Roles and Responsibilities of a Fashion Stylist  

Fashion Stylists can go from working with celebrity clients to styling models for photo shoots. Fashion Stylists get lots of exciting opportunities.

They use their talent in many different area's from music videos to advertisements to TV shows and movies. Which ever area they may be working in they collaborate very closely with photographers, channelling their concept of fashion through the photographic shoot.

A Fashion Stylist can be considered as a visual journalist or commentator, the link that joins the world of clothing manufacture with customers or readership of fashion magazines with stylists having the ability and skill to interpret trends and current tastes makes them one of the principle creators of fashion and style.

A good Fashion Stylist knows how to accentuate the positive attributes of the people they dress. Choosing the right outfit that flatters someone in a way that is appropriate for each event no matter what your figure or body shape.

Stylists must have a wide range of knowledge of the fashion industry and the ability to match clients with clothing that will support the image they want to project. When putting a look together they must use their knowledge to consider  a number of factors such as colour and fit.

The best stylists can take conventional pieces and use them in unconventional ways, in others words they are clothing inventors.

They want to make all their clients look and feel good. Stylists must have a strong ability to communicate, compromise between their own style and opinions and their clients, to influence without overpowering.

They also need to be very business minded as most Fashion Stylists are self employed so they need to be able to run their own business. Maintain client relationships and handle administrative tasks or hire others to do them.