GOING TO ITALY! FIRENZE4EVER, LUISAVIAROMA FASHION BLOGGER EVENT IN FLORENCE, JUNE 2011. HOSTELBOOKERS HOTELS, VENICE & MILAN.
Ciao, Italia! Sebastiano and I will be in Italy in June… on a sponsored trip! Pizza and gelato? Fashion-forward photoshoot in a gondola? You bet your palle (balls).
From June 9-11, Seba and I will be special guests at Firenze4Ever III. It’s an extravaganza for top fashion bloggers around the world, presented by designer boutique LuisaViaRoma.
LuisaViaRoma is flying us to Florence and taking care of us for three days. We’ll be creating and modeling designer outfits in Styling Lab, with the support of international fashion designers (Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh and more). Rumor is, Sarah Jessica Parker will be attending the festivities!
If you’re in Italy… with a pretty male model… who doubles as a translator / tour guide… you might as well do some traveling, right?
Our favoloso friends at Hostelbookers are hooking us up with hotels all over Italy, so that we can share our travel experiences with you! Hostelbookers is a magnifico travel site that provides budget hotels and hostels in over 100 countries, with no booking fee. (Their new site, AnyTrip.com, lets you plan a budget holiday all in one place. Perfect for young vagabonders.)
Can’t wait until June, when Seba and I will be exploring Florence, Milan and Venice. (Staying in this gorgeous hotel by Piazza San Marco, courtesy of Hostelbookers!) We’ll meet up with my cousin, and visit Seba’s family in Northern Italy. And we have Italian photoshoots and TV appearances in the works…
Did you know Sebastiano Serafini plays Luca, the Italian otaku student in the Japanese hit TV drama, Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo? (日本人の知らない日本語) His fan Ami made this compilation. I added the titles; the song — sung by Seba — is by Tim. Swoon at the video above and on my YouTube.
Italy, here we come! Got recommendations for places to visit in Florence, Milan and Venice? Please leave your suggestions in the comments — I’d love to check them out.
Song of the Day: Surechigai, sung by Sebastiano in the new video.
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Holy Hera, that boy’s gorgeous!
my gosh he is super cute ^_^
my gosh he is super cute ^_^
he looks unreal, like a manga character whoa~
Totally ;)
WOW! I live in Milan! See ya in June XD
whee!
La Carmina, if you and Seba are traveling, can I cat-sit Basil? I’m experienced in pet-sitting! I have the email of that leather goods shop in Florence. arteartigianato@hotmail.it
I know you won’t be disappointed in seeing the products there. They are so unique, colorful, and fun. There are not only fashion accessories, but decorations for the home, like sculptures, masks, leather covered bottles. I’m so amazed they’re still there; the shop has hardly changed from when I remember it.
Aww hahah! It seems everyone wants to squish Basil… ;)
Ohh that sounds fantastic – I’d love to check it out. Do you know where the shop is located? <3
I’ll have to check the eBay page again; I think the address should be there. Of course, I’m looking back on at least 15 years. I’ll post it as soon as I track it down. I think the merchandise will strike your fancy, because I’ve not seen anything that comes close to it.
Sounds great! :) Soo excited to check out the leather.
I went on a Google search, and I believe I have the address for the shop. I think their phone number too.
Arte e Artigianato
Borgo de Greci 13 Red
Firenze,50122
phone: 39 0552670356
Hope I got it right, glad to help!
Thank you so much!!
That show was fun to watch! I also know Camilla who played in it; she used to be very popular on LolitaSnap and EGL,”back in the days”!
haha I know her too :)
*O* siiii !! my town too !!! yay !! where and when to Florence???
We’re in Florence from June 9-11 :)
:O I didn’t know he was this famous! I thought he was just an aspiring model…lol XD
He’s quite a successful pro model… He has modeled for brands such as: True Religion, Diesel, Paul Smith, Gstar, Dress Camp, h.NAOTO and Uniqlo
Italy sounds so exciting! I’m jealous.
I own the book!!! (But not the 2nd one…) He’s gorgeous~
have fun!!! I wish I could visit ;)
his smile~ *dies* XD
swooning..yes…very much so..
swooning! lol
omg hes so cute o: can i keep him???? :3 and he looks like my friend Julian! but not hawaiian XD
haha!
haha!
