Samantha Shaps
Luxury and fashion career coach for Paris and US markets
| Hourly rate range | $90 to $175 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Students and Professionals |
| Also coaches | Admissions consultant |
Samantha Shaps is a career coach for people who want to break into luxury and fashion. She helps students, recent graduates, career changers and applicants to fashion business master's programs. She recently moved into the Paris luxury market herself, starting from zero. She has worked at LVMH and Bloomingdale's, and she teaches merchandising to Master's students at Istituto Marangoni. She reads applications the way luxury hiring managers do.
What Samantha helps with
Samantha works on the parts of a luxury career that are hard to figure out alone. She helps clients get noticed in an industry that keeps its rules unwritten.
- Positioning your experience for luxury hiring managers
- Building a network that gets you in the room
- Handling applications, silence and interviews in the luxury market
- Pivoting into luxury from an adjacent industry
- Moving between US and European markets
- Applying to fashion business master's programs
Who Samantha works with
Samantha works with students and recent graduates who want to get into luxury. She also coaches professionals pivoting from adjacent industries and people moving between the US and European markets. Applicants to fashion business master's programs are another part of her client base.
Background and qualifications
Samantha teaches strategic merchandising and commercial planning to 20 Master's students at Istituto Marangoni. She also guides a live student project with Zadig & Voltaire. She is a Strategic Advisor and Contributing Editor at Beyond Luxury Group, where she advises senior leaders at brands including Chanel and Lufthansa. Earlier she was a Customer Experience and Strategy Manager at Bloomingdale's and a Digital Strategy and Market Intelligence Analyst at LVMH. She studied at NYU Stern School of Business.
Samantha Shaps pricing
Samantha Shaps reviews
Samantha Shaps has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 review on Leland, as of September 2026.
The CoachVouch take
She is a working luxury insider who recently made her own move into the Paris market and now teaches at Istituto Marangoni.
Best for students and career changers who want to enter the luxury and fashion industry.
Common questions
How much does Samantha Shaps charge?
Coaching with Samantha runs $90 to $175 an hour. Message Samantha from this page for an exact quote.
What does Samantha Shaps help with?
Samantha Shaps helps with positioning your experience for luxury hiring managers, building a network that gets you in the room, handling applications, silence and interviews in the luxury market and pivoting into luxury from an adjacent industry.
Does Samantha Shaps have reviews?
Samantha Shaps has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 review on Leland, as of September 2026.
Does Samantha Shaps help with fashion master's applications?
Yes. She works with applicants to fashion business master's programs.
Can Samantha help someone moving between the US and Europe?
Yes. She works with people moving between the US and European luxury markets.
How do I contact Samantha Shaps?
Send Samantha a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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