By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Planet Zero Motorsports revved up Small Boutique Fashion Week during this season’s New York Fashion Week. Planet Zero, designed by award-winning Kanya Smith, offered a fashion […]
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Multi-faceted resident of fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Paige Watt knows three sides of the fashion coin. Not only is the recent winner of Magnifique a model, she is majoring in fashion merchandising at […]
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A winning model
Model Kayra Cahayagan is a recent winner at the Magnifique Fashion Competition held at the Black Fox Resort, Pigeon Forge, Tenn. on Aug. 29. Magnifique Fashion Shows and Competitions are […]
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Model comes alive in front of the camera
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The popular image of a fashion model is someone who is forthright and a bit of a ham. But Sam Shoemaker is a little different. Sam […]
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Ancient Homage pays tribute to an honorable past
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ancient Homage paid tribute to the ancestors of civilization, while evoking classic hip hop style, at Small Boutique Fashion Week on Sept. 12. At the Bleecker […]
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Capture that dream
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Elizabeth Kathryn Salina, better known as Lizzie Kat, believes in chasing after your dreams. Houston-based, Lizzie describes herself as an aspiring actor-model, who is focused particularly […]
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Model wants to use her influence
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Breanna Boyd is working her way to becoming an influencer. In an email, the Nashville-based model said she has worked with John Casablancas to gain […]
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Out on the edge
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Swimsuit weather is wherever you want it. Model Aislinn Ennis tries out her reversible suits from KK Swim on the edge of a precipice near Castle […]
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Model puts her talents to test with new venture
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Yes, Angela Mabel is a model, recently winning honors at a modeling competition in Tennessee. But Mabel is a lot more. She has numerous acting credits […]
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‘Energetic’ model wins honor at Magnifique
Natasha Geer was one of the main event winners at the recent Magnifique Showcase. Her mother, Galina said, “Natasha is a very smart, energetic, outgoing , and competitive girl . […]
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Glowing it up in GLOW ART
Keisha Collins of Bear, Del. makes the garments of GLOW ART her own in a recent fashion photography editorial from the brand’s creator Ron Vestal. GLOW ART, which is based […]
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Adrian Alicea references pandemic in latest collection
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com COVID-19 played a role in the inspiration for Adrian Alicea’s latest collection. Aliciea participated in Small Boutique Fashion Week’s celebration of style during New York Fashion […]
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Experts say fashion has had to get real
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Set aside the fantasy and get real. That was the consensus of a webinar panel “Fashion is Empowerment and Inclusivity,” about fashion in a post-COVID-19, post-Black […]
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The fading summer sun
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The days of sun dresses are fading as the summer fades. Keyla Rodriguez takes advantage of a sunny day along the pathway and at the summit […]
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In a virtual fashion world
This fall’s New York Fashion Week has gone virtual and remote in a post-COVID-19 world. And so has fashion photography. Model Savannah Giammarco poses for a fashion shoot conveyed iPhone […]
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Graphically in fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionoMag.com Virginia-based brand Omarijade presented a bold, modern yet classic ready-to-wear collection at Small Boutique Fashion Week on Bleecker Street in New York City on Sept. 12. […]
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A touch of whimsy during Small Boutique Fashion Week
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In an intimate fashion presentation during New York Fashion Week, Philadelphia-based Graphic Luxury ( instagram.com/graphicluxury/) off its collection of whimsical handbags. At the Small Boutique Fashion […]
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A vacation alternative
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With many states considered “hot spots,” including numerous vacation hot spots, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, staying close to home in Connecticut has been the choice […]
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Sisters of style
Sisterhood was celebrated in a fashion event organized by a top model in Tennessee last month. Young sisters Bella Kate Batton, 8, and Lola Faye Batton , 7, were the […]
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Vitamin A swimwear keeps it real even as it goes virtual
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com California based swimwear brand Vitamin A kept it real even while going virtual at Paraiso Miami Beach in August. Due to the COVID—19 pandemic, the annual […]
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Young model is fun and focused
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you catch Bella Lyn on her Instagram Live episodes, you’ll find a rambunctious bouncy teen. She will dance about. She will mug for the camera. […]
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99 years of Miss America; Bess Myerson’s tale subject of documentary
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com This week, women from across the country traditionally would gather in Atlantic City to find out who would be the new Miss America. Last year’s event […]
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Born Tough is born to be stylish
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com They are the fitness wear brands that shall not be named. You know them. They have the famous logos. They have the celebrity endorsements. They have […]
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Competition winner Glow-Art sets fashion aglow
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ron Vestal was the second-place design winner for the Magnifique Showcase held Aug. 29 at the Black Fox Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Magnifique competitions featurs […]
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Going All-American this summer
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There’s nothing more All-American for summer than t-shirts and denim. Model Yashy Dejesus works her favorite tee and skirt set as she poses by the former […]
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A virtual showcase at Plitzs
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Plitzs New York City Fashion Week is joining the march to virtual runway shows this fall as COVID-19 has forced many fashion events to bar the […]
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With swimsuits, it’s all in the details
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Bikinis are perceived as the flashy younger sister and the one-piece is viewed as the conservative eldest sibling. But this doesn’t have to be so. With […]
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Strut your Luli Fama with confidence
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Lourdes Luli Hanimian of Luli Fama swimwear is all about boosting the confidence of women for next season’s collection. Luli Fama provided a colorful virtual livestreamed […]
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Reality TV celebs build fashionable House of Eleven
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Identical twin sisters Darcey and Stacey Silva are in the celebrity spotlight these days for their new hit reality TV series on TLC called, obviously enough, […]
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Fashionable sisters share their search for love on ‘Darcey & Stacey’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Two Connecticut women are continuing their reality television adventures in a new series on TLC “Darcey and Stacey,” which also is filmed in the Nutmeg state. […]
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