooks
Fashion retouching should look expensive, not over-edited. Waxy airbrushed skin and distorted silhouettes signal cheap automation immediately. We retouch the garment first and the person second—keeping real pores, expression and proportions intact.
Shoppers experience a lookbook as one unified grid, not isolated files. Working from your master LUT or reference proof, we match skin warmth, shadow depth and sweep tone so Frame 1 and Frame 150 read as a single cohesive shoot.
Physical fabric swatch matching · Shadow weave recovery · Web & print profiles
Color mismatch is one of the highest-cost drivers of fashion e-commerce returns. Strobe temperature drift turns burgundy rusty, pushes navy toward dull grey, and crushes dark wool details into flat black blocks. We calibrate batches on hardware-calibrated displays directly to your physical reference.
Shopify, Amazon Fashion, Zalando, Farfetch, Etsy and wholesale portals each enforce strict padding, fill ratios and background values—and rules update often. Instead of guessing presets, we lock your current guidelines upfront so batch #1 and image #500 match pixel-for-pixel.
Send one sample or a full seasonal folder in five minutes.
Upload RAW or high-res files through our private Client Portal or share a Drive, Dropbox or WeTransfer link with notes and swatch references.
Your garments are cut cleanly by hand, neck joints blended seamlessly, and reviewed frame-by-frame at 200% zoom against your Style Lock.
Download layered PSDs or upload-ready web exports. Need a collar curve tweaked or contrast shifted? Revisions are included at no extra hassle.
Price depends on the garment, number of view frames required for the composite, and editing depth. Simple flat-lay clothing cutouts start from $0.50/image, while multi-shot 3D ghost mannequin jackets, knitwear and sheer dresses are quoted custom.
Single-shot tees, basic flat-lays & pure white isolation
Shirts, blazers, knitwear, dresses, denim & kids’ collections
Seasonal campaigns, multi-SKU drops & studio retainers
Verified production feedback from clothing labels, studio production managers and commercial photographers across Europe, the UK and North America.
“We run large seasonal apparel drops with strict ghost mannequin guidelines. Shoaib’s clipping paths and collar alignments are always spot-on on the first pass. We barely have any revisions, which makes my production schedule run so much smoother.”
“I rarely leave feedback unless someone genuinely exceeds expectations. We sent over a tough high-volume commercial lookbook under a brutal deadline. Shoaib handled the entire batch with great consistency and got revisions back to me within hours.”
“It’s the respect Shoaib has for natural skin texture that sets his editorial work apart. Every flyaway hair, dust spot, and skin distraction is carefully removed while preserving original lighting and pore structure.”
Answers to every question fashion directors, e-commerce managers and photographers ask before sending a first garment test.
It’s the manual compositing process of combining multiple photographs of a garment—usually a styled exterior shot on a mannequin bust plus a separate shot of the inside back collar or lining—and removing the mannequin completely. The final image displays natural 3D fit, depth and your inside label without any model or support visible.
Simple flat-lay garment cutouts and single-frame isolation start from $0.50 per image. Multi-shot 3D ghost mannequin neck joins depend on garment complexity and number of views—basic knit tops cost less than lined structured blazers or sheer lace dresses, with tiered volume discounts for 50 to 500+ frame seasonal drops. Send 1–2 sample files and we’ll reply with an exact firm quote.
We need one main front frame photographed cleanly on the mannequin, paired with a second shot capturing the inside back collar and lining taken from the same tripod position. If you want the neck or care label highlighted clearly, add a sharp frame of it—see our 8-step shooting checklist above.
Yes. Upload a separate label photograph or close-up reference and we blend it seamlessly inside the reconstructed collar—matching fabric warp, woven texture, perspective curve and realistic neck shadow.
Yes. Instead of making translucent chiffon, organza, mesh or fine lace look opaque and plastic, we extract edges manually and retain true optical translucency against white or soft studio backgrounds.
No. Every garment and model image is retouched manually in 16-bit Photoshop using non-destructive layers, hand-drawn Pen Tool clipping paths and manual dodge and burn. We never run automated AI smoothing or bulk cutout presets that blur delicate knits or distort seams.
Only if you specifically request it in your markup notes. By default we preserve natural human features and proportions while focusing strictly on clean skin texture, flyaways, clothing folds and balanced batch lighting.
Standard orders deliver within 12 to 24 hours. Large seasonal batches of 150+ frames typically complete in 24 to 48 hours using Style-Lock QA, and urgent launch rush scheduling can be arranged anytime.
Yes. Send physical fabric swatch photos, Pantone/Hex targets or approved campaign references alongside the shoot—especially on tough blacks, dark navies and bright reds. We recover crushed shadow knit detail and supply calibrated web sRGB alongside Adobe RGB or print CMYK files.
Strictly. Your raw captures and unreleased styles are used exclusively for your production order inside encrypted Cloudflare R2 transfers, and we sign mutual NDAs before upload whenever needed.
Shipping accessories, shoes, fine jewelry or beauty campaigns alongside your clothing collection? Jump directly to each dedicated specialist workflow.
Eyewear glare removal, handbags, footwear symmetry, cosmetics & #FFFFFF packshots from $0.50.
Focus stacking, diamond facet brilliance, metallic reflections & watch dial crystal polish.
16-bit manual dodge & burn preserving real pores, flyaways & campaign color grading.
Inspect 78+ finished client projects across fashion lookbooks, ghost mannequins & packshots.
Upload 1 or 2 sample frames (or share a folder link) and get hand-retouched, neck-joined proofs back within 12 to 24 hours—free of charge, with no commitment.