May 2021 – CTFashionMag

Dress up or down? Effects of working from home

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the COVID-19 pandemic forced many offices and businesses to shut down last March, encouraging those employees who could to work remotely from home, workplace dress […]

Pandemic pushes clothes shopping online

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

BY MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Online shopping already had been challenging brick and mortar stores for the spending dollars of consumers. But the COVID-19 pandemic increased the demand for online shopping […]

Miss Bikini Model Dare Taylor dared herself and won

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Dare Taylor had gotten to be pretty good at being first runner-up, much to her chagrin. In a Zoom interview from her home in Los Angeles, […]

Stretch it out

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Although sweats and PJs are still considered the fashion of necessity during these days of COVID-19 and pandemics, as restrictions ease, it’s a nice change of […]

Summer of the swimsuit

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Swimwear sales have seen an uptick in 2021, according to a Vogue Business story released earlier this month, as retailers jump back into the bikini and […]

Just like Doja

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

Standing in downtown Springfield, Mass., in the shadows of the stony courthouse, model Nimzay Viera-Vazquez evokes the spirit of Doja Cat in her sport coat, bejeweled bra and high waisted […]

Women seeking harmony, refuge in fashion for fall/ winter

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Vaccines for COVID-19 are available and mandates to wear masks in public places have been rolled back. But lingerie and intimates designers and manufacturers believe customers […]

Working out that comfort thing

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

In a COVID world, workout gear became the go-to wardrobe choice. Yes, you could slip it on and work off the quarantine 15 and then some with your favorite cardio […]

Background check

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A fashionable evening gown with sparks and bangles turns any backdrop for photographs into an elegant locale. Model Nimzay Viera-Vazquez visits downtown Springfield, Mass. to find […]

Bras to support environment, women in need

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Tapping into the spirit of sustainability and social justice that has been trending in the fashion industry, Woodbury, Conn. business Filly Rose is holding a used […]

Fashion is academic

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With its old world architectural details and diverse landscaping, New Haven’s Yale University is like taking a journey back into another place and time. It provides […]

Walk, run, jump and romp into spring

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashion.com Models Aicha Diallo, the reigning Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen and Allie Maisto leap toward the warm days of spring in jumpsuits and rompers provided by Dazzle […]

It’s 2021. Long live the prom

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com 2020 was a bust for high school proms. COVID-19 made sure of it. As social distancing became a requisite for life in America, girls looking to […]

To the manor born

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’re going to visit a former mansion, you might want to get a little bit dressed up… even if the butler and maid have long […]

Facing the ‘Zoom Boom’ during a pandemic

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

BY MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The trend has been called the “Zoom Boom.” As more people stayed at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and held virtual meetings over webcams, more became […]

Starting them out young

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Cadence Whitehorn is just in third grade. But her mother Serita explains fashion is already in her blood. “Cadence brings her energy and passion for modeling […]