By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
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Month: June 2017
Stashing the sash fashion: Miss New England PreTeen Mia Hwang
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
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Pulling together that opener at Miss CT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For many of the contestants of the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant, their chosen performance talent has been taking shape for months, even years. But then they […]
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Through the lens of Jade Soto: Miss Connecticut Scholarship pageant
Artist/ photographer Jade Soto made her first trip to the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant– her first pageant of any kind– armed with her camera. This is what she saw with […]
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Mechanized fashion statements
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Face it. Motor vehicles can be a fashion statement. Find the right vehicle, you set a fashion mood just as easily as a piece of statement […]
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Go for the score, go for the gown
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com So, a team of judges is waiting to give you a score as you walk across the stage in an evening gown. If you’re competing for […]
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Meet the new queens of Connecticut
It’s been a long journey for the new Miss Connecticut, Eliza Lynne Kanner of Hamden. Kanner has a long history– 17 years– as part of the Miss Connecticut system, she […]
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Double prelim winners on 1st night of Miss CT; contestants glide in their gowns
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the preliminary competition was over with for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant on Friday night in Hartford, two women found themselves double-winners. In the preliminary […]
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Faschinn in the Dirt goes All White All Light
by MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Next Saturday, Connecticut fashion will be walking in the dirt when Faschinn presents a runway show at The Dirt Salon in Hartford. Chinyerre McPherson, the […]
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Teens, youngsters receive local pageant crowns
The Junior Miss Southington pageant was held on Saturday, June 3 at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville. The winners were: Co-Teen Miss Southington due to a deadlock on the […]
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Let them entertain you as they seek the crown
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR There will be two new representatives in the Miss America Organization crowned this weekend. But the two days worth of events to declare the next […]
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Beauty brand helping the bees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of the Interior have designated June 19-25, 2017 as “National Pollinator Week” to address the issue of declining pollinator populations. In […]
Read moreFashions captured in water color this Thursday
Bristol’s The Studio and The Bristol Historical Society will showcase the latest collection of their artists’ watercolors that were inspired by fashion through the ages. The Country Store inside of […]
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What to expect from the 2018 spring-summer men’s line from Ports 1961
The spring-summer Ports 1961 menswear collection is a celebration of diversity, strength and optimism, reported a press release from the designer. “Fashion reflects the world around us. In a time […]
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Travel with the latest from Ports 1961
Travel – literally, and metaphorically – is the inspiration for the pre-spring Ports 1961 collection, reported a press release from the designer “1961 – the year Ports was founded – […]
Read moreTips to make swimwear shopping season less stressful
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ It’s the time of year for what can be a dreaded expedition: Buying a swimsuit. But for women looking for […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Southington’s Outstanding Teen Ava Onofreo
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
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Swim style fit for a (pageant) queen
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com (RE-EDITED Jan. 8, 2024) Yandy entered a brave new world earlier this year when its swimsuits became the official swimsuit of royalty… better known as the […]
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Arts– visual, literary, and dance– take centerstage at Project X
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On June 10 at Vibz Uptown, patrons experienced the arts of hair and makeup, poetry, and dance as Project X was launched in Hartford, Conn. The […]
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What happens when members of WLSFA gather
by PATRICIA MILLER CTFashionMag.com Three-hundred-plus weight loss surgery patients gathered in Portland, Ore. to raise funds for the Weight Loss Surgery Foundation of America- a Peer to Peer fundraising 501c3 […]
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Finding your motivation for summer
by LORI-ANN MARCHESE CTFashionMag.com It’s officially that time of year to embrace the warm weather, and begin making official summer plans. How have you been enjoying the warmer weather recently? […]
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Regaining your mid-year motivation
By CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com Everyone at some point has a bad day. Sometimes it can happen more often than we’d like but bad days are a part of life and […]
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Making the magic happen for Project X
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fantasy hair and makeup were the order for the day as Project X was held at Vibz Uptown in Hartford, Conn. on June 10. Joy Monroe […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Plantsville’s Outstanding Teen Taylor Plourd
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
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Fashion “Happens for a Reason” in NYC
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There is a little bit of Connecticut with a good dose of New York City in the fashion blogosphere these days. And it “Happens for a […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Forestville Erika Farrell
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Wolcott Alyssa Anderson
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]
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