Fashion Styling

"I feel like I have done my job when people I work with have people asking them if they lost weight or got a haircut and can’t pinpoint that it was a

make-over," Jeanne Yang

• Collaboration between stylist and clientInvest time into the client, master and understand who they are.It’s about finding the perfect piece for the right person.Recognition of personality.

• ‘you also need to be incredibly organised, resourceful and good with figures...There is a lot of admin and paperwork’ Alexandra Fullerton.

Original concepts for shoots and innovative ideas for shopping pages are not enough. Organization within your work has a huge impact to success.

Rachel Zoe is one of the most notable fashion and celebrity stylists. Although she works with high-profile clients and has developed her own recognizable style, she does not have any formal fashion training.

“I truly believe that living a life filled with glamour and style has nothing to

do with having money or fame. The people I know with the greatest taste often have the most limited budgets, and I wanted to help people change

their perspective a little bit.”

Kathryn Neale Shaffer“Being a stylist really allows you to get creative and its always challenging to come up withnew ideas, re-imaging how somebody should be shot and try to execute thepicture in your head into a photo.”

Having started off her fashion career as a model at the age of 18, Katheryn Neale shares that:“In the types of jobs I was doing, my opinion wasn’t particularly welcomed.”

Becoming a stylist was beneficial to her as it meant she was invited to share her views, ideas and opinions.

she thinks that being a fashion stylist today; “it’s no harder today than it was 10 years ago; you just have to really want to do it.”

Kathryn is not currently represented by an agent at this time“I style a lot of fashion shows and my schedule is always pretty hectic.”

Some people think they made people pay less attention on the meaning that designers really wanted to tell. And the people who are on the other side think they are making new ideas for the fashion work. Famous fashion consultant Tim Gunn told thinks that:“some people thought that the value of fashion stylist is immeasurable” but he didn’t think so. He will never do a fashion show through a fashion stylist. But on the other hand, stylist Kathryn Neale said:“fashion stylists are playing a more important role than before.”