Well, we all know that physical appearance through personality and behaviour conduct greatly intrigues one’s perception of us, hence making a first good impression has stayed imperative since ever. Even then, despite perceiving ourselves as how we actually are, we often fail to present the best of ourselves at many important moments in our lives, before others, and this intrusively shatters our confidence in the self. However, this is where Image Consultants come into picture and helping people to create an impressive persona that helps them express themselves in a distinguished way before others.

Image consultants (also known as image management professionals) are career consultants and soft skills trainers who help clients improve their appearance for both personal and professional purposes based on their body shape, personal style, and more, offering personal consultation and group training services respective of each’s requirement. Well, no transformation happens overnight. It takes weeks and months. The clients (job seekers or professionals) work with the image consultants to decide the duration and the roadmap (action plan). Image Management is the most sought-after industry around the world, since it caters to the biggest need in every profession. According to studies, Image Consulting is a multi-billiondollar industry abroad and is in the midst of becoming a multi-billion rupees industry in the next few years in India.

Today with increasing literacy and employment rate people are getting more aware of the need to managing their image in order to have a more rewarding personal, professional and social life.India is the youngest country in the world and as statistics indicated it to be a population with the average age of 29 in 2020, the candidates are deluging the workspace. Therefore, the need for appearing good, looking good and having adept career and soft skills has become highly important. And, as the competitiongoes fiercer day by day, Image Consultants industry demand is burgeoning, and to suffice the demand there are many Image consultants inclusive of gender domineering the space.

In this issue of the Women Entrepreneur magazine, we present a list of `Top 10 Women in Image Consultants - 2022' who are untethering mentally and physically fit professionals to the industry. The consultants are top-notch names in the industry, who are selected by the industry veterans, CEOs and VCs, and the Women Entrepreneur editorial board.