La Carmina of Beverly Hills, CA

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La Carmina is a professional Japan Goth alt fashion/subcultures blogger, TV host (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN), author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), designer and journalist for AOL Travel / Huffington Post.

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

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. Hosting reel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ed6cM303Y

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)

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

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