Sterling Style Academy

Learn How To Dress Stylish – Courses in Color Analysis, Personal Shopping, & Personal Styling | Sterling Style Academy New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, & Dubai

Arab, Indian, Russian and Asian girls have at least one thing in common, they all love their designer brands.

Whether or not you travel and enlist in our 3-Day Certification Program in London, New York, Dubai, Mumbai, or Hong Kong, there is no doubt that you will learn how to mix and match designer fashion and accessories with bargain High Street brands when you enroll into the Sterling Style Academy.  Learn how to dress stylish while learning how to style others and assessing their personal coloring.  Shopping for a designer item is easy – pick up a Chanel bag, a Prada dress, and Jimmy Choo shoes.  However the question is do these items all look good when mixed together.  Learning the technical aspects of style according to the elements and principles of design will help you dress stylish and create a celebrity look that is uniquely your own while learning how to do it for others. 

Whether you are wearing an abaya, a hijab, or a sari, there’s more to looking good than just wearing designer shoes and handbags.  Or do you know how to wear haute couture without looking like a Dior or Chanel ad?  Mixing Gucci, Prada, with Louis Vuitton can be as easy as mixing Zara, Mango, and Top Shop.  Or better yet, mix Gucci, Prada, and Louis Vuitton with Zara, Mango, and Top Shop!  Through understanding your own personal coloring and how to evaluate others as well as learning about the different fashion style types, you will be able to better shop for yourself and shop for others through the Sterling Style Academy 3-Day Short Certification Course.

Get a luxury education shopping High Street and designer brands whilst also learning about other multinational fashionable brands and stores when you enlist in the Sterling Style Academy.  There are different brands for different style types and tastes.  Explore your options today at the Sterling Style Academy, make new friends or enlist with your best friend, while receiving an education in personal styling and personal shopping.

If you are interested in learning how to build your business upon completing the 3-Day Short Certification Course, our graduates are offered our Sales, Marketing, Business Brand Identity Launch Kit at a special student rate of US$597 to jump start your career. 

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 color consultations, 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.

The Sterling Style Academy 4 Week Image Consultant & Personal Stylist Certification Program Experience in New York – August 2011

Sterling Style Academy Girls have a few things in common. They love going on shopping sprees, sipping cocktails at fashionable hot spots, and attending stylish events. They think shopping malls are a girl’s playground and they love finding the latest and greatest “it” item to make that statement for the season.  As New York is the shopping destination and the rite of passage for young elite women, the Sterling Style Academy provides you with an educational rite of passage experience to become a top-notch image consultant, personal stylist, or personal shopper!

If you’ve always wanted to be an image consultant, personal shopper or personal stylist and can relate to Rebecca Bloomfield in “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” the Sterling Style Academy New York is the right place for you. Some of your personal shopping training sessions include shopping at upmarket department stores in New York and you’ll be tempted by irresistible indulgences at every turn. This will be the true test to see if you can balance the fine line of shopping for yourself while shopping for others. Make your dreams a reality. If you’re passionate about shopping and love working with people to make them look and feel their absolute best, you’re the ideal candidate to become a personal shopper.  Our courses attract students from all over the world such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Russia, France, Spain, 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, Bahrain, the UAE, and of course, the United States. 

Registration for our August 2011 New York Image Consultant Training Program closes on June 20, 2011. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity today by registering here as the class is almost at capacity or to avoid the late registration fee. Inquire about our all-inclusive summer training programs here and benefit from the added value the Sterling Style Academy is offering you this summer.

The 4 Week Certification Program is a fully comprehensive program 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 program is offered each year during the summer in New York. 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 analyze 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 analyzing an individual’s personal style and coloring
• How to develop a look specific to your client’s personal style and coloring
• 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 utilize these elements to improve your corporate presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• How to develop your client’s image to improve their overall presence

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.

Registration Deadline: June 20, 2011
Tuition Fee: USD $8997
Enrollment per week: USD $2497
Certification only granted upon completion of entire program
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 email us to receive a course prospectus.

