Just let it go, & let it be scruffy...
For me the best off model work is about free, messy and relaxed arrangements. There is nothing more dull than a tidy, safe compostion that leaves nothing to the imagination.
So as much as I was permitted on these jobs, I wanted soft and 'messed with' stacks. But, to make it work, the right about of the product needs to be 'neat', but in its essentials, make it interesting.
Otherwise, who the heck will want to look at it, let alone buy it!
Emily Grice
Off model styling - stacks - 'Thread' publication 2011