Are You a ‘Must Have – It’ Girl From Latin America, the UK, Middle East, or India Looking for a Career in Fashion and Shopping?
Do you love reading US Weekly and People Style Watch to see what the celebrities are wearing in the U.S.? Do you read Time Out London, Dubai, or Sydney to find out about the city’s latest and greatest restaurants and nightlife? Do you keep up with celebrities in the UK and Dubai by reading Grazia, OK, and Hello Magazine? Are you a fan of Ahlan Magazine in the Middle East or Ahlan Masala, your connection to Bollywood in India and the Middle East’s biggest Asian celebrity, style, glamour, and fashion magazine? Or do you read Hola Magazine in the UK, Mexico, Spain, or Argentina? Do you love high street fashion and frequent Zara, H&M, and Top Shop for great finds on the latest “it” item?
If you answered yes to any one or all of these questions, chances are you’re a fashion diva and a career in personal shopping and personal styling is your calling. Rather than use your own credit card, you can use the credit card of others to stimulate your love of shopping and looking at fabulous clothes!
Furthermore a career in personal styling and personal shopping is more than just a profession, it’s a lifestyle. Get invited to exclusive fashion shows and events. Rub elbows with your country’s socialites. Establish a network and you will establish your business.
Here at the Sterling Style Academy, we help you determine who your target demographic is and teach you how to market to them. Our technologically advanced training methodology makes it easy for you to refer back to our materials once training is over. Our curriculum is also designed to provide you with a tool kit of marketing materials to showcase your capabilities and enhance your credibility once you complete your personal shopper and personal stylist training – ultimately resulting in clients. Training is the key to credibiliy and being knowledgeable; however imagine doing it in an environment that is fun and exciting too! The basis of any career is a solid foundation and education. We educate you with the generally accepted theories behind image and style while incorporating the latest trends in high street, contemporary, and up-market fashion. More importantly, we also teach you how to work “in-the-field” with real world clients: how to understand their needs, manage their expectations, and provide them with excellent service.
Join the elite group of Sterling Style Academy graduates from over 20 countries worldwide and discover how you too can become a pioneer, celebrity stylist in your own country.
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling! Like us or become our BFF on Facebook.
Other countries with a growing interest in image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The emerging market country indices included are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Angola, Congo, Bangladesh, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.
The “IT” Personal Shopper & Personal Stylist Training Course in New York, London, and Dubai
If you’ve been to New York loads of times, London and Dubai are also the “it” places to be for image consultant, personal styling, and personal shopper training courses. These three locations have two things in common – fabulous shopping and fabulous lifestyles! After all being an image consultant, personal stylist, and personal shopper is more than a career, it’s a lifestyle! Frequent the hippest “it” places where you are seen and want to been seen while taking your training at the Sterling Style Academy in New York, London, or Dubai. Not only do our graduates receive a top-notch education at the Sterling Style Academy, they also enjoy fabulous social lives while meeting worldwide jetsetters who share similar interests, goals, and values regardless of culture, believe it or not. Our course attracts students from all over the world such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Russia, France, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Angola, South Africa, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE.
To some leading a glamorous life can be perceived as superficial however glamorous people are also real people too with real stories, real needs, and real desires. So why not join the elite group of Sterling Style Academy graduates from all over the world at our Alumni Event in Dubai from October 27 – 29, 2011 by enrolling into one of our training programs in New York, London, and 
Dubai in 2011.
Travel the stylish circles who frequent Nobu in New York, London, or Dubai; or Zuma in Dubai, London, or Miami – and meet potential new clients or your potential new mate while taking your image consultant, personal shopper and personal stylist training at the Sterling Style Academy.
Invest in yourself by investing in your future. Not only does this experience enrich your life, it enriches your heart and soul as well!
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling! Like us or become our BFF on Facebook.
Image Consulting, Personal Styling & Shopping – The Fastest Growing, Upcoming Fashion Career in Brazil, Russia, India and China
Looking fashionable, wearing a multitude of designer brands, and dressing to impress has been a growing and sustaining cultural interest in countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China, as well as other countries like Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Indonesia, Egypt, Angola, Bangladesh, Mexico, Columbia, Poland, Turkey and South Africa. GCC countries, such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain, have long adopted the notion of dressing only in brands. It’s not uncommon that you will see someone wearing Louis Vuitton or Chanel handbags, with Hermes or Dolce & Gabanna belts, paired with Christian Louboutin or Gucci shoes, and Roberto Cavali or Armani clothing. However the big question is: Does it all look well put together?! Let’s be honest, sometimes it does however often times it doesn’t. While these non-GCC countries have the fastest growing middle class, not all of them know how to project class and need an image consultant or personal stylist to show them how to exude celebrity – type status.
