Dubai is the global hotspot for designer and luxury shopping. From Versace homes to Dior cell phones, designer is key and only the latest and greatest will do. When it comes to shopping, Dubai knows how to spend serious money. By investing in a luxury education, students determine the best silhouettes, colours, and patterns for their specific body and lifestyle. Graduates of the Sterling Style Academy are their own fashion consultants and are recognized by their peers and associates as style experts in a world of designer wardrobes.
As the Middle Eastern capital of international tourism, investment real estate development, and luxury shopping and entertainment, Dubai is arguably among the most rapidly expanding local economies in the world. As Dubai continues to attract new and growing businesses, image management becomes a crucial element for the success of foreign professionals. Sterling Style Academy Certified Image Consultants are equipped to manage the image of both the fashion enthusiast and the business executive.
The Sterling Style Academy Dubai Image Consultant Training Program takes place at The Address Hotel Downtown, adjacent to Dubai Mall, the Mecca of shopping malls and home to the world’s luxury designers including: Chanel, D&G, Emporio Armani, Christian Dior, and Versace. The Sterling Style Academy is the leader in preparing you to work with up-market fashion wardrobes and top level executives to properly execute an image and style consultation. Our graduates are educated toward positioning themselves as experts and style icons. Graduates not only learn the theories behind perfecting image and style, but they also acquire invaluable business and marketing skills to strategically position themselves within their chosen markets. Sterling Style Academy Certified Image Consultants are licensed to utilise our industry-proven, copyrighted style evaluation tools, training manuals, and the Sterling Style Academy Certified Image Consultant Logo. Approximately 15% of our on-location graduates are invited to join the elite team of Global Image Group Consultants.
The Dubai 2.5 Week Certification Program is an exciting image, fashion, and style training course designed to meet the needs of individuals and professionals with jet-setting lifestyles. Students will acquire the following skills:
- The art and science behind an image consulting and personal styling business
- The elements and principles of design as it pertains to image, fashion and style
- Colour theory and how to evaluate an individual’s personal colouring
- How to assess facial features, body silhouettes, body types, and body proportions to appropriately dress men and women
- How to analyse men’s and women’s fashion styles, incorporate trends, and develop a client’s signature style for personal and professional occasions
- How to conduct personal style evaluations for professionals to stay-at-home individuals
- The principles behind makeup application and how to consult your clients on makeup
- How to conduct a wardrobe and closet evaluation
- The principles behind closet organisation and clothing care
- How to personal shop and effective personal shopping strategies and protocol
- How to work with clients and develop an image and wardrobe specific to your client’s needs, goals, lifestyle, personal style, personal colouring, and body type to improve their overall appearance
- How to create a wardrobe look book
- Effective communication skills as it pertains to sales pitches, public speaking, and presentation development
- A day in the life of an image consultant and personal stylist – what’s to be expected and setting realistic business goals and objectives
- Business building – how to sell your services, determine your target market, develop your 30 second introduction, write a professional bio and press release
The Benefits of the Sterling Style Academy are the following:
- 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.
- 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 organisations committed to excellence. You will train from experts who are recognised as being in the top 2 percentile in the image consulting industry.
- Global Diversified Student Body and Internationally Recognised Student Alumni. Sterling Style Academy Certified Image Consultants span the globe from over 40 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, style author and premier image consultant in her market.
- Every dollar of your Sterling Style Academy training investment is tax deductible if you are a non-UAE resident. As a business owner, your industry education becomes a valuable tax deduction and may be written into your business expenses.
Dubai Class Dates:
March 20 – April 5, 2012
Registration Deadline: February 7, 2012
October 28 – November 13, 2012
Registration Deadline: September 5, 2012
Tuition Fee: USD $9947. (Currency Conversion)
Program Schedule: Sunday – Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Extra-curricular shopping sessions, wardrobe development and socializing are encourage outside of class.
For more information, please contact us to receive a course prospectus.
To register and make your investment today, please click here.
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 training investment does not include air fare, lodging, transportation, personal expenses, school supplies, or meals. Students should budget an additional USD $1500 per month.
Can’t attend the 2.5 Week Program or would like to attend a shorter course in Dubai, try our 3-Day Short Certification Course. Click here for details.
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Students from the following countries will NOT need a visa to enter into Dubai: GCC Countries, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Finland, Spain, Monaco, Vatican City, Iceland, Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Hong Kong SAR.
All citizens other than the above require an entry visa prior to arrival and will need to fill out the downloadable forms here.
Register for the Dubai 2.5 Week Personal Stylist Program and the Dubai Corporate Image Consultant Dual Certification Program and save US$ 2,647. Dual Certification Tuition Investment: USD $13,247.
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