Personal Styling Certificate Program
Do you dream of being your own boss, running your own personal styling business, and working with private clients?
Are you looking for a comprehensive training program that teaches the most current techniques and skills that are essential to becoming a successful personal stylist?
Do you want a program that prepares you to start working with personal styling clients straight away?
If you've answered yes, then our personal stylist certification is for you!
Our personal stylist certificate program is one of the most comprehensive training courses available online for aspiring personal stylists. The program has been developed by an industry expert to focus on the core skills personal stylists need to work with private clients and start a personal styling business quickly and easily. The program is continually monitored to ensure it provides students with the latest techniques and approaches to personal style and includes exclusive modules not currently available in any other online training programs. This personal styling course is 100% self-paced study with no timeframe for completion and you’ll have access to all course materials as long as you need them.
How does it work?
Using an effective combination of videos, e-books, interactive video quizzes, and practical exercises, you’ll be guided through the core skills needed to become a personal stylist. All the materials you need to complete the program are provided in our secure student portal which you’ll have immediate access to upon enrollment. Students can access the portal 24 hours a day so they can study at a pace and time that works best for them. You’ll also have the support of an industry expert tutor throughout the program who will be available via email to answer questions, provide clarification, and give feedback on your practice exercises.
What you’ll learn
We've just updated the personal stylist certificate program so when you enroll you'll receive immediate access to the most up-to-date information and techniques available for personal stylists. Our new course curriculum will provide you with all the essential knowledge and skills you need to start your career as a personal stylist upon completion of the program.
2024 Curriculum
Industry Insights
The history of personal styling
Key facts about the fashion industry
What does it take to be a personal stylist
Body Shape Analysis
Body shape analysis for women (vertical and horizontal)
Body shape analysis for men (vertical and horizontal)
Understanding balance and proportion
Facial shape analysis for men and women
Women's body shape style guide
Men's body shape style guide
Color Analysis
Color theory
The psychology of color
Seasonal color analysis
Understanding and assessing undertone
How to find the right color season
An interactive quiz to test your color analysis skills
How to Style
Outfit styling techniques
Creating personal style
How to create a capsule wardrobe
Styling for Zoom
Understanding modest fashion and styling
Understanding sustainable and ethical fashion and styling
How to create lookbooks
How to mix prints
Style Consultations
The style consultation process
Assessing style personality and lifestyle factors
Creating consultation reports
Working with personal clients
Perfecting the personal shopping trip
Business Essentials
Starting your personal styling business
Marketing your personal styling business
Business growth workbook
In addition, you’ll also receive the following tools to make your style consultations easier:
Body shape verification charts (to confirm your analysis quickly and easily)
A fashion glossary so you know the lingo
Customizable done-for-you new client consultation form template
Customizable done-for-you style personality and lifestyle assessment template
But wait, there's more!
Following completion of the certificate program, all students get FREE access to our exclusive graduate portal where you'll find additional training to help you advance your skills and develop your personal styling business. You'll learn how to find your first clients, get press for your business, perfect your closet audit, and so much more! The graduate portal contains 19 bonus training modules designed to help advance your career easily and is exclusive to our personal styling certificate program students. ($350 Value)
To see our current graduate portal content, click here.
Graduate Bonus
All graduates of the personal stylist certificate program receive an exclusive 2-week free trial of Hue and Stripe, the premier toolbox for image professionals, and $25 off their first month's membership. ($65 value)
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Please review the student terms and conditions before enrolling. Due to students receiving immediate access to the course materials we are unable to offer refunds, so please ask all questions prior to enrollment.
Very happy with my overall experience with the personal stylist course. Louisa was an excellent tutor and was very helpful with any questions or queries I had. I'd recommend anyone looking to pursue a career in personal styling to go with this course as I learned so much from it
David H - Dublin, Ireland
The Style Academy is just what I was looking for! I liked the fact that I could study at my own pace and it was fun. If I had any questions about the course content or the assignments, Louisa responded very quickly to my questions. Worth every penny!
Cheryl N - Toronto, Canada
This course is amazing! If you are looking for a course that teaches you everything you need to know to become a stylist, then this is it! So detailed, but easy to follow. It has given me not only the skills but also the confidence to become a personal stylist. Thank you!
Tiffany C - Chicago, USA