La Carmina
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| Name | La Carmina |
| Created | September 2007 |
| Author | La Carmina |
| Origin | Vancouver, Canada |
| Style | Fashion,inspiration |
| Website | LaCarmina.com |
| http://twitter.com/lacarmina | |
La Carmina is a professional Harajuku & alternative fashion/subcultures blogger, travel TV host, author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), designer and journalist for CNNGo and AOL Travel / Huffington Post. La Carmina blog
COOLHUNTER: She runs a trend consulting / TV hosting and arranging company: La Carmina & The Pirates. The crew specializes in Cool Japan, cosplay, Goth, burlesque, LGBT, Jpop fashion, music, art and youth subcultures. Pirates Business
BLOGGER: Her popular blog has been featured in major publications (The New Yorker, Washington Post, WWD, Village Voice, Cosmopolitan, Time Out New York, LA Times). She contributes articles about Asia travel, pop culture and Gothic fashion for CNN, Huffington Post and Lip Service.
AUTHOR: Her books include Cute Yummy Time (about decorating food to look adorable) and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (maid cafes, cat cafes, vampire and ninja restaurants). La Carmina is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School.
TV HOST: La Carmina has appeared on The Today Show and co-hosted an episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern for Travel Channel, which airs in 75 countries. NHK Japan filmed a documentary about her work; recent TV hosting and arranging credits include Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Belgium TV, Norway TV and CNN International in Tokyo. La Carmina's TV clips
TRAVEL SHOW: She hosts, writes, arranges and field produces a "Coolhunting America" travel TV show for Huffington Post / AOL. La Carmina travels and scouts out underground attractions and bizarre subcultures, starting with Wisconsin. First episode
FASHION DESIGNER: La Carmina designs clothing with various fashion brands. She is active in charity work, currently working with the NOH8 campaign, and raising money for relief efforts in Japan. She and Sebastiano Serafini recently released the HOPE t-shirt collection, with funds going to the earthquake and tsunami victims. La Carmina clothing line
Works
- The Cosmos in a Carrot (2006) ISBN 1888375604
- Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (2009) ISBN 0982075413
- Cute Yummy Time (2009) ISBN 0399535322
External links
- La Carmina official website
- La Carmina blog
- La Carmina on CNNGo
- La Carmina on Huffington Post
- La Carmina and the Pirates
