window dressing

English Thesaurus

1. the decoration of shop windows (noun.act)

hypernym	:	decoration,
definition	:	the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) (noun.act)

2. a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)