by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Calla Blanche showed what was in its bridal fashion crystal ball for this coming fall at The Knot Couture April 14. The wedding gown brand presented […]
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CT woman readies for Mrs. pageant in Vegas
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Susan Pagan is gearing up for June when the Connecticut resident competes for the title of Mrs. USA Woman of the Universe in Las Vegas. Pagan, […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Naugatuck Valley Ariana Puglisi
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits or athleisure wear are the uniforms of necessity. But what […]
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Everything fancy at Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen’s Masquerade Ball
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Titleholders in the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization put on their elegant masks and their elegant fashions as they joined a packed house at La Bella Vista […]
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There’s no masking their female solidarity
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There were masks and fancy dress at Waterbury’s La Bella Vista on Thursday night. But among the young women attending the Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Masquerade […]
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The Judgment Cure: An open-minded practice
by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com How long has it been since you last passed judgment on something or someone? I find it’s sometimes impossible to go through life without making certain […]
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What the stylish bride will wear next season: The Knot Couture showcases latest looks
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com New York Bridal Fashion Week is a time when bridal designers and bridal gown houses try to entice buyers at boutiques and shops across the country […]
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Model Mob: Favorite place for photos
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies and self-submitted photographs that […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Naugatuck Valley’s Outstanding Teen Autumn Schless
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and athleisure wear are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders […]
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How to dress, and dress well, for Easter
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Easter and fashionable attire have long been sibling staples of American fashion culture. Granted, the looks have changed with the times. For instance, fanciful Easter bonnets […]
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Bravery, Brooklyn, and (French) bulldogs
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Evoking superheroes that would do Black Widow proud and stealthy foreign spies that would give Sean Connery’s James Bond fits, fashion designer Janelle Funari New York […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Bristol Micayla Barrows
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits or athleisure wear are the uniforms of necessity. But what […]
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Who’s the boss? Belle’s the boss
by MIKE CHAIKEN The creator of a lifestyle blog out of New Britain is expanding her reach and launching her own athletic wear line. Belle’s Notebook is the brainchild of […]
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Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Wolcott’s Outstanding Teen Monika Korbusieski
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and athleisure wear are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders […]
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Model Mob: Warm weather footwear desired for spring
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies and self-submitted photographs that […]
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Watertown titleholder does it ‘For the Kids’ April 4
Wolcott, Conn.’s Alyssa Anderson is hoping to create some miracles on Thursday, April 4. Anderson, who is currently holding the title of Miss Greater Watertown in the Miss America Organization, […]
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No masking good intentions and good times
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Morgan Mancini is paying it forward. Last year, Mancini, the current Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen, was given a financial boost for her run at the Miss […]
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This SWAN makes art out of fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Kristin Costa showed her fashion collection at an event in Connecticut last year, her show was more walking art gallery than mobile department store. Costa’s […]
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Fighting back MS with fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It will be fashionable to fight Multiple Sclerosis this Friday night thanks to a Waterbury teen. Brooke Cyr, a student at Waterbury’s Holy Cross High School, […]
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March into mindfulness this month
by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com We are still at the beginning of 2019, breaking into the start of spring, and waiting to get outside into the nicer warmer weather. Many of […]
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Making every woman feel beautiful
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Personal experience drove fashion designers Margarita Ortiz and Chelsie Gray to launch ChelRita Designs, a brand intended to empower women with the clothes they wear. “We […]
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Timely trends for prom time
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The time of year has arrived when high school girls in their junior and senior years have been hitting the local boutiques and department stores in […]
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Model Mob: What spring fashions are you looking forward to wearing?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies that illustrate their replies. […]
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Look out! It’s Airship Darklord!
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com What Steampunk look is complete without some headgear? At the recent Brass Ring Academy and Cabaret at the New England Carousel Museum, Airship Darklord brought its […]
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A Kiss from another time
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Kiss Designs sat squarely at the entrance to the recent Brass Ring Academy and Cabaret at the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, Conn. Aficionados of […]
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Farewell Seventeen’s print edition, you will be missed
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Reality struck readers of venerable teenage girl magazine Seventeen this past weekend. Rather than the magazine, which was launched in 1944, subscribers received substitute issues from […]
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A little whimsy from I Love Mel D
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com I Love Mel D presented a colorful and whimsical collection that offered an opportunity for tweens and teens to look cheerful as spring moves in across […]
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Model Mob: Why is it important to embrace all shapes and sizes?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies and self-submitted photographs that […]
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Rookies join the Miss CT team
The Class of 2019 for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization is now complete after two more women were crowned at the Miss Rookie pageant on Sunday, Feb. 24. Ariana Puglisi […]
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Fashion with a message
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com) says that to “stay woke” is “to keep informed of the [crap] going on around you in times of turmoil and conflict. When […]
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