Being wealthy versus actually knowing how to look wealthy do not always go hand in hand. Many of the up and coming middle class of 
Brazil, Russia, India, and China, as well as in Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Indonesia, Egypt, Angola, Bangladesh, Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and South Africa have money, however they do not necessarily know how to project wealth, status, and prominence – although they want to. Achieving a look of prominence and prestige is more than just putting a lot of logo brands together such as a Gucci logo fedora, Louis Vuitton monogram logo belt, with a Dolce & Gabanna logo tank top, J Brand jeans, and Christian Dior logo sandals. Could you imagine your head spinning while looking at all those logos? I’m certain you’ve actually already seen that look in some of your shopping malls in Moscow, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Dubai. However, projecting an image of wealth and prestige is achieved by how you tastefully put together an outfit to create a visually pleasing, cohesive look. The keyword is tastefully. And if you are actually able to achieve this look, you may actually have people come up to you and say (or think) you look expensive when you might just be wearing a Zara jacket, H&M top, and Mango jeans, along with your designer jewelry, shoes, and handbag. Often times perception can become reality and that is what you can learn to do for yourself and for others at the Sterling Style Academy.
The Sterling Style Academy trains top notch image consultants, personal stylist, and personal shoppers to make the inexpensive look expensive. Women and men from all over the world choose to attend one of our 10 worldwide training programs in Miami, New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sydney, London, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Mumbai, as well as Online. Fashionistas from Mexico, Columbia, Brazil and from Europe (Russia), often choose to attend training in Miami or New York. Those from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, Egypt, Angola, Bangladesh, South Africa, Nigeria, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia choose to either attend our programs in Dubai, Mumbai, London, or New York. While aspiring image consultants and personal stylists from Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia, and Malaysia choose to either attend our San Francisco or World Traveler Program in Sydney and Hong Kong or in London and New York. The image consultant training choices at the Sterling Style Academy are endless and the earnings potential as a pioneer in your own country are amazing as well especially when you see how well our students from fast-growing, developing nations have made an imprint in their societies as credible professionals who are often featured in magazines and newspapers, or have their own TV shows. These Sterling Style Academy graduates are not just fashion professionals, they are upcoming celebrity stylists like Ameriga Giannone in Chile and Maria Cristina Acquaroni in Guatemala. Now is also a great time to invest in image consultant and personal stylist training at the Sterling Style Academy as the U.S. Dollar is weak against many other currencies making our training program “cheap & chic” from your currency perspective.
You too can make this a career of your dreams by enrolling in the Sterling Style Academy image consulting, personal styling, and personal shopping training certification programs or by enlisting in our Short eCourses or Teleclass. Contact us today for more information on how you can create a fashion career for yourself, working for yourself, in a fast-growing economy. By investing in yourself, you will be investing in your future.
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the 
career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling! Like us or become our friend on Facebook.
Other countries with a growing interest in image consulting, personal shopping ,and personal styling are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The emerging market country indices included are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Angola, Congo, Bangladesh, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.
New York, New York! Launch Your Personal Shopper Career in the World’s Fashion Capital!
There’s no better place to train to become a personal shopper and personal stylist than in New York with the Sterling Style Academy! Each year, we offer three in-depth, hands-on training opportunities to study to become a personal shopper and to launch your own personal style and fashion consultation business. Establish a professional network of elite fashion enthusiasts from around the globe while you hone your talents for style in New York.
The Sterling Style Academy regards the Morgan’s Hotel on Madison Avenue our home when we train aspiring personal shoppers and personal stylists to master the elements and principles of image, fashion and style. You’ll learn how to select the appropriate colors, silhouettes, textures and patterns to meet the style needs of your clients in the contemporary setting of the Morgans Hotel with fellow aspiring personal shoppers and personal stylists from around the globe.
