Stylist for fashion shoots - free course from Skillbox, training, Date: November 29, 2023.

Anna Rykova has been working in the fashion industry since 2000. She has served as fashion director for Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire. She has collaborated with the brands Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Max Mara, Tom Ford Parfum, NYX, Christian Dior Beauty. She styled shoots with Rita Ora, Ashley Graham, Linda Evangelista and other stars.

Introduction to the profession
You will understand the modern fashion industry and understand what place a stylist occupies in it. Find out how the concept of fashion in clothing was formed.

Fashion photography in the XX-XXI centuries
Meet modern fashion photographers and stylists. Learn more about glossy publications and their role in fashion photography.

Stylistic directions for fashion shooting
Get to know celebrity stylists and their tasks. You will understand what a fashion show and fashion presentation stylist, as well as a brand consultant and styling editor do. You can choose an interesting direction for development.

Types of fashion shooting and their specifics
Find out what editorial is in Fashion. You will understand the difference between commercial photography and advertising (campaign). Learn how to shoot with celebrities.

Types of video shooting
Learn how to create editorial for online media and mood videos. Learn how to create images for brand advertising and music videos.

Working with trends
Find out who sets the trends and how to track them. You will be able to analyze and apply the latest trends on set.

Styles (Part 1)
Explore styles from different eras. Find out what ethnicity is and why it is popular.

Styles (Part 2)
Get to know modern subcultures. Find out who muses and influencers are and how to work with them.

Working with prints
Explore basic prints: geometry, flora and fauna. You can combine them harmoniously in the frame.

Working with color
Learn to work with shades. Learn how to use contrasting, related and related-contrasting colors.

Properties of materials and working with texture
Learn about fabrics and their plastic properties. Learn the types of textures and techniques that allow you to correctly combine them.

Composition Basics
You will learn what the golden ratio and the semantic compositional center are. You will understand what proportions there are in clothing. You can create harmonious sets that will look good on camera.

Working with showrooms and ordering items for shooting
You will understand how to work with press offices and brand representative offices. Find out what multi-brand showrooms are and why design assistants are needed. You can write an official letter of request for photography to the representative office of the fashion brand.

Fashion photography from idea to implementation
Learn how to create a moodboard and a styleboard and understand the difference between them. You will learn how to properly organize a team and select things for filming.

Practice
You will understand how a stylist works on the set and interacts with colleagues. Learn to bring a creative concept to life and work on images. Get acquainted with the basic techniques of fitting clothes to your figure.

Advertising shooting for other areas
You will understand what the role of a stylist is on a shoot not for the fashion industry. Learn to work with technical specifications and commercial features of the field: procurement and returns. Create a styleboard based on specifications for an advertising shoot.

Jewelry styling and photography
Learn how to choose the right models for jewelry styling. Get acquainted with stylistic techniques, placement of accents and the intricacies of working with jewelry brands. Create a moodboard for the shoot using jewelry.

Styling of lingerie and swimwear. Filming
Learn how to select models for this type of shooting. Find out what locations and stylistic techniques can be used. Create a moodboard for lingerie or swimsuit photography.

Working with different body types and age categories
Learn to work with older and plus size models. Learn how to correct short height.

Children's photography
Learn how to conduct casting and select a team. You will understand how to choose clothes taking into account the child’s figure. Get to know the trends in children's fashion. Analyze advertising of children's clothing brands.

Male shooting
Explore classic men's fashion and trends. Understand how new markets influence men's fashion.

New standards. How to work with them?
You will learn about sexuality and asexuality in fashion, cultural appropriation and body positivity. Learn to develop styling for the Arab region. You will find examples of filming that would be unacceptable in the modern world.

Graduation project. Fashion photography concept
You will develop a concept and select images for shooting. Prepare a presentation with the idea of ​​shooting and create a moodboard.