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Image Consultant

Fashion: My Style Expert, New York City, NY
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Do you want to be an Image Consultant?

Do you have an innate interest in style and design? Are you an insightful communicator able to gain people’s trust to help them reach their goals? Do you believe anyone can put their best foot forward if they can identify what it takes to make them both look and feel good? Then you may have the traits and skills to become an image consultant. Join Erika Chloe, owner of My Image Expert, for a VocationVacation® that will help you decide if this career truly is the “right look” for you.

Erika Chloe always knew she wanted to be in the fashion business. Following her dreams, Erika graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. “My first break into the fashion business was as an intern at Harper’s Bazaar,” says Erika. She was then hired full-time to work on the editorial side of the magazine.

Although this was a good learning experience, Erika discovered it was not what she wanted to do in the fashion world. “It was not fulfilling. I realized I really wanted to design,” Erika explains. She went to work for V. Fraas designing both the company’s collection and private label collections for stores like Bloomingdales and Lord & Taylor. She also gained valuable experience working for Aeropostale designing their junior retail collection.

Ultimately, Erika took her skills and experience and launched her own successful line of hand-made, custom couture clothes, E,C Stitch. Erika’s innate ability to relate to her clients’ needs and sense of image contributed to her success as a designer and, ultimately, to yet another career shift into the image consulting business. “I realized as an image consultant I could merge everything I had done in the fashion industry into one effort,” explains Erika. She could combine the technical and craft side of design with the visible presentation side of styling and help people create their own customized image.

Today, My Image Expert is a premier image and fashion consulting firm with consultants in New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and California. Its highly trained and experienced team of 20 consultants help clients develop their own personalized look. “When they come to us, clients are often hesitant and insecure about their looks,” Erika shares. “Inside they may see themselves a certain way, but they don’t feel they look that way on the outside. Our job is to bridge that gap and knock down the walls that are preventing them from portraying that inner image.” The staff provides insightful, sociological means of communication that’s helpful when working with their clients. This helps to build a level of trust so clients will feel confident accepting their recommendations and guidance.

Erika and her team work with people from all walks of lives – professionals, athletes, artists, small and large business professionals, stay-at-home moms, actors, etc. From individualized assessments and make-overs, to presentations before hundreds of corporate executives, the goal of My Image Expert is to help people find the most powerful and effective image that complements their personal and professional goals and lifestyle. From providing the best clothing solutions and fashion advice, to hair styling, makeup tips and cosmetic procedures, Erika and her team of experts have access to the resources to handle any situation no matter how minor or severe.

Sound like a rewarding and exciting career? If you are interested in becoming an image consultant, Erika suggests you take some initial steps to prepare for the business. “Don’t think just because you are a good dresser you can be an image consultant,” warns Erika. “Getting some training in a fashion related field and some hands-on experience is important to determining if it is a good career for you. Then if you think it is, you need to be persistent in pursuing it.”

While on your Image Consultant VocationVacations® career mentorship with Erika Chloe at My Image Expert, activities will include some or all of the following activities:
  • Review what it takes to create a color analysis for one's client
  • Outline the components of any beauty consultation
  • Identify clothing brands and how they relate to image consultations
  • Review what it takes to develop your brand and costumer base
  • Outline the basics to market and promote your services
  • Identify social media tools and how they can be used for promotional events
  • Outline the basics needed to obtain promotions through the press
The Image Consultant VocationVacations® career mentorship with Erika Chloe at My Image Expert includes:
  • Two days of one-on-one mentorship in your dream job as an Image Consultant
  • The opportunity to participate in a total of one hour of pre- and post- VocationVacations career coaching from an accredited, affiliated VocationVacations career coach
  • A pocket-size VocationVacations journal so you can document your dream job coming to reality
  • Light lunches with your mentor

Available: All year based on mentor's availability

Price: $1049 Per Person

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Suggested Accommodations

Gramercy Park Hotel

Hampton Inn Chelsea
(Not included in the price of your VocationVacations adventure)

Other activities and tourist destinations while on your VocationVacations® dream job holiday:

  • NYC & Company - New York City's Official Tourism Website for Tourists, Journalists, Travel Professionals, and Meeting Planners
  • I Love New York - The Official New York State Tourism Website
  • NY.com - The Paperless Guide to New York City
Reservation, Cancellation and Rescheduling Rules and Conditions:

Full payment of the VocationVacations dream job holiday is required to make a reservation. A $100 non-refundable fee is assessed if a VocationVacations experience is cancelled or rescheduled prior to 14-days of the scheduled VocationVacations holiday, based on the approved availability of the mentor to reschedule. A VocationVacations adventure cannot be rescheduled and is non-refundable if cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled VocationVacations holiday. Written notification of cancellation or rescheduling is required in all cases. In the US, Grounded Nomads, LLC and VocationVacations holidays encourage all customers to acquire travel insurance to cover any unforeseen expenses due to cancellation or rescheduling. In the UK, Grounded Nomads, Ltd and VocationVacations holidays must require all customers to acquire travel insurance to cover any unforeseen expenses due to cancellation or rescheduling and provide verification of such travel insurance to Grounded Nomads, Ltd.