Image Consultant Client Intake Form
The intake form is where a session is won or lost. Ask the wrong things and you spend the first half hour recovering; ask the right things and you arrive already knowing what the client needs and what they are afraid of.
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What yours needs to cover
- ✓ Lifestyle questions, because a wardrobe serves a week rather than an occasion
- ✓ What the client wants to be read as, in their words rather than a list of style labels
- ✓ Practical constraints: budget, laundry, climate, dress codes and what they will not wear
- ✓ Measurements and fit history, asked for neutrally and stored securely
- ✓ What they have tried before and why it did not stick
- ✓ Consent, covering photographs, storage of personal information and how long you keep it
How to use it
- Send it when the booking is confirmed, not on the day, so you can read it before you arrive.
- Keep it under fifteen questions. A form that takes half an hour gets abandoned or answered carelessly.
- Ask about budget plainly and once. Dancing around it costs you the shopping trip later.
- Read it twice before the session and write down the one thing you think they actually want.
Image Consultant Client Intake Form FAQs
How do I ask about body shape without offending anybody?
Ask what fits well and what never does, rather than for a shape label. The client knows their own experience of clothes, and you take measurements in the session anyway.
Should I ask for photographs beforehand?
Only with explicit consent and a clear reason. Photographs of a client are personal information, and a form that collects them should say where they are stored and when they are deleted.
What if a client leaves it blank?
Ring them. A blank form is usually nervousness rather than rudeness, and ten minutes on the phone tells you more than the form would have.
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