April 2018 – CTFashionMag

Fashion, social awareness on Main Street

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Social consciousness and fashion converged on Main Street in Danbury April 27 as Workspace Collective participated in the international event Fashion Revolution. Inside Workspace Collective, local […]

Saints preserves us: Sexy Saints by S.J. in the spotlight

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut’s Saints by S.J. offered up a selection of its sexy and sensual fashions under the spotlight in Hartford April 25 at JL Studios on Airport […]

Exhibiting style from the Ultimate ShoeBar

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The spotlight was put on the Ultimate ShoeBar at JL Studios on Airport Road in Hartford Tuesday night. Spotlight Fashion Exhibition… 4 Days of Fashion, which […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Greater Waterbury Danielle Radeke

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, athleisure wear, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do […]

Join the Fashion Revolution Friday night

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

The Fashion Revolution Makers Party will be held Friday, April 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Workspace Collective, 287 Main St., Danbury. The event celebrates those who make the […]

Toshaz has heaven on her mind

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Heaven is a place on earth. And heaven was clearly on Toshaz’s mind. Toshaz, the creator of Couture France, presented a nearly-all white garment collection at […]

Animated People take the street via the outside

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was a moment in the 1980s when hip hop street style—full of track suits and Adidas—started to transform to something other. This shift was probably […]

Meet Miss America Cara Mund: National titleholder to speak at Miss CT fundraiser May 15

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When local golfers come out to support the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization on May 15 and take their turns on the greens at Stanley Golf Course […]

Art meets fashion at the Armory

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion, for most, is about sheltering our naked form. For some, it’s about declaring our individualist and status. But, fashion is also an art form. And […]

Going for extra runs… La’Moo is a hit

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When a fashion designer plans a runway show, especially a designer outside of the big fashion capitals, the temptation is there to throw everything against the […]

Crazy, sexy, cool… it’s FASCHINN

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com FASCHINN’s latest fashion line dubbed “Wild Heart” is not for a woman who wants to slip quietly into the good night. It’s for the woman who […]

The sophisticated aesthetic of Troy Anthony

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The collection by Troy Anthony Designs presented at Hartford Fashion Week stood out as a wearable, sophisticated, and mature (but far from matronly) line for the […]

The models who fleshed out Hartford Fashion Week

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The designers of Hartford Fashion Week may have had the ideas for the clothes showcased on April 20 and 21. But the models helped flesh out […]

Designers unveil fall bridal designs to buyers, press

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Bridal Fashion Week in New York in April meant that designers brought their latest collections to the city to show how brides will dazzle this coming […]

Waiting to go on… the first night of Hartford Fashion Week Season 3

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The models would step out on to the runway soon enough. But backstage, preparations were underway as the minutes counted down to the first night of […]

Styled by Jazz creates vibrant collection that celebrates Africa

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Styled by Jazz reached back to her heritage with a spring collection that dazzled the eye with an array of vivacious African prints at Hartford Fashion […]

Hope in the form of fashion in the latest line from Rachael Karrington Designs

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There is a scene toward the end of the musical version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple, where Celie, the main character, is finally reunited with […]

The effort in your practice

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com Everyone knows if you want to achieve something you must put in the effort to do so. Nothing in life comes easy and many things, like […]

Some healthy, tasty recipes

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by LORI-ANN MARCHESE CTFashionMag.com Here are some healthy tasty recipes to take you from now until Memorial Day. Strawberry Spinach Salad with Blueberry and Feta Spinach summer salad with sweet […]

Spring season for new beginnings

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by PATRICIA MILLER CTFashionMag.com April. Spring? Well for most of the east coast this spring still feels like winter. Traditionally, spring is the season of new beginnings and fresh new […]

Japanalia admiration society gathers at Hartford Fashion Week launch party

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was a Japanalia lovefest on Thursday for one of the pioneers of Hartford’s fashion scene. As a cornerstone for its launch party at Chango Rosa […]

Meet some of the brains behind the fashion

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The runway shows and presentations of Hartford Fashion Week begin in earnest on Friday night at the Colt Armory in Hartford, Conn. and continue on Saturday. […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Connecticut Princess Manette Masse

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

Small steps and a big leap into Hartford Fashion Week

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Tajah Ramsey took small steps in the world of fashion before taking the big leap of showing her artful fashion creations at Hartford Fashion Week […]

Here’s the Dirt: A night of fashion and art at The Salon

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Art and creativity was in the air on Saturday night as Connecticut fashion designer Chinnyere McPherson of FASCHINN hosted The Wild Heart Experience at The Dirt […]

Gala, gowns, and crowns

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization celebrated in style as it held its 90th anniversary gala at Aria in Prospect, Conn. Friday night. The young women vying […]

Danbury, Conn. wants to show its fashionable side

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A group of volunteers have begun to lay the groundwork to introduce the first ever Danbury Fashion Week to Connecticut’s northern Fairfield County. Meagan Neville, who […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Bristol’s Outstanding Teen Autumn Schless

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, athleisure wear, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do […]

FASCHINN brings the fashion to New England again and again and again

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut fashion designer Chinnyere McPherson will be burning the style candle at both ends this month. McPherson’s line FASCHINN will be part of the third edition […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Naugatuck Valley Courtney Ouellette

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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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