You 2 are going to love Italy. It is a place that will be in the soul when you leave, trust me I have been there 7 times and will go back again this year.
Brandy, that’s fantastic! Do you have any recommendations for Milan, Venice, Florence? (Seba’s from Northern Italy so he knows it pretty well, but we’re always up for new discoveries!)
Brandy, that’s fantastic! Do you have any recommendations for Milan, Venice, Florence? (Seba’s from Northern Italy so he knows it pretty well, but we’re always up for new discoveries!)
You 2 are going to love Italy. It is a place that will be in the soul when you leave, trust me I have been there 7 times and will go back again this year.
He looks so serious.
thank you for introducing us to Seba ! before i started watching him in your blogs I thought that this singer was him. ( youtube/9uEJAdCPCFM ) ha ha ! now i will never get him mixed up with anyone again.
thank you for introducing us to Seba ! before i started watching him in your blogs I thought that this singer was him. ( youtube/9uEJAdCPCFM ) ha ha ! now i will never get him mixed up with anyone again.
Wao~ i’m from Italy, i live in Milan :3 you MUST visit Corso Buenos Aires, Piazza Duomo and Via Torino :D in these streets there are a lot of shops to do extreme shopping ihihi <3
he is soooo skinny o.o
He’s so perfect.. ;o;
He’s so perfect.. ;o;
thank you! so much looking forward to meet you!! <3 またね！
omg he looks unreal …. Oo so beautiful!!!
wow it’d be fabolous to join *-* at least i can guide you around florence ;D
wow it’d be fabolous to join *-* at least i can guide you around florence ;D
ahah you’re sooooOOOO cute :)
ahah you’re sooooOOOO cute :)
ahah you’re sooooOOOO cute :)
Oh gosh ! C’est magnifique ! :D
he’s so hot! >.< kawaii kawaii KAWAII! =^_^=
Wow! I’m so envious! I love Luisa Viaroma, and bought my DSquared skeleton heel shoes from them. Would love to attend a blogger event like that…but am in Germany for the huge WGT Gothic Festival at exactly the same time!
Wahh, expensive shoes… *__*
Ah yeah, the event was exactly the same time as WGT >__<…
hohoho! I’m not in Italy ATM but I hope you have fun! I also think you should go to Bologna (there are some alternative shops there and it’s a nice city) and Umbria (in Perugia there are a lot of students so there’s a lot of partying). Another place for partying in the Adriatic coast in Emilia Romagna, especially Rimini and Riccione (lots of discos there). In my region (Marche) there is nothing special, but if the weather is nice you might want to go to the coast (I would say Senigallia and Il Conero area). Also, there are a lot of shoe makers, so there are a lot of outlets and shops (In Civitanova Marche there are two shops that I love, kinda expensive but it’s worth to just go and take a look: Combo Bella and Fornarina, almost on the beach side by side). And if you’re in Florence, you might want to see Lucca, it’s near and it’s a very nice city (each year there is an important comic festival there, but the rest of the time it’s just a lovely small city)
(oh, try to go to Bologna on Saturday. There are huge street markets. One is at the park la Montagnola, they have most punkish-emo-rockish stuff there. The other one is on Via Indipendenza, you will just see it… that’s a more normal street market, but they have this huge mountain of used stuff, mostly crap but sometimes you can find nice things if you dig long enough… at least it was like this last year!)
Hey! Will you just stay in North Italy? Because I live in Sicily and I would be just too pleased to meet you.
We’re not sure… there might be a Vacanza Romanza too!
Wow! Will you just stay in North Italy? Because I live in Sicily and I would be just too pleased to meet you ~
Sorry for the double post =_=
oh he looks so handsome. I wish I could be in japanese drama ^-^
oh he looks so handsome. I wish I could be in japanese drama ^-^
Come to Sweden and learn the Swedish people what is good fashion^^ Love u guys <3
xoxo
grazie Diletta (^^) Bologna is my home town! too bad I’ll be a month late…
Will you be there next month? How cool!
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