Once you’ve mastered the science behind fashion and style, you will experience the practical application of conducting personal style evaluations, wardrobe clustering, personal shopping sessions, and working hands-on with a variety of internationally recognized fashion collections. After you’ve practiced your newly mastered styling skills on other members of the class, the Sterling Style Academy brings in actual personal shopping clients so students may work directly with real people in need of real wardrobe and image solutions. The hands on, industry training we offer at the Sterling Style Academy provides you with the best real world experience prior to providing real solutions for real people.
To be a well-rounded personal stylist it is important to have some product knowledge of skin care and make up. Therefore the Sterling Style Academy partners with Dior Make Up providing you with a Master Class in make up application conducted by Dior Make Up Artists. Our students are also trained to conduct wardrobe and closet consultations by working with an actual designer wardrobe in need of professional assistance so you can master closet organization principles and the secrets to creating a well-functioning wardrobe for which your personal styling clients will pay top dollar. To conclude the class, students learn how to create wardrobe lookbooks tailored to each client as an additional service you may offer in your personal styling and personal shopping service arsenal.
The Sterling Style Academy trains fashion enthusiasts to become certified personal stylists 3 times a year in New York. Each training session offers different benefits allowing you to select the best personal stylist and personal shopper training option for you.
1) The 2.5 Week Personal Shopper Certification Course: April 4 – 20, 2011. Registration closes on February 21. Tuition $7497USD.
2) The 4 Week Personal Shopper Certification Course: August 1 – 26, 2011. Registration closes on June 20. Tuition $8997USD.
3) The World Traveler Program (London | New York):
- Session I in London, 4 – 14 July, 2011. Registration closes on May 23. Tuition $6247 USD
- Session II in New York, July 18-22, 2011. Registration closes on May 23. Tuition $4447 USD
CLICK HERE to see what our New York graduates have to say about us and experience first-hand what it’s like to be part of the Sterling Style Academy.
At the Sterling Style Academy, we offer all of these hands on personal shopper training experiences, plus our unparalleled training workbooks and DVDs that are yours to keep with your investment in one of our personal stylist and personal shopper training courses. Along with all of these training tools, we still consider the strongest part of your personal style and personal shopper training at the Sterling Style Academy to be the diverse group of students you’ll train with from around the globe. Each personal shopper training course is attended by students of all ages, ethnicities, and professional backgrounds. Our Certified Personal Shopper Graduates have gone on to become personal style consultant pioneers in their own countries including Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, the UK, Turkey, Trinidad, Nigeria, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, India, Canada, and more. We’ve trained over 200 hundred students from more than 20 countries to launch their own personal shopping business and we look forward to helping you launch the fashion career of your dreams in 2011!
Contact the Sterling Style Academy directly to learn which training program or short personal stylist eCourse is right for your career goals and will best suit your needs.
Jump start your image consulting business with our Sales, Marketing and Business Brand Identity Launch Kit. Many students frequently come to the first day of image consultant training asking how will I get clients and how do I market myself. This resource will help you position yourself as an expert which will result in attracting clients. If you are serious about starting an image consulting business and would like would like to build the foundation for growing a sustainable business, we recommend taking advantage of the Sales, Marketing and Business Brand Identity Launch Kit Special Offer to incoming students at the introductory investment of US$597 plus shipping and handling.
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling! Like us or become our friend on Facebook.
Multiple Image Consultancy Training Programmes Available in London in 2011 from the Sterling Style Academy
This 2011, prospective image consultants, personal shoppers, and personal style coaches can look to London to enroll in professional image consultancy training from the Sterling Style Academy. As London offers up-market luxury shopping, world class department stores, and is a frequent home to executive business travelers, this fashion and business capital is the prime location to train to become an image consultant, personal shopper, or personal style coach. The Sterling Style Academy offers two exclusive opportunities to train in London this 2011 with globally renowned Personal Shopper and Certified Image Consultant, Michelle T. Sterling. Students of the Sterling Style Academy graduate to become Certified Personal Shoppers and Certified Image Consultants and are amply qualified to take and pass the AICI (Association of Image Consultants International) First Level Certification (FLC) Exam.
Personal shopper students from around the globe will train with the Sterling Style Academy in London to gain an international fashion and styling perspective and develop an essential network of fellow personal style coaching professionals from the European Union, North and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and India. This global approach to fashion and styling is the elevating factor that distinguishes the Sterling Style Academy, making it the image consultancy training programme of choice for students from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Poland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Iran, Canada, Nigeria, Australia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, Kuwait, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and the United States.