To make your investment today, please visit the following link:
http://sterlingstyleacademy.com/registration/4-week-certification-program/ 

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 $950 per month.

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.

Why Does One Decide to Pursue a Career as an Image Consultant, Personal Stylist, or Personal Shopper? See What the Sterling Style Academy’s Training Director, Michelle T. Sterling, has to say about it.

When people ask me why do you do what you do and do people really make money doing it?  The answer is because I LOVE what I do with an absolute passion and yeah, I make a living doing it too!  Now just because I’m passionate about what I do doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of hard work, round-the-clock projects, and innovation going on – not to mention the need for execution.  My career started out, just as yours will too, putting all the time, effort, and energy into networking, creating strategic alliances, finding my niche – ultimately all to market myself and get my name out there.  

In a relatively young and new industry such as image consulting there is so much opportunity there to create a name and a niche for  yourself, however it all really comes down to how much do you want to be an image consultant, personal stylist and personal shopper And are you going to take the initiative to make it happen?  Ask yourself what motivates you to want to become an image consultant and what are my gifts?  By clearly being able to define your natural talents and believing in yourself, you too can become one of our rock star, go-getting graduates from the Sterling Style Academy. 

To be successful, you need focus, determination, and a plan!  That’s why we encourage our students to make an investment in themselves and their businesses with our Sales, Marketing, Business Brand Identity Launch Kit.  The Sterling Style Academy is here to be your “enablers.”  This is why we’ve been working so hard to create our wonderful learning tools and resources for you.  Just in two years we’ve rolled out the Sales, Marketing, Business Brand Identity Launch Kit, Wardrobe Consulting, Personal Shopping, Personal Styling, and now, What Are My True Colors? which will soon be followed by Color Analysis.  And we are constantly updating our curriculum to bring  you training modules that represent current fashion, while also teaching you how to mix haute couture with high street fashion.

So what is really missing from the Sterling Style Academy education?  YOU.  You are the only one missing from taking advantage of this international opportunity to travel the world, experience new places, cultures, and shop!  This opportunity is a dream come true for most fashionistas.  So follow your heart, to follow your dreams, to find your true calling. 

I can sincerely tell you that there is no other career more befitting to my life, personality, tastes, and interests than becoming an image consultant, personal stylist, and personal shopper.  I wake up every morning feeling fortunate and grateful that I fulfill my life’s passion on a daily basis.  Can you say the same thing?  Well what are you waiting for?  The Sterling Style Academy is your opportunity to live  the life of you desire – and it never gets boring either if you create opportunities for yourself and to just be your fabulous self. 

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 color consultations, 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 Sterling Style Academy’s “What Are My True Colors?” booklet is Featured on TypeF.com, Tyra Banks’ Fashion and Beauty Website

Dressing for Skin Tone

Apr 11, 2011 / By Yvadney Davis for Typef.com

There are no hard and fast rules for style, but it’s a different story when it comes to wearing color. Whatever your complexion, some colors will make you look sickly while others will bring your skin to life. Yes, it’s easy to cling to boring black, but why not create a fashion rainbow just for you that will make dressing to impress easy?

Get Under Your Skin

Knowing your skin and understanding its undertones is the first step. There are simple tests such as looking at the color of your veins, your eyes, your hair. See if the undertone is warm (yellow & peach) or cool (pink & red). The “Daily Mail” suggests holding a cream (warm) and then a white (cool) sheet up to your face; whichever makes your eyes glow determines your coloring.

Golden Girls Wear the Sun on Their Sleeves

If your skin tone and coloring is fair, bright and sun-kissed, you can relate to celebrities such as Kate Hudson, Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman. You have blond, copper or red hair, with peachy skin that tans easily. How to dress? Glow in muted shades such as taupe, ivory and khaki, but wear turquoise and red and you’re on fire. For day to day color injection, choose subdued shades of rose, jade, aubergine, chocolate and navy.

