by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The well-dressed woman and the well-dressed pup had something in common on Feb. 13 at Society Fashion Week at the Angel Orenzanz Center in New York City. Funari New York offered a cosmopolitan collection of women’s wear and canine wear at its runway show during New
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Underwear goes minimalist under creative eye of ‘Project Runway’ alum
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When fashion designer Kentaro Kameyama competed on “Project Runway,” his tendency to be artistic elevated (and sometimes undermined) his creations. Now that he’s no longer vying for a crown on Heidi Klum’s reality television concoction, Kameyama has surrendered the movement downstream toward commerce and has kept
Continue readingThe sartorial eccentricity of Burning Guitars
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As rapper Smiley Jonez’ music thumped, and as the models – male and female – walked the runway, some musical thoughts came to mind during the Burning Guitars fashion show. The latest collection shown at Art Hearts Fashion in the Angel Orensanz Foundation made me think
Continue readingRather than strike fear, Tepito inspires: Ricardo Seco ‘Resists’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In the press handout distributed before his Art Hearts Fashion show, fashion designer Ricardo Seco called his new collection a tribute to the Mexico City neighborhood of Tepito. As the New York-based Mexican designer explained it, Tepito “brings to mind violence, illegality, and informality, an area
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