Japan Gothic Lolita Punk fashion blogger. Travel TV host & arranger. Youth subcultures trend consultant. Author of 3 Jpop books. AOL / Huffington Post Travel journalist. Pirate. ARR. 

LA CARMINA is an alternative fashion & young female travel blogger, TV presenter (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.

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La Carmina is a fashion and travel TV host (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN), professional blogger, author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), and journalist for AOL / Huffington Post. Visit her popular blog.

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. La Carmina has a large, passionate online following, and was twice invited to Luisaviaroma's Italy event for the world's top fashion bloggers. She was a guest at NY Fashion
Week 2012, where she sat front row and spoke at IFB Conference.  She spoke about travel video and social media at PRSA Travel and Tourism Conference, Mediabistro Social Curation Summit, Hong Kong Fashion Week.

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

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 (Kawaii TV and New York Wave). Recent TV hosting and arranging credits include Food Network, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Belgium TV, Norway TV, Fuel, Discovery, Pro Sieben, National Geographic, and CNN.
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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. In "Travel SOS," she tackles questions with the help of celebrity co-stars, like the Amazing Race Goths.

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://www.lacarmina.com/pirates)

FASHION DESIGNER: La Carmina designs clothing with various fashion brands. She and Sebastiano Serafini recently released the HOPE t-shirt collection, and Pray for Japan Soho Hearts panda necklace, with funds going to the earthquake and tsunami victims. More: http://www.lacarmina.com/main.php

VIDEO REELS, press clippings + full bio: http://www.lacarmina.com/bio.php

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