Based on increasing demand from personal shopper and personal styling students from these regions who love London, the Sterling Style Academy now offers two training programmes in London.
- The 4 Week Image Consultancy Training Programme takes place from 30 May, 2011- 24 June, 2011, at the luxurious Sanderson Hotel with hands-on personal shopper training along London’s famed Oxford Street and with department stores including Harrod’s and Selfridges.
- The 2.5 Week World Traveler(TM) Programme Session I takes place in London from 4 – 13 July, 2011, and concludes in New York with Session II from 18-22 July, 2011. This jet setting training programme is one-of-a-kind in the image consultancy training industry and is geared toward preparing personal shoppers and personal stylists to be globally traveled with an international fashion and styling awareness when working with executive business travelers and globe-trotting fashion enthusiasts.
As the world becomes even more of a global market place, professional image consultants, fashion stylists, personal shoppers, and personal style coaches must position themselves to be hired by a diverse clientele from different backgrounds, careers, and with different budgetary requirements. By studying fashion styling with a global perspective, the graduates of the Sterling Style Academy are better able to adapt their image consultancy services to the ever changing needs their clients and are able to further penetrate their market to reach more clients.
In order to be hired by world traveling professionals, today’s image consultants and personal shoppers must be culturally aware, well traveled, and have a keen talent for styling according to diverse needs. London is the place to train for your future profession as a personal style coach, personal shopper, and image consultant, and the Sterling Style Academy offers the best hands-on training with a global fashion perspective.
The summer months in London are the best time to train to become a personal shopper as students of the Sterling Style Academy are able to take advantage of the summer sales and people from across the European Union, the Middle East, Africa and Asia flock to London to vacation and shop. Students will learn the basics of makeup application and styling in private training classes in the cosmetics departments of London’s famed department stores. Sessions on personal shopping, styling and creating coordinated ensembles will take place in the fitting rooms of Selfridges and Harrod’s.
Students will graduate with complete wardrobe books, marketing tools to launch their business and a finely tuned eye for fashion styling with a global perspective on trends. Make 2011 your year to launch your career as a personal shopper, personal stylist and image consultant in London with the Sterling Style Academy!
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling! Like us or become our friend on Facebook.
Join the Top Notch Group of Sterling Style Academy Certified Personal Shoppers by Enlisting in Our 4 Week London Image Consultancy Training Programme
Are you fashion enthusiast who is looking for your opportunity to capitalise on your styling talents and earn income as a professional personal style coach, personal shopper or image consultant? Are you looking to train with other fashion enthusiasts from around the world, in a glamorous fashion capital, thus giving your personal shopping and image consultancy services a highly competitive edge with a global fashion perspective? If you answered YES, the Sterling Style Academy’s latest 4 week image consultancy training programme in London is designed for you!
London offers year round internationally recognised shopping entertainment, celebrity fashion culture, and up market luxury living. When you enroll in the Sterling Style Academy’s latest 4 week image consultancy training programme in London from 30 May, 2011 – 24 June, 2011, you will experience it all, first hand with other personal shopping students from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas, and Africa. Gain your competitive business edge by honing your international fashion eye and talents for styling in London’s most glamorous department stores and shopping destinations, including Harrod’s, Selfridges, Oxford Street and Bond Street. You will be positioned for success with an unparalleled global styling perspective when you graduate as a Certified Image Consultant and Personal Shopper from the Sterling Style Academy.
Our latest 4 week image consultancy training programme is set to take place in the trendy and luxurious setting of the Sanderson Hotel. Students will master the elements and principles of image, fashion and style in the backdrop of this 5 star luxury hotel that is a local favorite of international celebrities. June is the best time to shop the summer sales in London, which truly makes our personal style coaching education a valuable shopping experience. Students will practice their newly mastered skills in personal shopping and wardrobe development in the real shopping settings of Harrod’s and Selfridges department stores and will potentially attend a Dior Master Class in makeup application conducted by professional make up artists.
