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SEXY COSPLAY COSTUMES! ANIME BURLESQUE SHOW AT BORDELLO BAR, LA. SAILOR MOON, PIKACHU, EVANGELION GIRLS STRIPPING.
What happens when you combine anime (Japanese cartoons) with burlesque (girls taking their clothes off)? Anime Burlesque: a sexy strip-show from LA’s Devil’s Playground troupe. (All photos except the final cam-whoring ones are taken by my Pirate First Mate, Naomi Rubin.)
Sebastiano and I were invited to max-capacity show at Bordello Bar in Los Angeles. Obviously, we had to wear revealing anime outfits too.
La Carmina is wearing: Sailor costume dress, gifted from Lip Service. White bead and gold bracelet, gifted from RJ 1959. Tattoo tights, gifted from Artisan Socks.
Seba is wearing: a variety of items gifted from Lip Service. I like the “little schoolboy” snap-button shirt.
The girls wore meticulous cosplay outfits: Trixie from Speed Racer, Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion. And then took it all off on stage!
LA Weekly kindly reserved us front row seats, and bought us spiced rum.
A performer needed to borrow my chair, so I sat on my vampire-boy.
Each disrobing was set to upbeat anime music. The Speed Racer driver got high kicks and a happy ending.
Sailor Moon and Evangelion’s Rei bare it all.
A lapdance from Pikachu proves to be a dangerous prospect.
We loved the cheeky twist on burlesque, and the girls’ happy attitudes. Courtney Cruz organizes monthly burlesque shows in LA, with themes such as Star Wars and Edible Girls. Check out the site to catch the next one.
How did I do my makeup? I fully lined my eyes with blue eyeliner, and put sparkly black eyeshadow on the outer edges. I stuck on fake bottom lashes and blue gems around the eyes. My hair was still back-combed and poofed from NOH8 photoshoot, so I tied it in pigtails.
NEWS AND UPDATES!
† I’m on a TV commercial in Norway! It’s a promo for NRT’s Ari & Per travel series; I co-hosted their Tokyo episode about host clubs and Japanese love. The program airs Feb 25; I’ll post photos and stories soon.
† Several exciting TV hosting projects are nearly finalized. Check my blog for announcements soon.
† I was profiled and photographed for a Spanish book about Coolhunting. It’ll be in stores Sept 2011. (Find out more about my coolhunting firm.)
† So glad you liked my first Huffington Post article. My Huff Post blog is now up — will you kindly “Like” and “Fan” it? Pretty please?
What’s your reaction to the Anime Burlesque photos? Do you like seeing Seba and me in funny cosplay outfits? Please take a second to check out and Like my Huffington Post blog page.
Japanese Word of the Day: Hameru = Insert, put on
Song of the Day: Rice – Lovers
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VIDEO CLIPS OF TOQUE DE TOKYO, JAPANESE TV DOCUMENTARY WITH ANTOINE DE CAUNES. FRENCH CANAL PLUS PROGRAM.
Tis an exciting time… in addition to bringing the NOH8 non-profit to Tokyo, I have new writing and TV jobs are in the works. (Will let you know everything soon.)
I know you’ve been itching to see the Toqué de Tokyo French TV documentary I co-hosted in Japan, with Antoine de Caunes. Finally, I’ve put up clips on my YouTube.
I was Antoine’s guide to Tokyo theme restaurants and crazy subcultures in the 90-minute TV special. I took him to an ear cleaning parlor, theme cafes (babies, cats, maids), and two wild Goth cyber fetish clubs (Tokyo Decadance and Department H). Watch me ride in a rickshaw and laugh manically with my partner in crime, Yukiro Dravarious! (The video is above and here.)
We gave Antoine a taste of our psychedelic clubbing world. (Yukiro went as Jem and the Holograms.)
It’s fun to have my friends involved in the TV shoots. G-suS and Count de Sang gave him a bite of Tokyo Decadance’s nightlife.
On my list of places to visit: the Drop Dead Festival for Gothic Punk and Weird Wave music/culture. The last one was in Lithuania, of all places.
Unzipped pants and nipple tape… what more do you need in a boy?
Here are links to all the BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOS from the Tokyo TV shoot:
Official photos by Jeremie Souteyrat (who took the first photo in this post)
Ueno Park – where we filmed the rickshaw intro and ending
Ikebukuro cat cafe – where I gave Antoine a cute bento box and we played with kitties
Don Quijote – gallomping with my friends around the Shinjuku discount store
Omotesando baby cafe – for the world’s most spoiled brats
Cosmopolitan Magazine – feature about the documentary
Odaiba dinner boat cruise – with Antoine de Caunes and the TV crew
Thanks to everyone who saw the Japan documentary and sent me sweet messages! You can always comment in the posts or email me if you want to collaborate.
What do you think of my Toque de Tokyo TV clips? Were you mesmerized or petrified by any of the places we visited?
Japanese Word of the Day: Miyuki = Beautiful snow
Song of the Day: Edith Piaf – Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler (My current mood…)
LA CARMINA
