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FIRENZE 4 EVER, LUISAVIAROMA TOP FASHION BLOGGERS EVENT IN FLORENCE, ITALY. BRYANBOY, NITROLICIOUS, STYLE BLOGS.
Buon giorno! Seba and La Carmina are having a wild time at Firenze4Ever (event for 40 top fashion bloggers from around the world). Luisaviaroma boutique flew us to Florence, Italy and put us up in a gorgeous hotel near the Duomo. Despite a few travel snafus (my plane got diverted to Bologna), we managed to make it to the store in time for the opening cocktails.
With style bloggers Bryanboy, Wendy of Nitrolicious, and Mr Panconesi (the owner of Luisa Via Roma).
After a few glasses of red wine, the masks came out of the gift bags.
Carmina’s bat dress, Horror necklace and flower hair clip are gifted from Sourpuss Clothing. Seba’s black and white shirt is gifted from Iron Fist.
How gorgeous is Florence? This is only a tiny preview of the hijinks we’ve gotten into… Do keep your eyes peeled to my blog and Twitter for continued updates about our Italia Invasion.
Do you read many fashion blogs? Which are your favorites? What do you think of the event so far?
Song of the Day: Edoarto Bennato – Il gatto et la volpe (The cat and the fox — can you guess what we’ll wear to the Animalier closing party?)
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HONG KONG & MACAU, MAY 2011! GALAXY MACAU HOTEL RESORT GRAND OPENING, ROOMORAMA ASIA APARTMENT RENTALS.
Ai-yah, fei maoo. Sebastiano and La Carmina will be in Hong Kong and Macau for the month of May! (Time to unpack my Cantonese 101 books…)
We’ve got a full schedule of journalism and TV work. Get ready for coverage of Hong Kong’s alternative, kawaii and pop culture scene. How about panda and toilet theme restaurants, Victorian boudoir bars, and cute food cooking lessons?
We’ll be staying in a modern apartment in Causeway Bay, thanks to the lovely folk at Roomorama. Like Tokyo’s Shibuya, this chic district is loaded with cafes and boutiques, and the SOGO Japanese department store. Seba and I will show you what it’s like to stay in one of Roomorama’s short-term rentals (they have locations all over the world, so you can live like a local wherever you go). Perhaps you’ll try out their apartment rental service on your next trip.
Seba and I will also take the short ferry ride to Macau… for the media and VIP-only preview of Galaxy Macau, a giant 2 billion dollar hotel-resort opening this month! We’ll be staying there before it opens to the public — test-driving the 50 restaurants, 2,200 hotel rooms, spa, sky top wave pool, and man-made beach (perhaps we’ll build a sand castle?).
Macau is in boom-mode. Gambling was its lifeblood for decades, but now, entrepreneurs are setting up lux hotels that make Las Vegas look like a pile of pennies. And I’m dying to see how the Rococo-spirited Galaxy Macau will raise the bar.
I haven’t been to Hong Kong in over 3 years, but I went yearly when I was a munchkin, to visit relatives. Creepy-cute characters have always haunted my life.
Here I am on a Cathay Pacific plane ride. In those days, my favorite stuffed toy was a round bear that I insisted that it was a cat. It was my fate to wind up with a earless teddy bear…
Sebastiano also has a Hong Kong history: he was a model there before moving to Japan.
Where in the world is Sebastiano Serafini? Milan, and now Tokyo. Above are images from the Stand Up! The Fragile launch party, featuring him as main model.
If Seba’s Paint drawing is any indication, our Chinese adventure will be full of 8-bit action! (Only his brain could conceive of us as Tanooki Mario and Goth Princess Peach.)
Have you been to Hong Kong or Macau? We’d love to hear your recommendations — please leave us a comment. And tell me what you’d like me to blog about (Hong Kong fashion? Theme restaurants?).
PS: I previously wrote about Gothic Lolita shopping in Hong Kong.
Song of the Day: Joy – Lost in Hong Kong (12″ Italo Disco, ai-yah!)
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