The Benefits of Becoming an Image Consultant, Personal Stylist and Personal Shopper During a Slow Economy as Well as Its Drawbacks

Retail industry sales have been suffering over the last two years and stores, even luxury designer brands, have been turning to independent Personal Stylists and Personal Shoppers to help them promote and sell their brand(s)!

Although the Euro and Australian currencies are down at the moment along with several other currencies worldwide, now is a great time to get into the industry as you can become a brand ambassador for a high-end luxury brand and promote their business. Our graduates have been approached many international luxury brands to work in conjunction with them and sell their products.

The benefit of working with a luxury brand is getting exposure to their clientele as well as being invited to their events so that you can network and get your name out there. Fashion bloggers often attend these events however as a Certified Image Consultant, Personal Stylist or Personal Shopper from the Sterling Style Academy, you are able to differentiate yourself from these fashion bloggers and get photographed by Grazia Magazine in the UK or Ahlan Magazine in Dubai as a celebrity stylist.

If you’re from the U.S., now is the best time to take one of our international training programs in London, Hong Kong or Dubai. Benefit from our U.S. systematic approach to personal styling and personal shopping while in one of the most exciting fashion cities in the world. You’ll get to see the drawbacks of shopping in London, Hong Kong or Dubai and the advantages of shopping for clients in the U.S. – truly positioning you to benefit from this global exposure and the prestige associated with taking Sterling Style Academy training internationally.

Another benefit of starting your career now during a slow economy is that things can only get better. Setting up your own business or partnering with online websites who are looking for personal stylists are cost effective ways to get your name out there. We have these exclusive partnerships with vendors so that you can launch your business within days of completing training. At the Sterling Style Academy, we teach you step-by-step how to set up, start up, and operate a business in the most cost effective manner – teaching you how to build your own personal brand identity so that you can become our next graduate success story.

Credibility is not earned by joining an organization and saying you’re a member. Credibility is earned by establishing yourself as an expert. We will teach you how to package, position, and promote yourself to truly become recognized in your field. And we will provide you with a solid education and the tools you need so that not only are you marketed as an expert, you also execute like an expert.

So if you’re from India, the UK, the UAE, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Singapore, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Lebanon, or Hong Kong, and you’ve been deliberating taking this course, here are three reasons why you should act now:

Start a career that you’re passionate about. Don’t wait another moment. Join some of the select few who don’t go to work everyday because Image Consulting, Personal Styling, and Personal Shopping doesn’t feel like it’s work since it’s what you love to do!
Many of our graduates supplement this career with other things related to fashion or beauty – whether you’re a famous model, TV show host, spa owner, hair salon owner, boutique owner, fashion designer, or fashion editor, the skills that you learn by taking our image consultant, personal stylist, and personal shopper training programs will position to diversify your skill set, set yourself apart from your competition, and uniquely position you to become your own personal brand. Look at Rachel Zoe, celebrity stylist turned fashion designer. She still does both things. Look at Kim Kardashian, personal shopper to Paris Hilton turned Reality TV Star. Do you know how many Birkin bags both of these people own?!
The sky’s the limit when you follow your passion – visualize your dream and materialize your dream into reality. No matter what type of work experience you’ve had in the past or what type of work experience you’ll have in the future, an education at the Sterling Style Academy will not only enrich your life, it will transform your life!

We offer our students several online options to become certified – 1) through our e-Certification Program, 2) through our Instructor Led Online Certification Program, and 3) through our Online Image Consultant and Personal Stylist training program. No need to travel, schedule your classes according to what’s convenient to your schedule, and receive a first class education.