An Expert's Guide to Fashion Styling

Book excerpt: An Expert's Guide to Fashion Styling is a workbook designed to help anyone looking to launch a successful career in fashion styling, wardrobe consulting or personal shopping. Learn how to help people feel more self-confident by showing clients how to achieve their best image and improve their overall sense of well-being.This workbook and practical guide covers how to get started in the fashion retail industry and how to build a successful consulting business. Fashion expert, BJ Wilson has over three decades of industry experience as a retail salesperson, store manager, apparel and accessories buyer, and the owner of an upscale women's boutique. Owner of BJ Wilson and Company, a professional wardrobe consulting firm, BJ has helped literally hundreds of clients look their best by organizing their closet and putting them on a seasonal wardrobe plan. BJ has trained and mentored men and women on style basics and techniques for seasonal closet organization, wardrobe planning, and personal shopping.This book covers the primary building blocks of wardrobe planning: the four seasons, fabrics, clothing categories, basics, color schemes, female body shapes, and size and fit. It also details the BJ Wilson Wardrobe Consulting ProcessTM as well as many key steps to starting your own consultancy.