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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Author: Mike Chaiken
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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Beating back the heat
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Temperatures were rising across America recently. Many times, it was too hot to stray from the air conditioning inside. But even inside, the AC sometimes struggled […]
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NYFW is a go
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionWeek.com There will be a New York Fashion Week this fall. However, like many of the fashion events during the COVID-19 pandemic, some designers will be turning […]
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Kicking back with style at the Colt building
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Lili Rojek takes the opportunity to showcase her favorite outfits around a piece of Hartford history: the old Colt factory, which is now a state […]
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Real solid gone
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As long as you don’t pick the color of the moment (does anyone really want to remember teal or rust), solid colors are a great way […]
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The small things count for Maaji’s swimwear
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you think swimsuits for 2021, swimwear brand Maaji says women should think small. Maaji, a Colombian-based swimsuit and lifestyle brand, participated in Paraiso Miami Beach […]
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Life becomes a studio set
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With COVID-19 necessitating a policy of social distancing in all public spaces, school campuses once brimming with students have become studio sets full of empty spaces […]
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A royal visit in style
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Erika Porras was crowned queen of Hartford as the new Miss Hartford USA. So why not take a royal tour in the area surrounding Hartford City […]
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The animal on her
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Animal prints are a classic favorite. Even though some women would think twice about wearing real animal skin, the patterns created by the imagination of Mother […]
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The women on the stylish pulse of hip-hop
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Even if you don’t recognize the names of Misa Hylton and April Walker, you probably have seen their work. In the world of hip-hop of the […]
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