February 2022 – Page 2

She wants to provide an example

February 15, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Stephanie Wright has a unique position in the world of modeling. First of all, the 47-year-old is a wife and a mother. But, more significantly, she is disabled. “I got in to modeling to be a role model to other people on disability, to show them

Chic Chick at NYFW

February 14, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Chick offered up a sleek and sporty athleisure collection for teens at its fall/ winter show held in the Sony Hall as part of Runway7’s New York Fashion Week presentations. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

It’s a celebration at Ydamys Simo

February 14, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ydamys Simo offered up a celebratory collection full of joy for young adults at Runway7 during New York Fashion Week on Jan. 10. The fall/ winter collection offered touches of “The Greatest Showman,” “Encanto” and the happy go-lucky spirit of the Roaring 20s. The line seemed

Backstage Pass: Model Victoria Henley indulges in the fun at Spiegelworld

February 14, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by VICTORIA HENLEY CTFashionMag.com Known for genre-bending, wildly irreverent, award-winning shows that offer an exquisite blend of comedy, music, dance, and gravity defying feats of agility, Spiegelworld prides itself on producing not only merely “shows,” but alternate, immersive worlds where audiences can leave their cares behind and escape reality. Spiegelworld

The sun shines on the ’90s

February 8, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In an outfit that evokes the ever-so-trendy 1990s, model Molly Shippee evokes the words of Irving Berlin during a fashion jaunt in Massachusetts’s ever-so-trendy Berkshires. “Never saw the sun shining so bright… blue skies smiling at me. Nothing but blue skies do I see.” PHOTOS by

She’s the boss

February 8, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You can call 10-year-old Omaria White “boss.” Omaria, who goes by the nickname Mushy, is a home schooled fifth grader. And with the help of her parents, she also is a CEO of her own business. Omaria, who is also a fashion model, launched Mushy Madness

Life goes better with pink

February 7, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Lilly Pulitzer once said “Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink.” Model Bailey Shippee takes that message to heart in this thrift store fashion find. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

Here comes the ’70s… again

February 7, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As the fashion capitals of the world – New York City, London, Paris and Milan— ready to show their fall and winter 2022 collections this month, style forecasters are predicting the future of fashion is going to look like the past. According to Sarah Maggioni, the

Backstage Pass: Model Victoria Henley shares what happens in Vegas

February 4, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Known far and wide for its flashing lights, jaw dropping entertainment, bustling nightlife scene, gourmet cuisine, and some of the largest and most legendary casinos in the world, Las Vegas attracts (pre pandemic ) over 42 million visitors annually from around the globe. Las Vegas has

Looking good

February 3, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashion.com Put on your favorite dress, be confident… and you’ll look good everywhere. Model Adele Johnson poses in a selection from her closet. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

A passion for fashion but with an eye on the prize

February 3, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Seventeen-year-old Alexandra Chastain is having an active modeling career. But she has an eye on a bigger prize down the road. The high school junior said, “I have been blessed to walk the runway for several designers. I walked in New York Fashion Week, September 2021

Busy, busy, busy as a bee

February 2, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A year into her career as a model, Ohio’s Skyler Pine has been keeping busy. “To date, I have worked with Supermodels Unlimited, had shoots in New York, Arizona along with (walking in a New York Fashion Week) runway show 2021,” said Skyler. “I am the

She couldn’t give it up

February 1, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sarah Jones thought she had left the modeling world behind her. But then she got pulled in once again. The 45-year-old surgical receptionist tried her hand at modeling in 2017. She worked as an event model at the Philadelphia Wing bowl and the Philadelphia car show.