February 2019 – CTFashionMag

Model Mob: Why is it important to embrace all shapes and sizes?

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies and self-submitted photographs that […]

Rookies join the Miss CT team

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

The Class of 2019 for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization is now complete after two more women were crowned at the Miss Rookie pageant on Sunday, Feb. 24. Ariana Puglisi […]

Fashion with a message

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com) says that to “stay woke” is “to keep informed of the [crap] going on around you in times of turmoil and conflict. When […]

Get your mask on and get your Mardi Gras on in CT

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you can’t make it to NOLA to celebrate Fat Tuesday, grab your masks and head over to the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, Conn. […]

Art deco and disco

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was a certain appropriateness to designer Grayling Purnell’s runway show at New York Fashion Week. The collection unveiled at Art Hearts Fashion on Feb. 8 […]

Tired of the same old health routine

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com New Years Day feels like it was yesterday and a lot of us have committed to our New Year’s resolutions for 2019. We’ve signed up in […]

Presentation teaches girls to ‘Let the Queen That Lies Within You’

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

SUBMISSION to CTFashionMag.com An Empowered Girls Rise Rally “Let the Queen That Lies Within You” was presented at Wolcott High School on Jan. 12. Carol Jurzyk, Ambassador for Empowered Girls […]

Camellia Couture provides a touch of elegance

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There are times when your preteen, tween, and teen needs to set aside their casual attire and dress up. Weddings, christenings, bar mitzvahs, catechisms, and just […]

Backstage melting pot

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Aspiring young models mingled with professionals at Society Fashion Week on Feb. 10 in New York City. Gathered in the lower level of Harlem Parish, an […]

Model Mob: Slacks, leggings, or dresses?

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies that illustrate their replies. […]

Siblings leap into fashion with Spring Cheetah

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Nike and Athleta better watch out. Sisters Kat and Ilyana Reichenbach are on the move. Kat, 13, and Ilyana, 9, both of Westchester County, N.Y., presented […]

Underwear goes minimalist under creative eye of ‘Project Runway’ alum

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When fashion designer Kentaro Kameyama competed on “Project Runway,” his tendency to be artistic elevated (and sometimes undermined) his creations. Now that he’s no longer vying […]

Transformative fashion week

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Backstage at a fashion show is a world of transformation. Models arrive sans makeup and hair in a natural state, and under the talents of hair […]

The sartorial eccentricity of Burning Guitars

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As rapper Smiley Jonez’ music thumped, and as the models – male and female – walked the runway, some musical thoughts came to mind during the […]

Rather than strike fear, Tepito inspires: Ricardo Seco ‘Resists’

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In the press handout distributed before his Art Hearts Fashion show, fashion designer Ricardo Seco called his new collection a tribute to the Mexico City neighborhood […]

Paint a picture of fashion with Bad Bunny

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you like the prints used in the garments created by Bad Bunny’s Jennifer Jacob, you’re out of luck if you want to find them at […]

Some style direction for Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the time comes to choose your Valentine’s Day fashions, local fashion gurus said you can choose to follow the trends… or you can choose not […]