Personal stylist

Code 5142.9

Personal stylists assist their clients in making fashion choices. They advise on the latest fashion trends in clothing, jewellery and accessories and help their clients choose the right outfit, depending on the type of social event, their tastes and body types. Personal stylists teach their clients how to make decisions regarding their overall appearance and image.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • trends in fashion

Skills and competences

  • advise customers on jewellery and watches
  • advise customers on usage of cosmetics
  • advise customers on clothing accessories
  • develop professional network
  • teach fashion to clients
  • identify customer's needs
  • maintain customer service
  • listen actively
  • satisfy customers

Transversal competences

  • advise on clothing style
  • advise on hair style
  • assist customers
  • stay up-to-date with hair style trends
  • offer cosmetic beauty advice
  • recommend cosmetics to customers
  • apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences