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Sorting out our Look during Lockdown.
One of the common themes I’ve heard during lockdown, especially by people who’ve been furloughed, is that they've finally found the time to work on projects they never would normally have had the time to; be it the garden, DIY or their dreaded wardrobes! There was a...
Why am I so Confident?
I know just how much my delegates love their training from all the positive feedback at get at the end of each day, however by the time we get to the end of the week I always ask them: “how are you feeling?” As excited as they all are, 9/10 delegates will say to me “I...
Why everyone needs a Mentor
Ask any of my delegates, the one thing they all say about me is just how positive I come across. This always makes me laugh because I think they’re implying I’m always like this or perhaps I was born this way. I always have to correct or rather reassure them that I’m...
Your first client is you!
The thing with choosing Personal Styling as a career is that you may be fearful that you aren’t 100% confident about your own personal style. Perhaps you’re thinking ‘My friends and family always tell me I look great, but does everyone think I’m naturally stylish?’...
Incremental ways to make money as a Colour Analyst
One of our most popular courses at the Academy is our ‘Train to be a Colour Analyst’ course. We like to think the reason it’s so popular is because we are the only Academy that can get you trained in one day and we are so competitively priced by comparison. The reason...
Do I need to know about fashion and trends to be a Personal Stylist?
We can honestly say, hand on heart, that you absolutely do not need to be a fashionista to be a great personal stylist. If you have read some of our previous blogs, you will have found out that the key skills you need to be a great stylist is good people skills and...
When is the right age to become a Personal Stylist?
This is a subject we have had to think long and hard about be because when we first started the Academy, we had no idea who would be attracted to this great job. Initially we thought we would see the young twenty somethings who are into fashion and shopping and would...
We are not just Personal Stylists!
So what do we mean when we say we are not just Personal Stylists? Well, it was pretty apparent to us when we first ventured into Personal Styling that our services required so much more than a stylish eye. What we found with clients was that we generally would only...
Do I need to come from a Fashion Background to be a Stylist?
If we had a penny for every time we were asked this question by interested delegates…we’d have even more shoes! But in all seriousness, it’s such a valid question and it’s easy to understand especially if your current job does not require you take even a remote...
What are the key skills to become a Personal Stylist?
This has to be the number one question we are asked by anyone interested in finding out whether they have what it takes to be a great Personal Stylist. We’ve met so many delegates over the years and we have seen so many different women from all walks of life start...
London the best city in the world to train to be a Personal Stylist!
Is this you, you’ve got butterflies (the good kind) because you’ve finally come to the realisation that a career as a Personal Stylist is perfect for you! Shocked that’s it’s taken you so long to figure it out, you simply don’t want to waste anymore time? You know for...
How to become a Virtual Stylist
So who doesn’t love online shopping for fashion? Sitting there in your lunch hour or in the evening with a glass of wine in your hand and some of the best (and worst!) fashion buys are made. If you love it as much as we do, have you ever considered that you can earn...