Fashion, social awareness on Main Street
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...
Month: April 2018
Saints preserves us: Sexy Saints by S.J. in the spotlight
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...
Exhibiting style from the Ultimate ShoeBar
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…...
Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Greater Waterbury Danielle Radeke
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...
Join the Fashion Revolution Friday night
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...
Toshaz has heaven on her mind
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...
Animated People take the street via the outside
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...
Meet Miss America Cara Mund: National titleholder to speak at Miss CT fundraiser May 15
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...
Art meets fashion at the Armory
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...
Going for extra runs… La’Moo is a hit
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...
Crazy, sexy, cool… it’s FASCHINN
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....
The sophisticated aesthetic of Troy Anthony
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...
The models who fleshed out Hartford Fashion Week
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...
Designers unveil fall bridal designs to buyers, press
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...
Waiting to go on… the first night of Hartford Fashion Week Season 3
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...
Styled by Jazz creates vibrant collection that celebrates Africa
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...
Hope in the form of fashion in the latest line from Rachael Karrington Designs
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...
The effort in your practice
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...
Some healthy, tasty recipes
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...
Spring season for new beginnings
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...
Japanalia admiration society gathers at Hartford Fashion Week launch party
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...
Meet some of the brains behind the fashion
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,...
Stashing the sash fashion: Connecticut Princess Manette Masse
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...
Small steps and a big leap into Hartford Fashion Week
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...
Here’s the Dirt: A night of fashion and art at The Salon
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...
Gala, gowns, and crowns
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...
Danbury, Conn. wants to show its fashionable side
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...
Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Bristol’s Outstanding Teen Autumn Schless
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...
FASCHINN brings the fashion to New England again and again and again
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...
Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Naugatuck Valley Courtney Ouellette
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....
