Discover colors that make your natural features look more harmonious through a personalized online consultation. Sterling Personal Styling evaluates undertone, value, intensity, and contrast to create practical direction for clothing, hair, jewelry, and makeup. Louisville clients can choose photo-based results with a 24-hour turnaround or a live virtual session scheduled in Eastern Time for more in-depth guidance.
Flexible online color guidance and practical tools for discovering and confidently using your most harmonious shades.
Receive a personalized assessment using the Sterling Color Quality System, evaluating hue, value, intensity, and contrast. Choose basic photo analysis, expanded guidance for skin, hair, and clothing, or a live virtual consultation.
Learn foundational color theory at your own pace with a digital guide covering undertone, depth, chroma, and wardrobe application. It helps you recognize colors that complement your skin, eyes, and hair.
Use a customizable digital palette featuring 120 Pantone colors organized across nine seasonal color types. Save shades for mood boards, personalize materials, or reference coordinated accent and neutral colors.
Color analysis replaces guesswork with a clear framework for selecting shades that complement your natural coloring. Using the Sterling Color Quality System, your consultation considers undertone, hue, value, intensity, and personal contrast rather than relying on a single label alone. Louisville clients can receive photo-based guidance quickly or meet live online during convenient Eastern Time appointments, then apply their results to clothing, hair, jewelry, and makeup choices.
See how clear color direction supports more intentional wardrobe and image decisions.
Expert-led color direction designed to be practical, personal, and easy to use.
The Sterling Color Quality System evaluates multiple color dimensions for nuanced, individualized recommendations.
Founder Michelle T. Sterling brings more than 20 years of fashion and image consulting experience.
Louisville clients can access photo-based or live guidance without coordinating travel or an in-person appointment.
Live virtual sessions run in Eastern Time, making scheduling straightforward for Louisville-based clients.
Founder and Training Director
Sterling Style Academy provides professional education in image consulting, personal styling, color analysis, personal shopping and fashion styling for students around the world. Founded by Michelle T. Sterling, the Academy offers both flexible online courses and intensive in-person certification programs designed to build practical, client-ready skills.
Students can choose from the 1-Day Stylist Training, 2-Day Color Analysis Training, 3-Day Fashion Stylist & Color Analysis Training, 5-Day Personal Stylist Training, 7-Day Image Consultant Training, or the comprehensive 2-Week Image Consultant & Personal Stylist Training.
In addition to training students, Sterling Style Academy works with private clients through Sterling Personal Styling, offering image consulting, personal styling, and color analysis services.
Louisville clients can receive color analysis online through Sterling Personal Styling. A basic photo-based analysis uses five unfiltered photos and is delivered within 24 hours. More detailed online options assess skin, hair, clothing, jewelry, and makeup compatibility, while live video consultations provide real-time discussion with a stylist. Virtual sessions are offered via Microsoft Teams during Eastern Time hours.
Speak with a stylist about the option that fits your goals.
Multiple Award-Winning, Professionally Certified Image Consultant and Industry Leader
Recognized for professional excellence and leadership in the image-consulting and styling industry.
Recognized for influence and leadership in online personal styling.
Featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, WWD, Business Insider, E! News and HuffPost.
Share your goals and choose the online color analysis format that best supports your wardrobe, beauty, and image decisions.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.