Be the Fairest of Them All

Porcelain, ivory, pale, white … if you would use these words to describe your skin tone, then you are known in the color analysis industry as “summer.” You have a delicate and cool complexion and should celebrate it. “If you are cool and light it’s best to wear pastel colors like light pinks, light blues, mints and lavender,” suggests Michelle T. Sterling, author of The Sterling Style Academy’s “What Are My True Colors?” booklet.

Glow For It

Like the season you are named after, take your cue from the autumn landscape. Honey, caramel and earthy are how people would describe your warm coloring. You’re in good company — Zoe Saldana, Eva Mendes and Angelina Jolie all share your delicious and versatile tones. The best colors for you to wear are nudes, crisp white, yellows and coppers, which will harmonize your hue. You are the one skin tone that black genuinely compliments.

Ice Queens Pop in Bright Colors

If you find a kindred skin tone in the likes of Naomi Campbell, Alek Wek and Jennifer Hudson, you are “winter.” With your cool, crisp and dark coloring you can be very daring in your dressing style. Stick to blue or pink-based colors, which will show off your beautiful chocolate complexion. Dazzle in rich jewel tones, jazzy bold colors and crisp white to make your everyday style pop.

Breaking the Rules

Don’t be afraid to switch things up every now and then to show off your style savvy. “It’s fine to break the rules as long as you first know if your skin is warm or cool,” says Sterling. “Warm skin should wear gold accessories and cool skin should wear silver accessories near the face if you’re not wearing the appropriate colors on your body.”

A MESSAGE FROM THE STERLING STLYE ACADEMY

If you are tired of using color analysis drapes and swatches to work with your clients during the consultation process and you are you looking for a more current resource,  the Sterling Style Academy introduces our color analysis booklet called What Are My True Colors – A Modern Guide to Color Analysis.  The booklet has a brief introduction about color theory, and then showcases individuals who are of different color qualities from around the world.  It then features up to date, fashion forward clothing samples within the different color qualities to provide you with a wonderful product to give to your clients.  Best of all, it is pocket size and fits easily into a woman’s everyday handbag.

The color palettes in this booklet  will help you during your color analysis consultations – providing you with a modern day solution for the modern day woman. 

The booklet can be purchased individually for US$34.97 or in a 4- pack for US$99.47.  For details and to make your investment, please click hereIf you are interested in learning more about our 3-day color consultant, fashion stylist, and personal shopper training in New York, Dubai, or London, please click here.  This course is great for beginners or seasoned professionals who are seeking further education.

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 color consultations, 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.

IMAGE CONSULTANCY & PERSONAL STYLING: The Fastest Growing, Fashion Focused Career for Women in Dubai and throughout the Middle East

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

As more job opportunities have opened up for women in the Middle East, one perpetual thought for fashion focused women is to become an image consultant and personal stylist.

Dubai, UAE – April 7, 2011 — As makeover television shows from the UK and US have aired in Dubai in recent years and with such a large expat population in Dubai, the thought of hiring an image consultant to meet your professional image and personal styling needs is not out of the question, however finding a credible and professional one seems to be top concern.

Seeking to bridge this professional training gap in Dubai is the Sterling Style Academy, an internationally recognized institute producing top-notch image consultants and personal stylists worldwide.  Training sessions in Dubai are led by world renowned image consultant, Michelle T. Sterling, founder of Global Image Group, co-author of Success Simplified with Stephen Covey, and author of several other image consultant training books.

“Michelle Sterling has an impressive background and an amazing business.  The image consulting domain is now on demand in Dubai.  Many are thriving to become professional and finding the right training is not easy,” says Dawser Al Hadidi, co-founder of www.stylendubai.com.

For those eager to penetrate this industry a short course in personal styling can position you to become an expert in this fast growing, fashion focused career which will be held in Dubai from May 1 to 3, 2011 at The Address Hotel Downtown, adjacent to The Dubai Mall, with an alternative session from November 2 -4.

