Live Online Certification
Complete ten private instructor-led sessions covering color, body analysis, styling, wardrobe planning, shopping, and business development, with guided assignments and personalized feedback.
Develop the practical styling, color analysis, wardrobe, and client-business skills needed to turn a passion for fashion into a professional path. Sterling Style Academy offers flexible online and immersive training options for aspiring stylists, image consultants, personal shoppers, and established beauty professionals. Learn from an internationally experienced educator, build confidence through applied assignments, and earn credentials designed to support your next career move.
Choose flexible certification programs and focused courses that build practical styling expertise and business-ready client consultation skills.
Complete ten private instructor-led sessions covering color, body analysis, styling, wardrobe planning, shopping, and business development, with guided assignments and personalized feedback.
Train hands-on in personal styling, color analysis, wardrobe development, shopping, and business building through live practice, client frameworks, and professional lookbook creation.
Build foundational professional styling skills through self-paced modules in color, body shape, style personalities, outfit coordination, capsule wardrobes, and portfolio development.
Develop comprehensive image consulting capabilities through online or immersive training in color, wardrobe, styling, communication, personal branding, and business strategy.
Learn the Sterling Color Quality System™ and evaluate undertone, temperature, value, chroma, intensity, and contrast for virtual or in-person client consultations.
Study five self-paced modules in color, personal style, wardrobe consulting, shopping, and lookbook creation while gaining practical tools for client services.
Sterling Style Academy’s Styling Programs pair technical education with the practical systems needed to work with real clients. Select self-paced digital courses, live online instruction, or immersive in-person certification based on your goals and schedule. You will explore color, body, wardrobe, shopping, and style consultation methods while developing client tools, deliverables, and business knowledge. Programs are designed for beginners, career changers, and professionals expanding their services.
See how students have developed skills and careers through Sterling Style Academy training.
Learn with an established academy that connects style expertise to real professional development.
Founder Michelle T. Sterling brings more than 20 years of fashion and image consulting experience.
Academy alumni and certifications support styling careers across more than 60 countries worldwide.
Programs combine technical styling methods, client tools, applied assignments, and sustainable business development guidance.
Choose self-paced, live online, or immersive formats that align with your learning preferences and career timeline.
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.
The Online Stylist Training Course and the Fashion Consultant & Stylist eCertification Program are designed as accessible starting points. They cover core concepts such as color, body shape, personal style, wardrobe planning, and client-facing tools without requiring previous experience. The 5-Day and 7-Day programs are better suited to learners who want a more intensive, instructor-led experience and hands-on practice.
Speak with our team about programs, 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.
Tell us about your experience and goals, and we’ll help you identify a suitable program format.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.
You can also send us a quick email at info@sterlingstyleacademy.com.