Blogger Inspiration: La Carmina
Over the past few months, we’ve been interviewing some of our favorite fashion bloggers and finding inspiration in their styles. In case you missed them, see our past interviews with Maria of Lulu Letty, Elizabeth of Delightfully Tacky, Georgina of Cupcake’s Clothes, Tieka of Selective Potential, Rebecca of The Clothes Horse, Keiko Lynn, Kendi of Kendi Everyday, Sally of Already Pretty and Mel of Idee Geniale.
Today we’ll be meeting La Carmina, of La Carmina.com.
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About La Carmina
In response to our Blogger Inspiration series, which has been going for a few months now, a few of you expressed an interest in seeing a more alternative blogger featured. So this time, we have Japan goth blogger La Carmina.
La Carmina is a girl of many talents – she’s a blogger, journalist, TV host, author, and designer. While her look might be a little too alternative and out-there for some girls, her style is also full of inspiration – many elements of her wardrobe are completely real-life wearable. I love her mix of girly dresses, lace and her fantastic hair and makeup. Overall, La Carmina’s style is distinctive and fun – let’s meet her!
Our Interview with La Carmina
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself (who you are, what you do, where you’re from, etc.)
I’m a red-haired pirate named La Carmina. My world revolves around alternative fashion, travel, Japanese pop and subcultures, and all things spooky-cute. In addition to blogging maniacally, I’m a travel TV host and arranger – currently working on five shows for international networks. My TV credits include The Today Show, Travel Channel, NHK Japan, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Norway TV, Fuel / National Geographic, and CNN International. I’m Captain of my coolhunting firm, La Carmina & The Pirates. We’re trend/youth consultants, translators and film fixers who specialize in Tokyo’s underground subculture. Finally, I’m a travel and pop culture journalist for AOL/ Huffington Post and CNN, and wrote 3 books on fun and bizarre Japan culture –including Cute Yummy Time (Penguin) and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (Random House).
