October 2019 – CTFashionMag

Getting Envious, getting cool

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Envious Apparel presented a cool and casual collection that offered a mix of swimwear, athleisure wear, and street wear at New England Fashion Week’s Think Pink […]

Level Up, it’s for every woman

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At New England Fashion Week’s Think Pink fashion show, Level Up Designs by India presented a well-crafted urban collection on the runway that would make a […]

The rise of Harley Quinn

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Colebrook’s Becky Fuller was one of an army of women who dressed up as the character Harley Quinn at New York ComicCon earlier this month. Throughout […]

Style showcased on Market Street

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With fashions and models on tap at the NYSFE Magazine’s latest issue release at Tavola 153 in Hartford, a fashion editorial photography shoot seemed in order. […]

NYSFE Magazine brings its show to Hartford

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com After a stop in Atlanta, NYSFE Magazine came to Hartford to show the world its latest issue, which features MTV star Karina Seabrook on the cover. […]

Fall is here, time to bulk up… in sweaters

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With the New England autumn leaves at peak color, the time really has come to set aside your warm weather clothes. Local fashion experts said if […]

Autumn takes its hold

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The green has turned to brown and the temperatures have been tumbling down Summer, for now, is just a memory. But for a moment, one can […]

Carissa Lynne evokes a flashback

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At the recent Styleweek fashion shows in Providence, R.I., Carissa Lynne Designs offered up a late 1960s, early 1970s influenced collection that evoked the era straight […]

Eddy K for 2020

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Bridal dress design house Eddy K presented its vision of the bride of 2020 at a runway presentation for buyers at The Knot Couture during New […]

Perfect, simply perfect for IIC graduation

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Before the students at the International Institute of Cosmetology in Plainville and Wethersfield, Conn. graduated Oct. 13 with a hair fashion show, they worked backstage to […]

Cool hair inspired by people unaware they’re cool

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A neighborhood of artists in Berlin served as the inspiration for a hair fashion show presented by international stylists Omar Antonio and Renato Vandine at the […]

5 minutes a day

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com Whether you’re an established “yogi” or someone just starting out and beginning your yoga journey I want you to commit to getting on your mat every […]

World class bridal hair from the world’s newest stylists

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The graduates-to-be at the International Institute of Cosmetology had some world champion help at their recent hair show. The students from the Plainville and Wethersfield, Conn. […]

Update, CANCELLED: ‘Queer Eye’s’ Tan France coming to Foxwoods Nov. 3

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

Due to changes in his schedule “Queer Eye” star Tan France has cancelled his appearance Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket on Nov. 3. Tan FranceTan France, best known for his role as […]

A closer look at what the IIC students could do

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As part of their farewell to the International Institute of Cosmetology, the students in the hairdressing program put on a hair fashion show Oct. 13 for […]

From Connecticut via Ukraine, designer makes her NYFW debut

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For fashion designers, aside from selling their clothes, showing their collection during New York Fashion Week for the first time is the pot of gold at […]

On the cosplay catwalk at ComicCon

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In many ways, New York ComicCon is the fashion week of the cosplay world. Fans of the comic book, science fiction, fantasy, anime, and pop culture […]

Young and cool in Watters bridal

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Watters family of bridal wear offered up a youthful, nearly-Bohemian collection for spring summer at The Knot Couture during New York Bridal Fashion Week on […]

Peach Carr serves up a modern fashion meal with a hip side of retro

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There may be something in the water in Providence that transports designers to the 1960s and 1970s. At Styleweek last month in Providence, designer Peach Carr […]

Brianna Moon: Hip with a whiff of nostalgia

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com While some people were getting wild and weird out on the streets, American television wanted to ride the wave of being mod, hip, and fashionable. But […]