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About The Image Counselor™ 
Educational Background/Training
- Body Beautiful™ Certified Stylist, trained in image consulting and color with Carla Mathis, AICI, CIM, Body Beautiful Institute
- Certified by Corporate Icon™ in corporate image training
- Trained in The Universal Style® System with Alyce Parsons, AICI, CIP
- Certificate, Graduate Retail Management, Gemological Institute of America
- Graduate, Leadership Torrance-South Bay
- J.D., The University of Chicago Law School
- B.A., Yale University
Products
- Author, with Caroline Stanley, Jewelry Savvy: What Every Jewelry Wearer Should Know (Jewels on Jewels Inc. 2007), available at www.jewelrysavvybook.com
- Singerplum Vintage Jewelry, specializing in mid-Century hand-selected gems of costume jewelry, available by appointment and at select boutiques
Industry Contributions and Nonprofit Affiliations
- Treasurer, AICI Southern California Chapter, 2006 to 2009
- Treasurer, Women's Jewelry Association, Los Angeles Chapter, 2006 to 2009
- Member, Designing Women South Bay, a guild in support of Working Wardrobes, 2007 to 2009
- Former Style Columnist, BBW Press e-zine (www.bbwpress.com)
- Blog, "Jewelry Fashion File," formerly known as “Jewels on Jewels” for JCK Magazine at www.jckonline.com
- Diva Advisor, contributing segment “How to Let a Brooch Tell Your Story,” in Brenda Kinsel's Fashion Makeover: 30 Days to Diva Style!" by Brenda Kinsel, AICI, CIP (2007, Chronicle Books)
- Presenter at AICI Conferences 2005 and 2006 with Catherine Schuller, AICI, CIP, Curves, Angles & Lines: Interpreting Trends and Adapting Styles for the Full-Figured Woman
- Contributing Fashion Accessories Editor and columnist for the former e-zine AmaZe Magazine
- Speaker, Couture Club, Jewelers of America JA-NY Show, 2005, “Marketing to Women: Inclusiveness and the New Majorities”
- Speaker, American Gem Trade Association, Gem Fair, 2004 and 2005, “Fashion and the Full-Figured Woman”
- Author, “How to Sell to the Plus-Sized Market,” Professional Jeweler, Oct. and Nov. 2003.
Awards and Publicity
- Rising Star Award, Association of Image Consultants International, 2005
- Profiled in National Jeweler and the Israeli magazine Idex, as well as in the New York Sun and Torrance, California’s Daily Breeze
- Cynthia’s jewelry line, Apprecia Fine Jewelry, has been featured in In Style, Good Housekeeping, Bride’s and Bridal Guide magazines and used in a makeover segment by an editor of Glamour magazine on ABC-TV’s “The View”
- Please visit www.jewelrysavvybook.com to see press coverage, reviews and testimonials for Cynthia's new book, co-authored with Caroline Stanley, Jewelry Savvy: What Every Jewelry Wearer Should Know
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