The Academy’s three-day Short Course gets you started with colour analysis and fashion style evaluation and implementation, which are where the foundations for careers in fashion styling and image consulting begin. The third day is focused on how to properly execute personal shopping consultations for you, prospective clients, friends and family.  This is the Sterling Style Academy’s third time to conduct personal stylist training in Dubai, and historically their programme has attracted students from the UAE, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain, as well as from fashion capitals such as London and New York.

The all-day training session begins at 10am and concludes at 4:30pm, with personal shopping activities in the evenings. Tuition fee for new students is US$2,497 (~ AED 9,200+). Registration closes on October 3, therefore act quickly to learn from leaders in the image consulting industry as training sessions in Dubai are only conducted two times a year, in May and in November.

Click here to register, to make bank wire transfers and for more information contact the Sterling Style Academy at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.

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.

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“Must Have” 3-Day Short Certification Course in Color Analysis and Fashion Styling in New York, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Mumbai and Hong Kong

You asked for short courses and we listened!  The Sterling Style Academy would like to announce our “Must Have” 3-Day Short Certification Course in the most fabulous “it” cities around the world – New York, London, and Dubai.  If you’ve always wanted to become a personal stylist and personal shopper this 3 day course was designed for you to learn the basics of this profession while certifying you in color analysis and fashion styling.

Learn what colors look best on you and others.  Discover your own fashion style and be able to determine that of others.  And most importantly, learn how to shop according to color and fashion style for yourself and others in this 3-day interactive session – mixing high fashion with a stellar education.  Not only will this course revolutionize your life, you will also have the opportunity to mingle with some of the most glamorous people from around the world who you will share at least 2 things in common with you – your love of shopping and leading an amazing, jet-setting lifestyle!

Do you love New York and dream of becoming a personal stylist?  Do you crave walking down Madison Avenue to see the latest fashions in the window?  Or have you been to New York many times and want more of the London vibe mixing urban with chic as you walk down Sloane Street and notice all the Sloanies giving you the nod as you make your way to Gucci, Hermes, and Prada?  Or are you feeling adventurous enough to come to Dubai to witness the mystique of how modern meets tradition in what truly is the most amazing and vibrant city in the world for fashionistas who love glamour, shopping, and exclusive “it” places?  Dubai truly is London, New York, Miami, and Las Vegas all one!

Our courses attract students from all over the world such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Russia, France, Spain, 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, Bahrain, the UAE, and of course, the United States.    

You can be apart of this amazing program in New York, London or Dubai during April, May, and June.  So plan your vacations accordingly and click here for more information about our 3-Day Short Certification Courses.  Whether you’re interested in learning more about this program for yourself, or to work with others, or to simply refresh your technical skills, the Sterling Style Academy is your ticket to fabulous image, fashion and style.  Contact us today for more information.

London: July 23 – 25, 2011 | Registration close: July 1, 2011

New York: September 14 – 16, 2011 | Registration close: August 16, 2011

San Francisco: October 6 – 8, 2011 | Registration close: September 14, 2011

Dubai: November 2 – 4, 2011 | Registration close: October 3, 2011

Mumbai: November 28 – 30, 2011 | Registration close: October 3, 2011

Hong Kong: December 14 – 16, 2011 | Registration close: October 31, 2011

Tuition Fee: USD $2497 (Currency Conversion)

Late Registration Fee: $250

Program Schedule: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. with assignments to be completed in the evenings.

To register and make your investment today, 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, 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 GuatemalaNow 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, MumbaiHong 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.

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!

When Researching Personal Shopper Training Programs, Consider the Experience of Your Instructor – Michelle T. Sterling, Sterling Style Academy Training Director

When you are looking up the various personal stylist and personal shopping training programs on the market, it is important to consider many factors, including: Who will be training you? Learning from your instructor’s vast personal styling and personal shopping experience is equally, if not more valuable, than mastering the text book elements and principles of design as they relate to image, fashion and style.  A good instructor will ensure you understand color, dressing for body type and building your career.  But a great instructor will also share a wealth of real world client experience and will teach you how to excel in various personal shopping and personal styling situations in which each client presents a unique styling scenario in different cultural environments.   This is knowledge that can only be gained through experience, and as an aspiring personal stylist, you want to train with Certified Personal Shopping Instructors with real world, global experience.