Sterling Style Academy students not only learn the benefits of how to become a London image consultant and personal shopper, but also benefit from our globally diversified curriculum that brings New York fashion to the London high street. Your education in personal style coaching and personal shopping at the Sterling Style Academy in London will truly be a global experience, not just for the glamorous fashion location, but also due to our internationally diversified student body. In 2010 alone, we trained Certified Personal Shoppers from the United States, Canada, Spain, Peru, Russia, Norway, Nigeria, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, the Philippines, India, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, Venezuela, Suriname, Honduras, Italy, and Chile. By training with fashion students from different cultures, you will establish an international professional network and will refine your global fashion and styling talents. This global style awareness makes your personal shopper services that much more valuable to international traveling clients and corporate executives who conduct multi-national business. Join the exclusive group of Sterling Style Academy Alumni who benefit from a truly international perspective of fashion and style and become international personal stylists and personal shoppers.
American personal shopping students are encouraged to enroll in the London 4 Week Image Consultancy Training Programme to take advantage of the relatively strong dollar to British pound currency exchange. Considering a weak dollar and pound sterling, now is also an opportune time for citizens of the European Union to register for the Sterling Style Academy London. As student tuition is factored in US dollars, students from around the world can take advantage of this savings, and, as always, tuition investment is both tax deductible and tax-free (no additional V.A.T., which incidentally increases from 17% in 2010 to 20% in 2011).
Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to request a course prospectus and to learn which of our personal shopping training courses and at-home training products are right for your career objectives. Visit our Sterling Style Academy Facebook Fan Page to read about Sterling Style Academy alumni current events and visit our Sterling Style Academy Flickr Page to learn more about the hands-on, in class personal styling training experience. Meet your training director, Michelle T. Sterling and learn more about the Sterling Style Academy Advantage on our YouTube Page, Sterling Style Academy TV.
Registration for the Sterling Style Academy’s London 4 Week Image Consultancy Training Programme closes on 18 April, 2011 and takes place from 30 May, 2011 through 24 June 2011. Tax deductible and tax free tuition is USD$9947 for the entire course or USD$2497 per week. To read more about the London 4 Week Image Consultancy Training Programme Curriculum and offerings, please click here.
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling! Like us or become our friend on Facebook.
London 4 Week Image Consultancy Training Programme from the Sterling Style Academy
The 4 Week Certification Programme is a fully comprehensive programme designed to meet the training needs of international fashion connoisseurs and individuals who prefer to cultivate their image and styling skills through extensive case study development. This programme is offered each year during June in London. Students may enroll in this course on a weekly basis, however most opt to participate in the entire four week program. In this program, you will learn the following:
• Introduction to style – How do we define and refine it?
• How to analyse fashion, incorporate trends, and develop style
• The elements and principles of design as it pertains to style
• How to assess facial features and body types to create suitable wardrobes for your clients
• How to incorporate these elements into analysing an individual’s personal style and colouring
• How to develop a look specific to your client’s personal style and colouring
• The elements and importance of wardrobe evaluation
• The principles behind closet organization and clothing care
• A day in the life of an image consultant
• Effective shopping strategies and protocol
• How to determine your target market and develop your marketing plan
• How to conduct personal style and closet evaluations
• The essential elements of effective communication skills and its non-verbal impact
• How to utilise these elements to improve your corporate presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• How to develop your client’s image to improve their overall presence
Click here for future class schedule and training investment structures.
Certification only granted upon completion of entire programme
Program Schedule: Monday – Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Clinic: Friday, TBA with assignments to be completed in the evenings.
For more information, please contact us to receive a course prospectus.
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Upon receipt of your registration form, we will send you a Welcome Package outlining the logistics of the training program, suggestions on where to stay, a detailed agenda, and much more. Your investment does not include air fare, lodging, transportation, personal expenses, school supplies or meals. Students should budget an additional USD $1550 per month.
Beginning in 2011, the Sterling Style Academy introduces the 4 week image consultancy training programme in London, taking place 30 May – 24 June, 2011. Due to popular demand for the in-depth 4 week personal stylist and personal shopper training programme in Europe, the Sterling Style Academy has expanded upon its multi-national personal stylist and personal shopper training course options. Until 2011, the 4 week comprehensive personal style coaching training programme was only offered once per year each August in New York. As a result of increased enrollment of students from the UK, Italy, France, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, India, Hong Kong and other European Union, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries, the Sterling Style Academy now offers a second 4 week personal stylist and personal shopper training programme during the month of June in the global fashion capital of London.
