Job Description : Fashion Consultant
Position Summary
A Fashion Consultant works closely with clients to enhance their personal style, wardrobe, and overall appearance. This role involves providing expert advice on clothing, accessories, color palettes, and trends while offering a personalized and enjoyable styling experience. Fashion Consultants may work in retail stores, fashion boutiques, corporate styling departments, or as independent personal stylists.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess clients' personal style preferences, lifestyle needs, body types, and fashion goals.
- Provide personalized styling recommendations, including outfits, accessories, and color combinations.
- Stay up to date with current fashion trends, designers, seasonal collections, and industry developments.
- Curate and coordinate complete looks for clients for everyday wear, special occasions, events, or photoshoots.
- Offer wardrobe evaluations, closet audits, and guidance on building a versatile, functional wardrobe.
- Assist clients with shopping—either in-store, online, or through curated lookbooks.
- Collaborate with retail staff, buyers, and brand representatives to understand new products and inventory.
- Maintain strong customer relationships and deliver excellent service to encourage repeat business.
- Monitor styling appointments, manage client profiles, and track preferences and purchases.
- Create visual merchandising displays (if working in retail) to showcase outfit combinations or promote trends.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Strong knowledge of fashion trends, brands, fabrics, and styling techniques.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Strong sense of creativity and visual presentation.Ability to interpret client needs and translate them into cohesive looks.Time management and organizational skills.Sales experience and ability to meet performance targets (for retail roles).Basic experience with digital styling tools and online retail platforms.Preferred Qualifications
Certifications in fashion styling, fashion merchandising, or related fields.Previous experience in personal styling, retail fashion, image consulting, or luxury sales.Portfolio of styled looks or client work (for independent consultants).Work Environment
Retail boutiques, department stores, luxury fashion houses, or independent consulting.May include flexible hours, evenings, weekends, or travel for events and client appointments.If you'd like, I can turn this into a shorter version , a bullet-point résumé job entry , or a job posting ready for LinkedIn / Indeed .
Education
Bachelor of Design (B.Des.)
Skills Required
fashion retail, Communication Skills, Sales