{"id":100,"date":"2009-01-31T05:12:56","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T02:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2009-01-31T05:12:56","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T02:12:56","slug":"styling-tips-and-tricks-in-a-new-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/styling-tips-and-tricks-in-a-new-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"“Styling Tips and Tricks in a New Economy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fashion Group International, FGI, hosted\u00a0a panel discussion\u00a0which featured\u00a0the top Image Consultants and Stylists in San Francisco Bay Area<\/a> including Sterling Style Academy founder, Michelle T. Sterling<\/a>.\u00a0 Audience members asked questions regarding career opportunities in this relatively new industry which, as Ms. Sterling stated,\u00a0is\u00a0no more than\u00a020 years old.<\/p>\n

\"Michelle<\/p>\n

“What are the actual job titles a student can expect once they receive the right styling training?” asked one audience member.\u00a0 Jill Siefert, styling instructor at the Art Institute of San Francisco, discussed corporate opportunities including prop stylist, food stylist, location stylist and creative director for major fashion houses.\u00a0 Ms. Sterling further expanded the upon the subject by discussing the many consulting positions available as personal shopper, executive stylist, image consultant and personal stylist.\u00a0 “San Francisco has one of the highest concentrations of stylists in the U.S,” she explained.\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Siefert added by stating, “We welcome the competition!\u00a0 There is a client for everyone.”<\/p>\n

Each panelist\u00a0discussed their successes and lessons learned in their careers, which further informed the audience on what to expect in a styling career and how to position yourself according to the clients you want to work with.<\/p>\n

Teresa Morisco,\u00a0owner of Wardrobe 911,\u00a0described her first “Aha!” moment when working with the wife of a man who called for wardrobe help.\u00a0 She learned that even though some clients express they want change, many aren\u2019t actually ready to adopt needed changes into their wardrobes and, in turn, their lives.\u00a0 “It is so important to express to each client WHY something works or doesn\u2019t work on them in order for them to move beyond their old habits.”<\/p>\n

Ms. Siefert shared an experience of setting boundaries when she explained how she was able to develop a needy, time-consuming client who would contact her at all hours of the day into one of her best repeat business clients who has learned to respect the stylist\u2019s terms. \u00a0 “This is someone who was once the joke of the office and is now one of the most respected people in her firm when it comes to style.”<\/p>\n

Ms. Sterling discussed the client she consulted\u00a0with earlier\u00a0the same day.\u00a0 “He\u00a0is from Southern California and the CEO of a major swimwear company, and because his background is in corporate finance, he sought out my services because I come from the financial industry as well.”\u00a0 She further explained his interest in locating a nation wide consultant who could offer follow up services in\u00a0additional cities including Miami, Los\u00a0Angeles and New York.<\/p>\n

Each stylist also explained what they would be\u00a0doing\u00a0if they weren’t an image consultant or\u00a0a stylist.\u00a0 Most agreed with Ms. Sterling when she explained that, “For me, there is no plan\u00a0B.\u00a0 Failure is not an option.\u00a0 It’s all about making plan A work.\u00a0 If you are passionate about your career then it is within your power to harness\u00a0your talents and create a\u00a0profitable business that\u00a0best suits you.”<\/p>\n

For more information on training to become a successful image consultant, contact Sterling Style Academy<\/a>, info@sterlingstyleacademy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

-Karri Ann Frerichs-
\nAdmissions Director, Sterling Style Academy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fashion Group International, FGI, hosted\u00a0a panel discussion\u00a0which featured\u00a0the top Image Consultants and Stylists in San Francisco Bay Area including Sterling Style Academy founder, Michelle T. Sterling.\u00a0 Audience members asked questions regarding career opportunities in this relatively new industry which, as Ms. Sterling stated,\u00a0is\u00a0no more than\u00a020 years old. “What are the actual job titles a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,19,22],"tags":[161,168,173,186,236,252,468,484,549,562,1027,1119,1214],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-effective-tips-to-on-how-to-become-an-image-consultant","category-image-consultant-training-questions","category-sterling-style-academy-training-courses","category-what-an-image-consultant-can-do-for-you","tag-become-a-certified-image-consultant","tag-become-a-personal-shopper","tag-become-a-personal-stylist","tag-become-an-image-consultant","tag-careers-in-image-consulting","tag-certified-image-consultant-training","tag-fashion-school","tag-fashion-training","tag-how-can-image-consulting-benefit-me","tag-how-to-become-an-image-consultant","tag-personal-stylist-training","tag-sterling-style-academy","tag-train-to-become-an-image-consultant"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterlingstyleacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}