Fashion

[Mj12]

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@wakefield64 wrote:

What do you think is needed to call yourself a “stylist”? They seem to be all over the internet and shopping channels. Guess you just need people to listen to you. Then there are the ones who dress famous people and they get noticed whether they are good or not.

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Including here. 

[ECBG]

A stylist is someone who can dress a person (or display a brand) in a variety of ways creating the best possible looks.

My background is in clothing, textiles, chemistry (dyes), and Interior Design.  I am constantly looking up changes in current fashion and how it relates to past fashion.

I retired from teaching and went into styling through a store.  I also work with complections.

[jackthebear]

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@wakefield64 wrote:

What do you think is needed to call yourself a “stylist”? They seem to be all over the internet and shopping channels. Guess you just need people to listen to you. Then there are the ones who dress famous people and they get noticed whether they are good or not.

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if someone pays you

[rms1954]

@Caaareful Shopper she used to look polished but now she always looks dishevled to me.  Esp her hair.

[Andreatoo]

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@ALRATIBA wrote:

@Andreatoo 

I googled and apparently there are schools and online courses for "fashion stylist."

Some blurbs from their pages ....

• Personal Stylist Certificate Online. Accredited & Affordable.

• Our award-winning team provides online and worldwide training courses so you can transform your passion for fashion into a meaningful and rewarding career opportunity. Discover our uniquely holistic Personal Stylist & Image Consultant Training

• FASHION STYLIST INSTITUTE celebrates ten years of virtual online training this year and so far has graduated over 3800 image, style and fashion consultants globally. It is the ONLY online provider offering professional CEU’s. FSI is also an Academic Featured Image Partner with the Association of Image Consultants International in North America!

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@ALRATIBA 

Accredited by whom? And can you register your 'certificate' with your states DBPR??

[Andreatoo]

To be fair not every profession requires a degree or certification which leaves the door open for many to challenge their veracity

Unfortunately I can't get a job at NASA cleaning bathrooms and hope to work my way up to astronaut... 😉

[vsm]

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@Love my grandkids wrote:

@wakefield64 Call me skeptical. To me "stylists" are in the same category as "life coaches".  You can call yourself one with no credentials needed.

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I'm glad I read your post before replying to the OP, because I was about to say the same thing! 

[Bri369]

We're all stylists.  We all dress ourselves and put together outfits every day.  

A salesperson in a clothing store is no more a stylist than me.  LOL

[Bri369]

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@Mj12 wrote:

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@wakefield64 wrote:

What do you think is needed to call yourself a “stylist”? They seem to be all over the internet and shopping channels. Guess you just need people to listen to you. Then there are the ones who dress famous people and they get noticed whether they are good or not.

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Including here. 

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@Mj12 

LOL

[Shanus]

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@ECBG wrote:

A stylist is someone who can dress a person (or display a brand) in a variety of ways creating the best possible looks.

My background is in clothing, textiles, chemistry (dyes), and Interior Design.  I am constantly looking up changes in current fashion and how it relates to past fashion.

I retired from teaching and went into styling through a store.  I also work with complections.

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@ECBG  Yes, they're credentials, but no one can teach taste, right?