September 2021 – CTFashionMag

Mysterious ways

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

There’s a certain mystery when you play an arcade game. The end result, no matter your skill, is always a mystery. Model Chasidy Cromwell provides a mysterious air as she […]

No need to race today Emery Grace

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Someday model Emery Grace Carner will need to race to and fro across a train station to catch a ride home from a day of hard […]

A touch of elegance from Orlando Caquias

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Philadelphia based fashion designer Orlando Caquias showed a classy and elegant well-tailored collection of gowns and formal wear at Atlantic City Fashion Week at the Showboat […]

WNBA here she comes… or maybe the Indy 500

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

Adison Kate Gunter is a recent winner at the Magnifique Showcase modeling competition organized by former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Victoria Henley. Her mother Jennifer explained Adison “is a […]

Another kind of crown

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A title holder in the American Royal Beauties, Ohio resident Stephanie Caple got a chance to wear another kind of crown recently. Stephanie was a recent […]

Model becomes designer

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Olivia Wall, a 16-year-old model, had a chance to see life from the other side of the runway when she showed her own fashion collection at […]

A certain glow

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Kenny’a Dunns glows from within like the machines in the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City as she poses in a dress that glows from without […]

A sartorial celebration of Grand Central

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There is a grandeur to the structure of the Grand Central Terminal in New York City… an ode to an earlier age when train travel was […]

New Miss Wolcott representatives ready to take on favored issues

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Three women were selected as representatives of the Miss Wolcott organization. Not only will they represent the community, these three women also will serve as representatives […]

Overcoming adversity through fashion

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Larissa Melville’s story in the world of modeling is about a story about overcoming adversity. A foster child until she was 4, Larissa said four of […]

Teal by any other name is also Teale

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It was a bit of serendipity. Inside Grand Central Station, New York City, you meet a model wearing teal formal wear. Then you find out, here […]

When gods walked the earth

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

There was a time when rock and roll musicians were the young gods. The youth brand Young Gods presented a collection that turned tweens and teens into rock and roll […]

Miss Wolcott is back

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The local competitions for the Miss Connecticut crown are off and running this Saturday as the contest for the next Miss Wolcott is held – live […]

Take me to Pluto: MM Milano’s collection at Society Fashion Week

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com MM Milano’s “Pluto” collection, which was shown at Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 12, was appropriately named. As the models walked […]

Swing it than upcycle it

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Beverly Tu’s brand Bifoli 2 offered up a swinging ’60s hip vibe meets 2021 upcycled streetwear vibe as her models took to the runway at Atlantic […]

Kiss the sky with MM Milano’s Celestial

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com MM Milano’s “Celestial” collection shown at Society Fashion Week in New York City found the designer Chona Bacaco mixing and matching Eastern and Western fashion conventions. […]

A formal invitation

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Like Cinderella waiting for an invitation to attend the ball, model Taylor Killian waits for her invitation that justifies wearing a formal dress while standing alone […]

Cool sustainable fashions from Alma Reid

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At Atlantic City Fashion Week on Sept. 17, fashion designer Alma Reid offered up a cool collection that tapped into the philosophy of sustainability full of […]

Backstage Pass: Model Victoria Henley illuminates the offerings at Atlanta’s Illuminarium

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by VICTORIA HENLEY CTFashionMag.com Take a journey through the African Savannah, get up close and personal with exotic wildlife (including cheetahs, hippos, lions and various wild fowl) and completely immerse […]

A winner from Tennessee

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

Model Teale Viegut took her chances and entered the Magnifique modeling showcase held this past May in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. She ended up being selected as a winner. Magnifique is […]

Shine a little light on JayLynn Rivers

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Design brand JayLynn Rivers presented a tween/teen girls collection that sparkled in Atlantic City, N.J. The line, which was shown at Atlantic City Fashion Week at […]

Backstage Pass: Model Victoria Henley enjoys TikTok and ‘Talent’ in Pigeon Forge

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by VICTORIA HENLEY CTFashionMag.com The Parkway Playhouse- which has made its home in one of the oldest and most iconic theatre’s along the famous Parkway in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.- is […]

Mila Hoffman fosters a young woman’s transformation at NYFW

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The theme was butterflies at the Mila Hoffman show at HiTech MODA during New York Fashion Week in the Edison Hotel on Sept. 9. The theme […]

Before the big reveal at Atlantic City Fashion Week

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the models step out onto the runway, the makeup and hair need to be perfect. At Atlantic City Fashion Week in the Showboat Hotel in […]

Attention, please

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Miriah Majestic Fox tried as hard as she could to be incognito at Grand Central Station in New York City for a recent fashion editorial. […]

A Connecticut celebration in New Jersey

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Nutmeg State showed New Jersey how it does fashion. Joseph Wade and his brand Society XXI had a big week in Atlantic City, N.J. Friday, […]

Designers turn the unexpected into winning fashions

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You’ve lounged in your favorite fashions on your favorite furniture. But have you considered turning your favorite furniture into fashion? Atlantic City Fashion Week held a […]

High style at high school in the House of Barretti

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A satire of high school life and teenage cliques served to frame the latest collection of the House of Barretti at Society Fashion Week during New […]

Say aloha to Hawaiian style from Dezigns by Kamohoalii at NYFW

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Hawaii came to New York City and left some fashion insight behind. Dezigns by Kamohoalii, based in Kaneohe, Hawaii presented a fashion show that took traditional […]

Sisters’ Spring Cheetah roars into NYFW

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A pair of sisters sprang into action and sprang their fashion line on the crowd at Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week Sept. 12. […]

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