The Red Leopard Academy: Professional Colour & Style Training
Train with the Award Winning Industry Leaders. Master the Language of Colour & Architecture of Image.
In a world saturated with digital filters and superficial styling apps, real mastery of personal image remains an entirely human, physical craft. You cannot learn the truth of colour through a screen, and you cannot master the engineering of tailoring from a photograph.
Red Leopard is the UK’s industry-leading, award-winning colour and style authority. Twice a year, we open the doors to our exclusive training academy, giving a select group of individuals direct, unrestricted access to our founders and master consultants, Manina Weldon and Rachel Saunders.
Over one to two weeks, you will sit under their combined decades of premium tailoring and colour expertise, learning the exact methodology that shapes the wardrobes of corporate leaders, media personalities, and high-net-worth individuals globally.
Meet Your Mentors
When you train with Red Leopard, you are picking the brains of the absolute best in the business.
Manina Weldon
Bringing an elite background in languages and the decorative arts, Manina is a former lecturer at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum and a trained fashion buyer. Her understanding of the historical, psychological, and artistic principles of colour theory creates the bedrock of our training.
Rachel Saunders
Trained as a fashion designer and pattern cutter at the prestigious London College of Fashion, Rachel created and operated the tailoring division of a leading image consultancy for 14 years. Her technical, architectural grasp of fabric, drape, and structural form is unmatched.
The Curriculum: Two Definitive Modules
You have the flexibility to enrol in the full two-week mastery program or choose the individual module that aligns perfectly with your professional goals.
Week 1: The Master Art of Colour Analysis
Learn to read the human canvas. This week is an immersive study in pure colour, training your eyes to spot the exact shifts in a client’s skin tone, radiance, and presence.
The Reality of the Craft: True colour analysis cannot be simulated online. We teach you the strict physical laws of the craft: working exclusively in pure, natural light, against a 100% neutral background, on a client wearing zero makeup. You will learn how to utilise Johannes Itten's Bauhaus color theory to find the precise palettes that make a face come alive.
Week 2: The Architecture of Style Training
Moving beyond temporary trends to master structural geometry and personal psychology.
The Technical Edge: Guided by Rachel’s London College of Fashion expertise, you will learn the exact mechanics of dress. Master how different fabrics, patterns, technical cuts, lengths, and necklines interact with diverse body shapes. Crucially, you will learn how to align a wardrobe with a client’s core personality archetype, creating an undeniable individual presence.
Who Is This Training For?
Whether you are looking to pivot into a brand-new vocation or exponentially bolster your existing credentials, this training adds a high-revenue, transformative skillset to multiple career paths:
Fashion, Styling & Retail Professionals wanting to back their instinct with definitive, scientific authority.
Media, Theatre & Wardrobe Directors looking to elevate character curation and visual storytelling.
Health, Wellness & Life Coaches looking to serve clients from the inside out. (For example, our own health coach utilises this exact training to pair internal energy calibration with immediate external confidence and visibility).
Entrepreneurs ready to launch a highly profitable, independent premium consultancy from day one.
The Red Leopard Promise: This is not a hobbyist workshop. Our graduates leave this intensive program equipped with a complete, elite professional toolkit—capable of launching a full, independent career by the end of the course.
Strictly Limited Class Sizes
To maintain the exceptional quality of our training and ensure you receive intimate, hands-on feedback from Manina and Rachel, we strictly limit our class sizes. We refuse to dilute our attention.
Because we only run this academy twice a year, places fill rapidly through our vetting process.