Transform Your Life, Empower Others: Become an Image Consultant Who Makes a Difference
Where Image Consulting becomes a calling, not a career.
Led by CEO Aletté Winckler, The South African Image Academy International is the fastest-growing Image Consulting Academy in Africa, now internationally accredited and boldly expanding into the USA market. With over 1,220 students and consultants across 23 nations, our influence is global — and our impact is everlasting.
At SAIAI, we don’t just produce Image Consultants:
- We raise World-Changers.
- We shape Leaders.
- We Transform Lives.
- We Call out the Gold in People.
- We Restore Confidence from the Inside Out.
If you want a certificate, we are not your academy.
If you want a Calling, a Purpose, and a Platform for Impact — Welcome Home.
Here, Image Consulting is not about vanity.
It is about vitality.
It is about identity, wholeness, confidence, and the courage to stand in the fullness of who you were created to be.
We guide you through a comprehensive transformation journey — one that integrates:
- Style, colour, and design mastery
- Deep personal development
- Confidence building
- Behaviour, communication, and presence
- Professional and entrepreneurial growth
Because true style starts within — and only an aligned, healed, confident heart can create lasting transformation in others.
As Aletté Winckler often says:
“You can be dressed to the T, but if you believe lies about yourself on the inside, your style will have no impact — and it won’t last.”
Our students’ stories echo this truth: marriages restored, self-worth revived, identity rebuilt, trauma healed, and futures rewritten. Their lives prove what sets us apart:
- We don’t just teach Image Consulting.
- We teach transformation.
- We teach truth.
- We teach purpose.
- We teach identity.
Join our global movement — a community that is redefining Image Consulting as a life-changing, future-shaping, dignity-restoring profession.
Welcome to The South African Image Academy International.
Where excellence meets purpose.
Where calling meets competency.
Where confidence is rebuilt — and destinies awaken.
We don’t just offer courses.
We offer a revolution of identity, leadership, and transformation.
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Our Courses
ONLINE COMPREHENSIVE IMAGE CONSULTANT COURSE
Study from anywhere in the world, at any time.
IN-PERSON / 2 WEEK COMPREHENSIVE IMAGE CONSULTANT COURSE
Pretoria or Somerset West
Instructor led training
ONLINE FASHION STYLIST COURSE
Fashion stylist is concidered one of the most popular emerging professions in the industry.
What Is Image Consulting?
Image Consulting is not just about clothes — it’s about confidence, identity, and influence. It empowers individuals and professionals to align how they look, act, and communicate with who they truly are and where they want to go.
As an Image Consultant, you help people step into their best selves by refining every part of their personal, professional, and online presence. It’s a career of purpose, transformation, and impact.
What You Can Do as an Image Consultant
Style Consultations
Guide clients to dress with confidence by applying style principles that flatter their shape and express their authentic identity.
Colour Consultations recommend colours that enhance their complexion and personality, helping them shine from the inside out.
Makeup & Tutorials
Enhance natural beauty and teach clients how to recreate looks that empower them daily.
Mini & Maxi Makeovers
Offer subtle refreshes or complete transformations that revitalise confidence and self-image.
Masterclasses & Workshops
Teach groups about style, colour, etiquette, and presence — becoming a voice of authority and inspiration.
Etiquette & Netiquette
Equip clients with modern social, business, and digital etiquette to foster polished, professional impressions.
Corporate Dress & Conduct
Train teams and companies to align appearance and behaviour with organisational culture and brand identity.
Motivational Speaking
Inspire audiences with messages of confidence, identity, and personal growth.
Content Creation & Blogging
Build your brand by educating and influencing others through expertise in style and image.
Fashion Styling
Style clients for events, shoots, campaigns, or everyday confidence.
Magazine, TV & Media Styling
Prepare clients or models for high-impact visual projects where image matters most.
Visual Merchandising
Create compelling retail displays that attract, engage, and convert customers.
Why It Matters
Becoming an Image Consultant allows you to change lives — helping people see themselves through a lens of purpose, clarity, and confidence. Whether you’re guiding someone through a season of transition, preparing them for career success, or elevating a brand’s professional presence, your work leaves a lasting and powerful impact.
Image Consulting isn’t just a career.
It’s a calling to help people become the best version of themselves — inside and out.
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