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HOPE JAPAN CHARITY T-SHIRTS ON SALE! LA CARMINA & SEBASTIANO SERAFINI CLOTHING DESIGNS, MANGA ANIME TEES.
Happiness…. our HOPE charity t-shirts to benefit Japan are available for sale! You can pick up our special design from the Like Atmosphere website (they’ll ship internationally).
Sebastiano Serafini and La Carmina co-founded the HOPE project, a t-shirt line with proceeds going to the victims of the Japan tsunami and earthquake. Various artists contributed designs, which were printed on superior-quality cotton by Japanese brand Like Atmosphere.
Our design (above), by Alice and the Cat (left), was inspired by Seba and Carmina. The artist says, “The concept is love. In difficult times, embrace and love one another, and let’s help to build a better future.”
The t-shirt has the striking HOPE logo, and a Goth-aristocrat manga drawing of Seba and me. Red, white and black colors symbolize Japan.
The HOPE family includes a range of styles. On the right, Sebastiano wears the “holding egg” t-shirt by Like Atmosphere.
Here, we’re modeling the “Glue-boy” tee by Ricardo Cavolo, “Hinomaru” shirt by Phuc Van Dang, and “Patched” by Like Atmosphere. All of these designs can be purchased online here.
I’m so pleased with how the photos turned out! The shooting took place in Milan, in a studio near the Duomo.
Carlo Travaglio of Context Productions was wonderful to shoot with. He worked fast, and rocked the colors and contrast.
He also works on fashion apps, videos, and other multi-media projects — very cool.
Let’s support Japan in style! We hope you’ll pick up our HOPE charity t-shirt here (ships internationally, PayPal accepted). Available in men and women’s sizes, M or L.
PS: if you send a photo of yourself wearing the shirt, we’ll put it on the Like Atmosphere site!
Thank you for supporting our nonprofit work. Big hugs if you can help us get the word out on the HOPE t-shirts — perhaps you could write a blog post or Facebook note? You’re free to use these images; just link back to www.lacarmina.com
What do you think about our HOPE charity t-shirt project? Have you been continuing to help Japan’s recovery?
Song of the Day: Anosphere – New Hope (I heart space disco.)
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LUISAVIAROMA COCKTAIL PARTY: FIRENZE 4 EVER 3RD EDITION. FLORENCE BOUTIQUE, TOP FASHION BLOGGERS, LUXURY DESIGNER CLOTHES.
Such an honor to be among the world’s 40 top fashion bloggers, invited to Luisaviaroma’s Firenze4Ever 3rd edition! I’m still wrapping my head around everything that happened in Florence. Hold onto the handrails; here come a million photos…
Thank you to Luisa Via Roma for featuring me in a Styling Lab page; I was among the first five bloggers to be profiled. “Choosing strong, directional pieces from the Fall/Winter 2011 collections, La Carmina’s show stopping style is not for the faint hearted! Working military inspired jackets, Versace and Alexander McQueen, the Japanese blogger mixed it up with fierce prints and some streetwear inspired elements.”
Let’s begin with my travel misadventure. I transferred in Frankfurt, and then the small plane couldn’t land in Florence due to strong tailwinds! So I had to land in Bologna and bus to Florence, followed by a cab. Since it wasn’t possible to drop me at the door, I wandered for 40 minutes looking for the hotel…
But Sebastiano Serafini and I can always pull it together. We dressed at warp speed and made it to the opening cocktail party.
Street-snapped by Jerome of On The Street of Florence (he took the pics below). Isn’t the city gorgeous?
Goth bat dress, flower hair clip and Horror necklace: gifted from Sourpuss Clothing
Black lace jacket: Moi-meme-Moitie, from Closet Child in Tokyo
Blue wedge sandals: b+ab, from the IT Store in Hong Kong
Wolf purse and Seba’s black/white shirt: gifted from Iron Fist
Inside the Luisaviaroma store… all your favorite fashion bloggers! We drank red wine with Bryanboy, Wendy Lam of nitro:licious, and the boutique owner Andrea Panconesi.
Saba and Camilla (bottom right) are the sweetest — they invited us to Firenze4Ever, put us in a charming hotel, and helped us in every way possible.
The Luisa staff made a welcoming speech. Every blogger received gift bags full of books, t-shirts, and more goodies.
Wearing Mulberry fox masks, while Cindy Crawford looks on.
Ate so much yummy Italian food on this trip. My Horror necklace from Sourpuss is my new favorite.
The fashion event got a ton of media coverage: Sebastiano and I were in GQ, Vogue Italia, Moda Online and more. His friends even saw us on Italian TV news.
It was fun to bring underground/Gothic streetwear to a designer-chic environment.
Not all the clothes fit my style, but the materials and quality can’t be beat.
And you can’t go wrong with Luisaviaroma’s minimalist-meets-animals interior design.
Luisaviaroma invites the bloggers try on and model the clothes in Styling Labs (photos to come in the next posts).
Penguins and tigers and bears, oh my.
Things got a tad naughty in the bathroom.
After the party, Camilla took us for gelato at La Carraia. Licking yogurt nutella and dark chocolate gelato, on the famed Ponte Vecchio (bridge over the Arno River)… heaven!
Luisaviaroma interviewed us on the first day; the short video is above and here.
Words can’t express how grateful we are to our new Firenze friends! Many more Italy photos and modeling photos to come.
What do you think of Luisa’s store, and their focus on bloggers/social media? Which are your favorite photos and outfits from this post?
Song of the Day: Versailles – Vampire (have you seen the full PV yet?)