About the image consultancies with online booking
An image consultancy helps you dress in a way that flatters you and feels like you, knowing which colours light up your face, which cuts balance your figure, which style fits the way you live and work. The most common sessions are the first consultation, colour analysis, the wardrobe review with garments you bring to the studio, the full session that brings several of these together, and styling for a specific event such as a wedding, an interview or a presentation. Each consultancy decides which sessions it offers and how long they take, and you see them on its page exactly as it has set them up.
To choose, look at how each session is described and what you take away at the end, as many include a colour palette, a report on your body shape or a style guide to refer back to. Check the opening hours and how close the studio is too, because some sessions are long.
As for timing, the first consultation, about an hour. Colour analysis, between an hour and a half and two hours, because fabrics in many shades are tested against your face. The wardrobe review, around two hours depending on how many garments you bring. The full session can take a whole morning. Event styling, an hour.
Before you go, come with a clean face, no make-up and your hair tied back if you are having colour analysis, as the fabrics are compared with your natural skin, eyes and hair. For the wardrobe review, bring in a bag the garments you wear most and the ones you never wear but cannot say why, as those are better to work with than the ones that already work.
Frequently asked questions
What is colour analysis and how should I come prepared?
It is the session where fabrics in different shades are held against your face to see which colours light you up and which drain you. Come without make-up, with your hair tied back and no coloured contact lenses, so your face is seen in natural light. At the end you take your colour palette home.
What should I bring to the wardrobe review?
A selection of garments in a bag or a suit carrier, with the ones you wear most, the ones you never wear and one or two you were given and cannot combine. There is no need to bring the whole wardrobe. Fifteen or twenty pieces go a long way in a two-hour session. If you have had colour analysis, bring your palette.
How long is a full image consultation session?
Three to four hours, depending on what it includes, and it usually brings together colour analysis, an analysis of your figure and the basics of your style in a single visit. Some consultancies split it over two appointments. The session description shows how each one organises it.
Is image consultancy only for women?
No. More and more men book colour analysis or styling for an interview, a wedding or a career change. The sessions are the same. What changes are the garments and the examples worked through with you.
How far ahead should I book styling for an event?
Two or three weeks ahead, so you have time to find whatever is missing after the session. Bring photos of the venue or the invitation if you have them, and if you already have a candidate outfit, wear it or bring it in a suit carrier.