Article: Fashion, image consulting fields have thinned out

Q. I would like to move south after I get my degree in home economics this year and become a color consultant in Atlanta. Can you suggest the best color consulting firms?

A. Dress and color consultants typically work one-on-one with the client, doing wardrobe planning, closet inventory and color analysis. They make recommendations on makeup, skin care and hair styling.

Image consulting is a personal services field including color, dress, speech and executive etiquette counselors.

Except for speech-consulting firms, whose service fees come chiefly from corporate clients, the entire field has thinned down, according to the new 1988-89 issue of the industry's only sourcebook, the ...

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