Who is The Curvy Counselor?

Body Image Expert Liria Mersini is the Curvy Counselor.

Yes, it's true. The Curvy Counselor is a prominent fashion expert and body image guru who's broken the mold in fashion. Mission? Empowerment!

In her writing and frequent public appearances, creator Liria Mersini works to support the 62% of women who don't fit our culture's prevailing fashion mold but nonetheless want to look and feel great about getting dressed. She believes in style beyond size and has been empowering women and pioneering new roads in business for the last 20 years.

Her fashion persona and media reach enable Liria to effectively speak to this overlooked segment of the women's market with fashion advice, style tips, and self esteem enhancing messages.

Experience:

Though Liria worked as a publicist in both entertainment and fashion, she had nothing to wear.

As a full figured woman, Liria was frustrated with limited clothing options that did not reflect her sense of style. In the early 1990s she created the popular Cello clothing line to deliver her own brand of casual European elegance to women regardless of size.

Cello was the first independent plus-size clothing line to be featured in Glamour Magazine, earning Liria the distinction of being the first plus size fashion designer to receive mainstream fashion acceptance and landing her in the spotlight as Glamour Magazine's Designer of the Year (niche markets).

Her sense of style and warm, open, presence paved the way for many media appearances as a spokesperson and style expert. Now Liria can be seen providing an empowering perspective both as The Curvy Counselor and as herself on television shows ranging from NBC's The TODAY Show to Fox's popular news and issues program Your World with Neil Cavuto.

From The Curvy Counselor

"I've learned so much about the style industry over the past two decades both as a designer and in my work writing and empowering women, I'm thrilled to share that expertise with you here."

"Here's my philosophy: fashion can be fun. Being able to express yourself and communicate who you are visually through your style and presence? That's actually important."

"With a little ingenuity, resourcefulness and imagination, your options as a plus size woman today are limitless. You don't have to go it alone. I know you can do it! I'm here to help."

Liria Mersini is half of the dueling advice column team at Trap Him, Feed Him, Keep Him: A Girlfriend's Guide to Happily Ever After. It's a fun and irreverent look at love. They say that Trap Him, Feed Him, Keep Him: A Girlfriend's Guide to Happily Ever After picks up where Sex & The City left off.

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