Communication body language and etiquette

Hello everyone and welcome to Hunar online courses I’m your mentor Neha
Lakhani and I will be walking you through today’s session
In today’s session we’re gonna learn about communication, body language and
etiquette
What do you mean by communication, body language and etiquette?
Communication is how you interact with somebody, Body language is how we
present ourselves and Etiquette is how we behave. These three things help us
make a good impression when we meet somebody for the first time as the
saying goes the first impression is is the last impression. How you dress , how
you show up, how you interact, how you groom yourself plays a very important
role in how people perceive you.
As you are your own brand, each time when you show up maybe for important
meetings or interviews or even for just a leisure party or a get away you need to
make sure that you put your best foot forward and we’re gonna help you with
some few tips and tricks that you can use in your favour to enhance your
personality and put your best foot forward

As a stylist these skills will come handy to you. There is a difference between a
person who is stylish and a person who is a stylist and is a professional. A
stylish person might follow all the fashion trends might wear fancy clothes they
might also know how to mix and match colours, prints, accessories. They might
also have the knowledge about body shapes, face shapes, undertones. As a
stylist along with knowing about all these technical aspects of styling how you
present yourself when you network to get work is very important as a stylist
you’re gonna be working with individuals and brands and they must have faith
in you that you will carry out their job and execute everything in the best way
possible and that is why how you present yourself is very important and we’re
gonna help you do that by some of these tips

Communication as a fashion stylist is really important for you so let’s start with
understanding the skills you need to be a good communicator
As a fashion stylist you will be approached by many brands you will be
collaborating with many clients photographers makeup artist and so many more
people you might even have a team of your own and how you communicate
with them will have a huge impact to the final product. So let’s start with
understanding it
Listening: whenever you go meet at client or even collaborate with different
teams you’re gonna have to listen to understand the requirements of your client
only when you listen will you be able to execute it will you be able to
comprehend and give your expert advice in that particular matter
The next one is verbal communication. The way you communicate your ideas
the way you communicate also helps them understand that you know what
you’re talking about you’re knowledgeable in the subject always be sure to
maintain eye contact be polite when you talk to them have a good body posture
make sure that you are able to communicate what you want to say in a clear and
concise manner make sure that your language is very clear and simple.
written communication is equally important when you interact with your clients
and brands as you grow in this profession you’re going to be dealing with a lot
of brands, boutiques, photographers and makeup artist as well so when you
communicate with them they are going to be following up with them a lot of
emails and the way you put your email is very important your email format has
to be correct and precise make sure that you make no grammatical mistakes and
also you greet the person
Before you start talking about the subject make sure that your polite as well
Moving on to the other skills that would come in handy to you is non verbal
communication. The way you listen to your client your hand gestures, the way
you stand, sit would make an impression on your brand or the client that you
will work with Having open arms will give them more confidence that you are
open to understand the requirements while sometimes when you cross your
hands it gives an impression that you are being rude are not interested in what
they are trying to say. So having a good non verbal communication as well will
come really in handy to you and will help you.

Body language : Let’s move on to understanding how important body language

is for you. Body language is a very powerful tool of communication. It is how
you present yourself to clients or brands. It is how you sit, stand, present
yourself, how you make eye contact. For example if I’m standing straight you
will believe I have confidence however if I’m slouching you will not believe
that I can get the work done, or that you can have confidence in me to give me
the work. It speaks a lot about your personality.
Having a good body posture makes somebody believe that you know what
you’re doing, that you’re confident about yourself and you can carry out the
activities.

Having a body language which is open makes the client feel comfortable to
come and open up their ideas with you. Makes you look very approachable, nice
and warm as well. Have good eye contact as well. Make sure your facial
expressions are very soft, gentle and warm so that you’re approachable. Make
sure you keep these things in mind.

Let’s move on to understanding how having good etiquette will help you
become a successful fashion stylist.
Good etiquette is not just about having good manners, it’s so much more than
that. Try to always be punctual. Don’t you like it when people around you are
on time? Similarly, when you’re before time it shows that you value your
client’s time and always will be efficient in your work. Punctuality shows
efficiency
Be nice to your clients. Give them genuine complements. Build a good rapport
with them that they believe in you and comfortably open up and you work
together in a collaborative way

Make sure that you look good. Make sure that your hair is in place. You have
good oral hygiene. You smell good. Present yourself in the best way you can.
Be warm, be poised and make sure your client feels very comfortable in your
presence.

Now that you’ve learnt about these various components that are gonna help you
about communication, body language, and etiquette I hope you start applying
them in your day to day life.
When you apply these elements, when you interact with your client, it gives an
impression that you have a very good work ethic, and when they review you to
other brands or client, you might be getting more work and it will be helpful for
you.

Their feedback on your social media or word of mouth will be very beneficial
for you to gain more success as a fashion stylist.
I hope you guys enjoyed this session and apply these in your day to day
activities