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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IRON FIST AUCTION TO BENEFIT JAPAN: GIVEAWAY OF ZOMBIE SHOES, GOTH ALTERNATIVE BAGS & CLOTHES! CHARITY FOR EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI RELIEF.
Announcing a charity auction with all proceeds going to Japan! Iron Fist generously donated a prize pack of clothing, bags and shoes — worth HUNDREDS of dollars. Winner gets the whole stash, and 100% of the funds goes to help Japan’s victims. Please read on for the details, and how you can help…
The disaster in Japan continues. Last week and yesterday, Sendai was hit with more aftershocks — full-fledged earthquakes around magnitude 7. As of yesterday, 27,000+ are dead or missing and 147,000 homeless (and the numbers keep climbing.) I was heartbroken when I saw CNN footage of the areas near Fukushima: abandoned animals in the streets, starving and scared.
Alternative/punk clothing company Iron Fist wants to help. So they generously donated a prize pack for me to auction off, with every cent going to Japan relief!
It’s a win-win situation. The person who pledges the most to charity receives the following (pictured above), in your size:
† Ladies Bela’s Dead Zip Hoody
† Ladies Frakattack Platform shoes
† You Ripped My Heart Out – wolf Hardshell Bag
† My Rotting Heart Hardshell bag
† DigiSkull Hardshell Bag
(These items are from the latest collection — and you can share the bags with your friends!)
HOW TO ENTER the Japan charity auction:
† There’s a blue auction box on the upper right corner of my blog (in the sidebar). Just click Bid and enter an amount (remember, it’s all for charity)!
† Be sure to include your email address (it’s not publicly visible).
† The person who places the highest bid wins the entire prize pack. And the winner donates the final bid DIRECTLY to Doctors Without Borders or Animal Relief Kansai. (Just show us proof that you did.)
† DWB has medical teams on the ground in Sendai, and ARK is working around the clock to help the abandoned, starving animals. Both are well-respected charities, and I highly encourage supporting them.
Shoes: gifted from Iron Fist
Big button coats: samples from my uncle’s factory in Hong Kong
Holy tights: from Hong Kong
Black flower headband: gifted from Soho Hearts
Rose hair fascinator: gifted from Gloomth
I hope you’ll take part in the Iron Fist auction for the earthquake and tsunami victims. Every little effort counts. Even Tweeting about the auction is a way to remind others of Japan’s plight. So please, please, please — spread the word, place a bid, and do your best to help Japan.
Big hug if you press the “Like” button below this post, and Tweet the following:
IRON FIST zombie shoes + clothing auction ~ 100% of proceeds to help #JAPAN! Pls RT + bid via @LaCarmina blog > http://goo.gl/FWR7J #charity
To take part in the auction, press the Bid button on my top right sidebar widget. If you have trouble, leave a comment in this post or contact me.
Ready? Set? Let’s bid high and get the word out!
Song of the Day: Girugamesh – Crying Rain (The Visual Kei band is playing a few East Coast concerts (NYC, Philly, Springfield VA), Apr 25-27. Details here.)
LA CARMINA