Have you dreamed of earning an income through personal style coaching and personal shopping? Train to become a top-notch image consultant this June 2011 in London, in the midst of world class shopping. Your new career as a personal shopper or personal style coach starts with hands on training on London’s Oxford Street, the largest shopping destination in all of Europe, and Bond Street. Train to become a personal stylist while learning the principles of colour and design as they relate to the body at Selfridges, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and other world famous London department stores. Master the skills of personal styling and personal shopping on Sloane Street in Knightsbridge, home to up market luxury shopping and living.
Fashionable men and women from around the world train at the Sterling Style Academy to launch their dream career as a top notch image consultant, personal style coach, and personal shopper. Students enroll in our image consultancy training program to gain a global edge on fashion and shopping and to train with students from countries and cities including: London, UK, Moscow, Russia, Paris, France, Rome, Milan, Italy, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Romania, Slovenia, Poland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, India, Iran, Hong Kong, and China.
As shoppers from the Middle East, India, and the European Union often go to London during the summer months to vacation and shop, June is the perfect time to invest in image consultancy and personal style coaching training with a global perspective from the Sterling Style Academy.
Registration for the 4 Week Image Consultancy Training Programme in London closes 18 April, 2011. The investment for this in-depth, hands on, up market personal stylist and personal shopper training is USD$9947, which is just USD$2497 per week.
The Benefits of the Sterling Style Academy are the following:
1. Commitment to Excellence. We consistently update our course curriculum so that our students receive the most current and timely style industry information. Wardrobe case studies are shaped by the hippest celebrities and designer style, and our coaching of corporate communication and appropriate wardrobe is geared toward persevering through economic downturns.
2. Faculty Reputation. Your instructors have 50 years of combined industry experience and the Sterling Style Academy’s Founder is a Wellesley Alumnae, member of the National Organization of Professional Women, AICI, ASTD and other professional organizations committed to excellence. You will train from experts who are recognized as being in the top 2 percentile in the image consulting industry.
3. Global Diversified Student Body and Internationally Recognized Student Alumni. Sterling Style Academy Certified Image Consultants span the globe from over 20 different countries from every continent. The leading image consultant in Japan, Yuuri Takano, residing in Tokyo, graduated from the Sterling Style Academy New York in 2005 and re-enrolled with her assistant in 2008. She has since pioneered the image consultant industry in her country, becoming a media darling, author and premier image consultant in Japan and to the Japanese in America.
4. Every dollar of your Sterling Style Academy training investment is tax deductible. As a business owner, your industry education becomes a valuable tax deduction and may be written off as a business expense.
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling! Like us or become our friend on Facebook.
Meet the New Certified Personal Shopper Graduates from Sterling Style Academy San Francisco and Dubai
The Sterling Style Academy attracts aspiring personal shoppers from around the globe and a variety of backgrounds. We’re very excited to watch the most recent graduates of the Sterling Style Academy San Francisco and Dubai launch and grow their businesses in 2011! These Certified Personal Shoppers and Stylists are from Brazil, Peru, Saudi Arabia, India, the San Francisco Bay Area and the Philippines and come from backgrounds including publishing, makeup and beauty, event planning, diplomacy, and full-time motherhood. Read below to learn first hand the goals of these Certified Personal Shoppers and why they enrolled in the Sterling Style Academy.
Career Goals of our Personal Stylist and Personal Shopper Graduates from the Sterling Style Academy:
- To learn and polish my own personal image and style and take it to a professional level so I can teach other’s how to look and feel good about themselves.
- I hope to fully understand the colors that suit different skin tones particularly the Asian brown skin. I want to learn how to bring out the best in the Filipino skin and make them proud that they look good by being tanned or brown.
- I want to help people change their lives, especially women, by helping them buy the right clothes, use the right make up and accessories and project the right image without spending lots of money.
- I want to learn age appropriate clothes and make up for men and women.
- I am a working mother and I want to have the choice to live and work with flexibility and freedom wherever my family goes.
- My long term goal will be that in a few years I would like to go back to the Philippines and establish my own Image Consulting Company . I would like to conduct trainings to corporate clients, Institutions, schools, Sales people , women who have a sudden lifestyle change through mixed marriages and even overseas workers to prepare them to the social challenges of the outside world.
- I can see that the career opportunities of an Image Consultant are plenty and that you can take the job wherever you go.
- Ultimate goal is – I want to continue to earn a good income doing what I love to do- in style – become an Image Consultant.
- Work with men and women who desire to improve their personal image both in appearance as well as social skills.
- Provide products and services that will help clients to look and feel fantastic.
