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A three-pass plan for getting your whole closet into an app in one afternoon: flat lays, online orders, then labels.
Read the guideWhat a client’s closet record needs to hold, the three ways stylists keep it, and how to tell when folders and spreadsheets have stopped working.
Read the guideWhat a personal stylist’s client record should track, the four kinds of tools stylists use for it, and a ten-minute test for choosing one.
Read the guideWhy repeat work slips when you get busy, how to plan a client’s return before the first project ends, and a win-back message for clients who drifted.
Read the guideHow many practice clients you need, who to ask, what to say, whether to charge, and what to give them, with a free kit of the forms.
Read the guideAssistant or associate, employee or contractor, how to pay them, who keeps the client when they leave, and how to hand clients over so they stay.
Read the guideThe prices your clients compare you against, your real hourly rate, packages versus hourly, shopping fees, travel, deposits, and when to put your prices up.
Read the guideCloset edits, personal shopping, virtual styling, color analysis, retainers and full overhauls, each with real published prices and what makes them go up.
Read the guideReal startup numbers, the honest answer on certification, what equipment you actually need, what to charge, and where the first three clients come from.
Read the guideReal startup numbers, the honest answer on certification, what to call yourself, what to charge, and where the first three clients actually come from.
Read the guideWhat it costs, what separates a $20 app from a $400 session, the three people who shouldn’t book one, and how to tell afterwards whether you got a real answer.
Read the guideEmail attachment, Canva link, catalog tool or client portal. What each delivery method costs you, and the four things a lookbook has to do to survive past the first open.
Read the guidePersonal stylists and image consultants usually stitch together four or five tools to run one practice. One client followed through a single record, screen by screen, and the things you give up to get it.
Read the guideThe standard color analysis deliverable is a swatch fan and a season name. Here is what actually belongs in the package, and the test every deliverable has to pass.
Read the guideThe eight parts of a styling proposal that gets signed, how to price it in options, and the three places proposals quietly lose the work.
Read the guideFour different products are all called styling apps. What each kind actually does, and how to work out which one solves the thing annoying you.
Read the guideWhere to look, what it costs in 2026, and the seven questions that tell you whether a stylist is right for you before you hand over any money.
Read the guideFive apps that connect you with a real stylist, and the question that tells them apart: whose client do you actually become?
Read the guideFifteen closet apps, tested and ranked by a stylist. What each one is actually good at, what it costs, and the two things the whole category keeps getting wrong.
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