La Carmina, fashion blogger, Tokyo style bloggers

. La Carmina, a travel TV host, journalist, and alternative fashion and culture blogger has traveled the world as the preeminent goth fashion coolhunter. If she’s not busy appearing on shows such as National Geographic’s “Taboo”, Discovery’s “Oddities” and Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods”, she’s busy writing for her blog or working with CNN, AOL and The Huffington Post as a journalist.

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Visit her site for spooky-cute Harajuku fashion, Goth nightlife, youth subcultures, theme cafes and Scottish Fold cats.

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Dark Beauty Magazine strikes again! Get to know La Carmina as she adorns our first issue of 2013.

Hong Kong Gothic Lolita street style photoshoot.

Photographer: Ken Yuen
Assistant Photographer: Jacqueline Kwok (noircorner)
Photo manipulations: Kanae Hamatsuka
Hair: Emma Woodall of Toni & Guy Hong Kong
Wardrobe: Spider by Natalie Lam, Hong Kong

See more photos on La Carmina blog.

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LA CARMINA is top fashion blogger & female travel writer, TV host (National Geographic, Food Network, Discovery), 
author of 3 books (including Cute Yummy Time, Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants), and travel & culture journalist for Huffington Post / AOL and CNN.

New visitor? Start with LaCarmina’s fashion blog and biography page.

Links to La Carmina’s Alt & Goth Travel Guides

See her ongoing travel articles & videos on La Carmina Blog.

JAPAN

Harajuku Tokyo - Gothic Lolita Punk shopping guide
Japanese Goth Industrial - clubs & nightlife guide
Osaka Sweet Goth Lolita - boutiques, metal rocker bars

HONG KONG & MACAU

ITALY, GERMANY, PRAGUE (Europe)

MEXICO

HAWAII

LOS ANGELES

NEW YORK

INTERNATIONAL NIGHTLIFE

ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN

ALTERNATIVE GOTH PUNK FASHION

(and many more to come – view La Carmina Blog for updates!)

** Contact La Carmina (gothiccarmina {at} gmail) — for press trip inquiries, travel TV hosting, collaborations, sponsorships, speaking engagements, appearances and more.
Full info on her biography page.

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La Carmina is a prominent travel blogger, TV host (Travel Channel, Discovery, National Geographic, Food Network, CNN), author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), and travel journalist for Huffington Post / AOL and CNN. (Full details on her biography page.)

Her high-traffic LaCarmina blog focuses on young alternative travel, fashion and subcultures — and has a strong following in social media, blogs and video.

Appearances & press trips include:
- Mazatlan, Mexico (Day of the Dead art and festivities, 3 videos for the tourism board)
- Maui, Hawaii (social media press trip)
- Prague, Berlin and Leipzig (3 videos/articles on underground/youth culture, music, festivals)
- Macau (Galaxy Macau opening)
- Hong Kong (social media week)
- New York (fashion week, speaking at IFB Conference)
- Florence, Italy (top fashion blogger event and culture reporting)
- Phoenix, Arizona (ghost tours, alt culture)

Trip sponsors include: Maui Tourism, Phoenix Tourism, Mazatlan Tourism, Go With Oh, AirBNB, Roomorama, Westin hotels, Kimpton hotels, Orlando Hotel, Yotel NYC, Brooklyn NU hotel, Wimdu and many more.

Media interviews & features include The New Yorker, Washington Post, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, LA Times. See full clips on her Media page.

TV hosting & arranging credits include National Geographic “Taboo,” Travel Channel “Bizarre Foods,” Food Network “World’s Weirdest Restaurants,” Discovery “Oddities”, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Norway TV, NHK (Kawaii TV), Pro Sieben Germany, and CNN. Watch her presenting clips and learn more about her TV production company.

Speeches & appearances include New York fashion week (front row at runway shows), Hong Kong Social Media Week, Independent Fashion Bloggers Conference, Luisaviaroma Firenze4Ever (for top style bloggers), Mediabistro Social Curation Summit, PRSA Travel & Tourism Conference.