- Provide solutions to your personal image dilemmas.
- Fine tune your personal appearance and social skills so that you appear self assured, polished, refined and professional in the eyes of your clients, fellow co-workers, business associates and personal friends.
- Help to project a confident, powerful, and favorable first impression.
- Help to reflect a scrupulous and credible reputation that precedes and follows you in all business and social encounters.
- Create a personal image that instills trust and respect and also produces the desired competitive edge.
- Respond to a growing interest in the practical benefits of being well-dressed (as evidenced by TV shows such as “What Not to Wear”)
- Learn basic knowledge of style and image components in both the business and fashion industry
- Learn theoretical knowledge of Image Consulting so that I can apply for international certification (AICI)
- Get practical educational experiences in this field through case study requirements
- Identify and accurately assess body types.
- Describe the relationship between image and personal development.
- Perform a detailed assessment, develop tools and skills for personal development, and show basic proficiency in grooming, wellness, self-esteem and personal presentation.
- Identify the optimal colors for wardrobe, hair and make-up based on complexion assessment.
- Develop wardrobe and shopping management strategies for efficiency and impact.
Achieving these specific goals are the reasons our latest graduates enrolled in the Sterling Style Academy. Do you have career and personal shopping training goals similar to those of our graduates? If so, then the Sterling Style Academy could be the right personal stylist training program for you – learn more about each of our personal shopper training courses in 2011.
Read more about where our graduates are from and what various backgrounds they have:
Marcela Fontenoy, Certified Image Consultant and Personal Shopper from the San Francisco course is from Peru and comes from an acclaimed background in publishing and fashion editorial. She launched two fashion and lifestyle publications in Peru which were later bought by Editorial Televisa in Mexico. She was chosen by the Hearst Corporation to lead the newly launched Cosmopolitan edition for Peru and soon after relocated to Spain where she worked with the Peruvian Embassy in diplomatic relations and charitable projects. Her experience as an editor in chief, her protocol and public relations performance as a diplomat, and her Business Administration degree leads Ms. Fontenoy to share her experiences and knowledge as an image consultant with people who need such advice in her country.
“I am sure that with my editorial and diplomatic experience added to the technical knowledge that I expect to achieve in this course, I will be able to start an image consulting business for people that need help to improve their personal an professional image.”
Alia Al Idrissi, Certified Personal Stylist and Personal Shopper from the Dubai course is originally from Saudi Arabia and has lived in Canada, Egypt and Dubai. “Living in different environments has helped me immensely to develop a sensitive eye to fashion and culture.” She studied beauty therapy and later switched careers to event management, where she worked with the Dubai International Financial Center, “where I used my skills and cultural awareness of the market to gulf people and corporate clients operating globally.”
“My first love for fashion and makeup was born at the tender age of four when I first discovered my mom’s closet and a huge Dior makeup bag… Just like many of us, I got distracted from my true passion somewhere along the way, maybe due to my parents wanting me to be an interior designer, banker or other careers that they found suitable for me. So, I tried all those things and, believe me, I did my best but the shoe would just not fit, as I kept feeling empty.”
“One day, I had an epiphany. I had finally awakened and was able to see that my true purpose in life was to share my passion by helping people express them through clothing & makeup. That when my journey as a successful and fulfilled image consultant began.”
“I’m extremely grateful to have a career that I truly love and enjoy that also allows me to help numerous clients realize their potential, gain confidence and improve the quality of their life; the best part of being an image consultant is seeing the transformation of my clients, as their true potential shine through. Luckily, I realize that clothes makeup are not everything. Communication and etiquette are the extras required for leadership and success. I can help with that too.”
Nidhi Singh, Certified Image Consultant and Personal Shopper from the Dubai Course is from New Delhi, India. Ms. Singh has the goal to launch Fashionablers. “Fashionablers is a premium fashion styling consultancy where it is our mission to enable the inner fashionista in you to come out in its full splendor. We show you how to dress according to your own unique body structure , personality and life goals. Our services will help you turn heads and feel great while at the same time saving tons of money on clothes.”
“So no more “I don’t have anything to wear” and being stuck in the same style rut for ages. We are here to put an end to all the frustrations , worry and disappointments in your fashion choices with fashionable services!”
Fashionablers will offers services including: Wardrobe Audit and Makeover, Special Occasion Styling, Personal Shopping and Styling, Color Analysis, Total Image Makeover, Trend Update, Style Update.
