Build practical styling expertise with flexible training from Sterling Style Academy. Atlanta learners can explore color analysis, wardrobe consulting, personal shopping, lookbook creation, and business-building skills through self-paced or live online instruction. Led by an experienced industry professional, these workshops provide structured tools, personalized learning opportunities, and certification pathways for aspiring stylists, beauty professionals, and entrepreneurs ready to develop a confident, client-focused practice.
Explore flexible training options that develop styling, color, wardrobe, shopping, and client-consultation skills.
Build a professional styling foundation through self-paced lessons in color analysis, body shape, style personalities, outfit coordination, capsule wardrobes, and portfolio development, with personalized instructor feedback and certification upon successful completion.
Learn the Sterling Color Quality System™ and evaluate undertone, temperature, value, chroma, intensity, and contrast for virtual or in-person client consultations, supported by assignments, feedback, live tutoring, and professional certification.
Develop practical closet-audit methods for assessing lifestyle, preferences, fit, coordination, and wardrobe gaps. Learn to organize clothing, solve common closet challenges, and create cohesive capsule collections for clients.
Master a client-centered personal shopping methodology, from consultation and color assessment to capsule wardrobe planning, online shopping, luxury shopping, and building a service-based personal shopping business.
Learn to lead personalized style consultations using client interview forms and assessment tools. Coursework covers lifestyle, personality, body proportions, coloring, wardrobe preferences, and practical style recommendations.
Complete five self-paced modules covering color consultations, personal style, wardrobe consulting, personal shopping, and lookbook creation. The program includes tools for real-world and virtual styling consultations plus optional mentoring.
Sterling Style Academy equips aspiring and working professionals with clear, usable styling frameworks—not trend-driven guesswork. Choose focused coursework or a broader certification path, then learn through video instruction, workbooks, templates, assignments, and instructor support where included. For Atlanta-based learners balancing work or creative ambitions, online access makes it possible to build skills in color, wardrobe strategy, shopping, and client communication on a schedule that works.
See how Sterling-trained professionals apply their skills in styling and image consulting careers worldwide.
Learn from an established training institution built around practical, career-focused style education.
Founder Michelle T. Sterling brings more than 20 years across luxury fashion and image consulting.
Certification programs support alumni in more than 60 countries across every continent.
Courses provide structured methods, templates, assignments, and consultation resources for applying skills with clients.
Atlanta learners can access self-paced and live online options without interrupting professional or personal commitments.
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.
Fashion styling workshops can cover color analysis, body shape evaluation, personal style discovery, outfit coordination, capsule wardrobe planning, wardrobe audits, personal shopping, and lookbook creation. Sterling Style Academy also includes client consultation methods and business-development concepts in selected programs. The exact curriculum varies by course, so learners can choose a focused topic or a broader certification pathway based on their professional goals.
Speak with the Academy about courses, formats, and enrollment options.
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.
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You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.