Travel video series: La Carmina hosts and scripts an ongoing video series, which is published on her site and Huffington Post. She and her professional filmmakers have done many successful showcases where they visit a destination, take part in a tour / press trip, and do a personalized series of blogs, videos and articles about the experience. For example, her Hawaii episode was made with support by the Maui tourism board.

Books & travel journalism: View her articles at CNN Travel and Huffington Post. Learn more about La Carmina’s books.

For more photos, visit the official Facebook page of Japan Gothic Kawaii fashion blogger + travel TV host La Carmina

♥ View LaCarmina blog for video clips, outfit posts, Jpop makeup: http://lacarmina.com/blog

La Carmina’s popular young, alt fashion and travel blog – http://www.lacarmina.com/blog – has a large, passionate online following. She is flown worldwide for TV gigs and appearances, including Social Media Week and sitting front row at NY Fashion Week.

In addition, La Carmina is a CNN, AOL and Huffington Post journalist, author of 3 books about pop culture (with major publishers), and hosts TV shows for NHK Kawaii TV, National Geographic, Discovery, Food Network, Travel Channel and more (as well as own series on Huff Post / AOL). She also runs a Tokyo TV fixing, producing and coordination business – http://www.lacarmina.com/pirates — which recently got attention for their Bagelheads forehead inflation segment on National Geographic Taboo.

Pastel gothic hair, fashion and makeup – La Carmina’s cover shoot for Vanity Magazine UK.

Pastel goth clothing from Japan, accessories and kawaii makeup

See more photos on La Carmina blog.

La Carmina is currently on Food Network TV! 

Last fall, I was in Tokyo to work on a new food television program called World’s Weirdest Restaurants.  La Carmina & The Pirate, my company provides TV fixing / arranging  / local production arrangement, took care of all the 14 Japan episodes. I appear on-screen as the guide for several spooky locations.

For more about the most bizarre restaurants in the world, check out my book - Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo.

We’ve been busy with lots of TV shows! We recently arranged a TV shoot for National Geographic’s TABOO. The program’s been on the air for 10 seasons, and is about extreme cultures/acts worldwide. This Japan episode showcases the bagelhead or donut-head (saline forehead inflation) body modification.

You can see photos of the wild nightlife in my  Tokyo Nightlife Guide. 

Watch my appearance during the saline forehead injection scene of Fuel’s Strangers in Danger. To learn more about our TV hosting and production coordinating services, check out La Carmina & The Pirates.

PS add me on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram (username is lacarmina).

For the most recent travel news, TV hosting and more, visit my La Carmina Blog.

La Carmina & friends have released our Industrial Goth dance video for Japan! We hope you’ll take a moment to watch it below and on YouTube (a Like/Share is always appreciated). Our team worked hard on this good cause, and we’re grateful for your support.

On the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami (March 11, 2012), La Carmina, tank9, Mary Nine, and GPKism filmed a dance video — a tribute to Japan’s vibrant underground culture.

All day long in Seattle, we raised awareness and collected donations. Our video captures the immense positivity and energy of youths teaming up for an important cause.

The song, “Iudicium” is kindly provided by GPKism, a Japanese Industrial Goth band that was put on hiatus because of the earthquake. This video participates in the Ridley Scott and Fuij TV “Japan in a Day” project (full details here).

See more photos & read about the project on La Carmina blog. Thanks for your support!

What do you think of the dance video? Watch it NOW.

I recently got back from NY Fashion Week, where I spoke at IFB Conference, and sat front row at fashion shows. Above is a photo from the Dances of Vice goth party. Please visit my La Carmina blog for full reports, and to see where I’m headed next.

PS – please add me on my new TUMBLR blog, and on Instagram (lacarmina)!