“My goal for taking up this course is to arm myself with all the technical knowledge required for this industry.”
“Dubai is a shoppers paradise with the biggest and the grandest malls all stocked with the best of brands which cater to all the different economic strata of of the society. Being based in dubai which has two shopping festivals in a year and a thriving tourism industry I see a lot of scope and potential for this business of image consultancy and personal shopping.”
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling!
How to Develop a Capsule Wardrobe
Capsule wardrobes put two tops and two bottoms together and use them to create a variety of looks. Simplify your wardrobe with this informational video from Michelle T. Sterling on creating a capsule wardrobe.
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling!
Sydney and Hong Kong Personal Shopper Training for the World Traveler, Benefits to Training in these World Class Cities
The first opportunity to train to become a world traveling personal stylist with the Sterling Style Academy in 2011 takes place in Sydney, Australia from February 28 -March 9, and continues in Hong Kong from March 14 – 18.
Many aspiring personal shoppers who contact the Sterling Style Academy ask, “What is the benefit of training in two different cities?” And the answers are numerous. The more world traveling experience a new personal stylist or personal shopper has, the more culturally well-rounded this personal shopper’s skills are. Being able to speak to the preferences of different clients from all parts of the globe makes a personal stylist’s services that much more marketable to a variety of clients in a variety of locations.
Personal shoppers with this caliber of personal style training are able to charge a higher hourly or daily rate than personal shoppers without world traveling experience. Further diversifying your awareness and experience working with different cultures, all while incorporating this experience into a cohesive look and style representative of your client will make your services that much more valuable to world traveling professionals and socialites.
Consider the cultural aspects of training in globally renowned cities such as Sydney and Hong Kong. While Asian and Australian cultures are quite different in values, training in both markets is a great opportunity to globally diversify your personal styling skill set and to learn how to work with clients of different values, backgrounds, and life or career ambitions.
Australia represents western-influenced values and cultural similarities to markets like the United Kingdom and the United States, while in proximity to Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Sydney is the place to build a solid foundation regarding the technical aspects of style. Australians are generally interested in learning about the right colors that suit them and how to dress according to their body type as well as personal style. It’s the ideal place to learn the principles of design as they relate to personal styling.
Australia is a booming market for the personal shopping industry as many people are interested in hiring image consultants. Both British and Australian prospective clients value entertainment and invest more on housing and real estate, and Australians are more prone to purchasing luxury items. Training in a market with this type of high demand is a great experience as you are able to see all the aspects of the industry and the various services you can offer. The Australian dollar is also strong against the US dollar, making Sydney a valuable location to invest in personal stylist training.
Hong Kong is the ideal place to learn how to become a personal shopper in Asia. With so many luxury and mid-market stores at your disposal and high rise shopping centers throughout the city, Hong Kong offers the perfect opportunity to master the services offered by a personal shopper. Hong Kong’s culture is conducive for this type of profession, as Asians in general value brand names at a good value, allowing you the opportunity to position your expertise to be of value to busy executives and affluent shoppers.
In addition to offering world class shopping opportunities, Hong Kong, like other major cities including Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Jakarta, is an epicenter of international business. Training in a city where corporate values and executive presence dominate the wardrobe values of so many working professionals, will provide personal stylists with a competitive edge in the world of corporate image consulting.
Training in multiple business and fashion capitals gives personal shoppers a competitive edge that just cannot be learned by studying at home or online. Personal stylists aspiring to work with globe traveling professionals and affluent clients must be world travelers themselves. Register for the Sterling Style Academy’s World Traveler(TM) Program taking place in Sydney and Hong Kong beginning March 9, 2011. Students must enroll by January 17, 2011, in order to train with other personal shoppers from around the world in Sydney and Hong Kong.
About the Sterling Style Academy
The Sterling Style Academy trains and certifies prospective and aspiring image consultants, personal stylists, and personal shoppers to pursue the career of their dreams. With 10 annual training courses held throughout the year in New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, as well as Online Training, Teleclasses, and Short eCourses, the Sterling Style Academy prepares you to become a top notch pioneer in the image consulting, personal shopping, and personal styling industry. Master the art of image, fashion and style to become a fashion styling expert. Contact the Sterling Style Academy today to learn how we can help you start a career you are passionate about – shopping and styling!
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