Michelle T. Sterling, founder of the Sterling Style Academy and Global Image Group, has offered her unique, global perspective of personal styling to an elite group of more than 350 personal shopping students from 40 different countries.  Ms. Sterling achieved her AICI Image Consultant Certification in 2003 (the first year it was offered) after working with executive and affluent personal shopping clients since 2000.   In 2000, she founded the Global Image Group, which today has a team of a dozen image consultants working with clients in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, South America, and Japan.

Ms. Sterling founded the Sterling Style Academy in 2002, and has developed the program into an internationally recognized Personal Styling and Personal Shopping Training Program that takes place in eight cities globally, including New York, Miami, San Francisco, Las Vegas, London, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Dubai.  While Ms. Sterling’s main focus is now her students, she continues to work with executives and personal shopping clients in each city during her travels.

Always looking to further develop the value of the Sterling Style Academy to reach a broad range of aspiring personal shoppers and stylists, Ms. Sterling introduced the Sterling Style Academy’s Online Training Program in 2005 where students can enroll per module and study at home on their own schedule to train to become personal stylists.  Online modules are formatted in such a way that it somewhat emulates the in-class training courses, giving at home students personal stylist training that is virtually on par with in-class courses.

And in 2010, Ms. Sterling wrote and published three new at home personal shopping and personal styling training workbooks with DVDs to further diversify the training options available to aspiring personal stylists.  Focused on offering the services of Wardrobe Consultations and Closet Evaluations, Personal Shopping Sessions, and creating Client Wardrobe Lookbooks, students can now purchase service-specific training tools through the Sterling Style Academy Boutique.  Taking at home training another step further, Ms. Sterling also released the Sales, Marketing and Brand Identity Launch Kit to give new personal shoppers a business and marketing plan to grow their businesses and increase clientele through proven industry marketing strategies.

All of this from a women who started working in retail at age 16. Graduates worldwide can attest to the level of professional training they received from Ms. Sterling at the Sterling Style Academy.  If you’d like to learn more about enrolling into the Sterling Style Academy or purchasing any of the at home learning tools and resources, please call the Sterling Style Academy at +1.888.866.8996 or email 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, 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.

Start an Image Consultant and Personal Shopper Business – Special 2010 Promotion

As 2010 comes to a close, it is important for us to remember the value of branding and marketing one’s company and services to appeal to potential clients in the upcoming New Year. At the Sterling Style Academy, we encourage our alumnae, current students and fellow colleagues to promote our growing industry and services. The Sterling Style Academy would like to support new image consultants, personal shoppers, and personal stylists in becoming successful by offering the following unprecedented opportunity. Now until the end of 2010 you can purchase our top-selling Sales, Marketing, and Business Brand Identity Launch Kit for US$597 (representing a savings of US$900 from the investment price of US$1497 to the general public).

The Sterling Style Academy values the success of the image consultant, personal shopper, personal stylist industry as a whole and would like to encourage and support new image consultants and personal shoppers in growing their businesses. The Sterling Style Academy’s Sales, Marketing and Business Brand Identity Launch Kit has been an invaluable resource to our alumnae’s business growth and development. Therefore, we would like to share these tools for success with the general public, for the special incoming student price of US$597. This offer will only last until the end of 2010, so we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to grow your reputation and business in the upcoming year by making your investment below.

Look at the some of the successful image consultants and personal shoppers who graduate from the Sterling Style Academy image consultant, personal shopper, and personal stylist training program.  Some of our graduates are from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Sydney, Australia, Dubai, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Israel, Nigeria, Canada, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, India, London, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Italy, France, Sweden, and Norway.

 

Sales, Marketing, and Business Brand Identity Launch Kit Investment
US$597.00
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To learn more about our other image consultant and personal shopping training products and learning tools, please visit the Sterling Style Academy Boutique.

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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