Happy 2012! I just got back from Italy, where I was one of the top fashion bloggers invited to Luisaviaroma’s Firenze4Ever. We got to style and model designer clothing, in the streets of Florence.

Each style blogger adopted a pug dog by Steiff, in a charity promotion to help Unicef. I chose the Worth Couture Paris one – the dog’s wearing a type of tutu or Gothic Lolita skirt!

Aveda did our hair, and MAC did our makeup. Naturally, I went for an unnatural look – long spiderweb eyelashes and glam Goth makeup.

For all the pro photos and fashion coverage from Italy, visit this category of La Carmina blog.

Next up – Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week in February! Yukiro and I will be attending invite-only runway shows, hosting events, parties… and I will be a speaker at Independent Fashion Bloggers – Evolving Influence conference. I’ll have full coverage of IFB Con and NYFW on my blog.

Finally, you can see my latest press clips – including Vogue, Racked, AOL – in my media section. 

For more updates, please stay in touch by adding my Facebook Page. Thank you!

LA CARMINA: pop culture / travel / fashion TV host (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN), popular blogger, author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), designer and journalist for AOL Travel / Huffington Post.

Click to watch her NEW TV hosting reel. Television clips include: Travel Channel, Canal + France, Discovery/Fuel, Today Show, NHK, CNN and more.

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 two documentaries about her work; recent TV hosting and arranging credits include Food Network, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Belgium TV, Norway TV, Fuel / Discovery / National Geographic, and CNN International. Presenting reel:http://tinyurl.com/lacarminatv

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 - http://t.co/9JAgu3J

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. (http://lacarmina.com/pirates)

BLOGGER + JOURNALIST: Her popular blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog- has been featured in major publications (The New Yorker, Washington Post, WWD, Cosmopolitan, Vogue Italia, LA Times). She is a travel and pop culture journalist for CNN, and Huffington Post / AOL. She’s flown worldwide for appearances and press trips, and was one of the 40 world’s top fashion bloggers to be flown to LuisaViaRoma’s event in Italy.

AUTHOR: She’s written 3 books about Jpop culture for major publishers (Random House, Penguin USA). These 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. More about her books:http://www.lacarmina.com/books.php

FASHION DESIGNER: La Carmina designs clothing with various fashion brands. She recently released the HOPE t-shirt collection, and Soho Hearts Swarovski panda necklace, with funds going to Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims. More: http://www.lacarmina.com/main.php

CONTACT: For more info and to work with her, please visit La Carmina’s website - http://www.lacarmina.com

EMAIL – gothiccarmina at gmail dot-com – Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/lacarmina – Facebook - http://goo.gl/GlD8 + http://goo.gl/HKmB

- Blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog

La Carmina was recently flown to Florence, to take part in Luisaviaroma Firenze4Ever (event for 40 top fashion bloggers from around the world). You can see photos from the cocktail party and styling lab fashion blog.

Gathering of top fashion bloggers from around the world.

La Carmina and popular style bloggers.

Above is my updated TV hosting reel. As you may know, I specialize in travel, fashion, and subcultures; credits include: The Today Show, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern for Travel Channel, NHK Japan, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Norway TV (NRK), Belgium TV (VRT) and CNN International.

La Carmina and the Pirates, my coolhunting and consulting business, has been busy lately. Naomi and I have been helping stores buy wholesale from Japanese Goth Lolita Punk brands, consulting on creative projects like NHK’s Kawaii TV, helping bands find concert venues in Tokyo, and even tour-guiding a a Japanese client around California. We’re also working on various TV shows as hosts and fixers (local production coordinators).

If you’re interested in hiring us as consultants, connectors, TV hosts/fixers, or anything in our fields of expertise, please don’t hesitate to contact us for rates and more info.

Many travels ahead… and tons of coverage to come from Hong Kong and Italy. I also recently released a charity T-shirt line, with proceeds going to help Japan. You can see photos and find out more here. Thanks for supporting!

XXX LA CARMINA XXX
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