by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Steampunk is often described as what would happen if the future happened in the 19th century. The style of Steampunk often offers a mash-up of Victorian […]
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Burning Guitars warms things up for spring
Burning Guitars Clothing presented its spring/ summer 2018 collection at Art Hearts Fashion in New York City last September.
Read moreDatari Austin thinks spring
Although the temperatures are in single digits, spring was in the air when New York Fashion Week presented the spring collections from designers all over the world. To get your […]
Read moreGretchen Carlson takes reins of Miss America Organization
The Miss America Organization Board of Directors announced Monday in a press release the election of Gretchen Carlson, Miss America 1989, as the organization’s new chairman effective immediately. Also effective […]
Read morePetition seeks clean sweep of Miss America Board of Directors post-scandal
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A petition is being circulated to force the current board of directors of the Miss America organization to step aside and bring in a new board […]
Read more3 Miss America officials resign, 1 apologizes to ex-winner
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) _ The top leadership of the Miss America Organization, implicated in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abuse […]
Read moreGoodbye 2017, and take your unicorns with you
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) _ You know all those things you wish would disappear but won’t? Us, too. Highlights of the things we’re over in 2017: […]
Read moreMiss America Organization loses TV partner over emails
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) _ Dick Clark Productions says it has cut ties with the Miss America Organization over internal emails by pageant senior leadership […]
Read more‘Chatting’ up the fashionable set in CT
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag If you’ve been visiting the fashionable people at fashionable events, you’ve probably run into the “Chat It Up” team from Hartford. “Chat It Up” is a […]
Read moreScenes from Miss Greater Waterbury
On Sunday, Dec. 17, the Miss Greater Waterbury pageant was held at Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School. At the local competition, which is a preliminary for Miss Connecticut, Danielle Radeke of […]
Read moreScenes from Miss Naugatuck Valley
On Sunday, Dec. 17, the Miss Naugatuck Valley pageant was held at Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School. At the local competition, which is a preliminary for Miss Connecticut, Courtney Ouellette of Bristol […]
Read moreFive more going to Miss CT in June
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Five women were selected Sunday in two different pageants to represent the Waterbury area at the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant this June at The Palace Theater. […]
Read moreGrab your cabana-worthy swimsuit, the Caribbean is calling
The temperature have dropped below freezing in the Northeast as December marches into the New Year. The temperatures may cause some women to reach for the long underwear. However, just […]
Read moreTip of the hat to creative CT fashions
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Groundbreaking British milliner Stephen Jones, who has outfitted the likes of fashion-tastemaker Isabella Blow and pop star Boy George, told the Financial Times once, “Hats tend […]
Read moreGive presence this holiday
by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com As the temperature keeps dropping and the days grow shorter it’s easy to forget about the important things in life. From running around, trying to keep […]
Read more12 days of takeaways for the holidays, New Year
by LORI-ANN MARCHESE CTFashionMag.com Ever hear that taking trivial steps to living a healthier life is key? Well, that is true. As the holiday season is at its peak and […]
Read moreHistoric hotel sparks a fashionable endeavor
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com An invitation to check out the historic Goodwin Hotel in downtown Hartford set into motion a series of fashion events recently. Lisa DiBenedetto of Nightingale Events […]
Read moreDear Drew, these are ‘adorbs’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Drew Barrymore (“E.T.,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Wedding Singer,” and so on) has won the hearts of movie fans many times over. Now, she is venturing out […]
Read moreMark Ronson, Miguel, 50 Cent perform at Art Basel parties
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ Musicians, actors and fashion icons descended on Miami for a whirlwind week of glamorous parties to celebrate some of the […]
Read moreNew studio opens in Hartford area
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Hartford area has a new multi-purpose studio that offers a little bit of everything for the creatives in fashion and entertainment area. Travis Bivans, a […]
Read moreSome scenes from Miss Southington
The Miss Southington pageant was held on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Derynoski Elementary School. This is what we saw onstage and backstage at this preliminary event for Miss Connecticut and […]
Read moreSome scenes from Miss Nutmeg
On Saturday, Dec. 2, the Miss Nutmeg Scholarship pageant was held at Derynoski Elementary School in Southington, Conn. This is what the audience saw in this local pageant for the […]
Read moreTen new crowns in the Miss Connecticut universe
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com SOUTHINGTON — The Miss Connecticut Scholarship welcomed a bundle of new inductees into the Class of 2018 on Saturday, Dec. 2. The Miss Nutmeg Scholarship Organization […]
Read moreGet warm, get Nino
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Winter’s arrival in New England often means a migration, even for just a week, to the warmer south. Nino Apparel featured a collection of t-shirts, tanks, […]
Read moreA youthful dedicated follower (and creator) of fashion
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The clothing brand Nerdy Chic popped up on a couple of Connecticut fashion runways these past few months. And as the models strutted their stuff, the […]
Read moreBe true to your school
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There is an old song that said, “Be True To Your School.” And what better way to be true to that school then pack your wardrobe […]
Read moreFashion lends a helping hand for the holidays
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion stepped forward to lend a helping hand on Nov. 21 as Foxwoods Resort Casino, Shrine Foxwoods and Tanger Outlets, Foxwoods hosted the first ever Holiday […]
Read moreNot your grandma’s loungewear
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com NEW YORK CITY– CTFashionMag.com recently caught up with Alessandra Baker, the designer of lingerie brand Alessandra Mackenzie, about her menswear roots and how that sensibility has […]
Read moreSome Latina beauty
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Latina Elegance organization held its inaugural pageant on Nov. 18 and crowned five new queens. The pageant was held at the East Hartford Community Cultural […]
Read moreTalking with Taylor: Your holiday makeup looks
CTFashionMag.com host Taylor Plourd shares some tips on festive makeup looks for the holiday.
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