July 2020 – CTFashionMag

COVID-19 forces couples to get creative with wedding plans

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Couples who were planning to get married in 2020 are finding their plans disrupted as COVID-19 has not subsided as quickly as hoped for at […]

Virtual photography and iPhones with Amanda-Marie, pt. 2

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Expensive cameras and lights have been tucked away. And the modest iPhone armed with FaceTime has become king in the world of fashion photography. COVID-19 and […]

Live fashion events on hold this fall in NYC

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion fans and fashion retailers hoping to make an exodus to New York City to check out what’s on trend will have to wait till next […]

Virtual photography and iPhones with Amanda-Marie

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Expensive cameras and lights have been tucked away. And the modest iPhone armed with FaceTime has become king in the world of fashion photography. COVID-19 and […]

Unexpected landscape

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The doors are still shut. Students are scattered where they are social distanced. But the high school, silenced by pandemic and summer, provides a colorful backdrop […]

Miss Connecticut Teen USA pivots for her ‘dream job’

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Samantha Sarelli earned her dream job in November 2019 when she was crowned Miss Connecticut Teen USA. After trying three times to win, when she received […]

Lingerie industry reps discuss issues of Black Lives Matter

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com After the death of George Floyd, and as protests began in cities and towns across the nation to fight systemic racism in America, many fashion houses […]

Virtual photography and iPhones with Allie Maisto

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Expensive cameras and lights have been tucked away. And the modest iPhone armed with FaceTime has become king in the world of fashion photography. COVID-19 and […]

Virtual photography and iPhones with Keyla Rodriguez, part 2

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Expensive cameras and lights have been tucked away. And the modest iPhone armed with FaceTime has become king in the world of fashion photography. COVID-19 and […]

Model Dare Taylor dares to build her career from the ground up

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For a bit of time, social media model Dare Taylor found herself homeless. She wasn’t homeless in that she was living without shelter and asking people […]

Virtual photography and iPhones with Maggie Wernicki

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Expensive cameras and lights have been tucked away. And the modest iPhone armed with FaceTime has become king in the world of fashion photography. COVID-19 and […]

Excuse us as we interrupt this isolation

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Seclusion has to be interrupted by the occasional bouts of freedom to immunize you from boredom and resignation. Model Lindiana Frangu airs out her stylish wardrobe […]

Masks: People gotta breathe

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Gov. Ned Lamont signed his order asking residents to wear face coverings and masks in public settings in late April to slow down the COVID-19 […]

Virtual photography and iPhones with Ava Onofreo

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Expensive cameras and lights have been tucked away. And the modest iPhone armed with FaceTime has become king in the world of fashion photography. COVID-19 and […]

Miss Connecticut to host virtual program ‘The Black Queen Experience’ July 7

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The issues raised by the Black Lives Movement will be the focus of a virtual panel hosted by the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization Tuesday, July 7. […]

Virtual photography and iPhones with Brooke Hatcher

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Expensive cameras and lights have been tucked away. And the modest iPhone armed with FaceTime has become king in the world of fashion photography. COVID-19 and […]