Custo Barcelona gets swinging for tropical weather
During Art Hearts Fashion in Los Angeles in October, Custo Barcelona offered up a collection that could best be described as Swinging Sixties meet Disco...
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Pack up for your resort vacation and bring some Elan
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If the beaches of Acapulco or the Caribbean is calling you, Elan presented a resort ready collection of swimsuits and cover-ups...
Opinion: Art Hearts Fashion vs. Paraiso in Miami- What works, what needs work
by ALEXANDER GURMAN Special to CTFashionMag.com Miami Swim Week completed in July. Let me offer several points comparing the two major shows in Florida, Paraiso...
Sprinkle a little glitz on the runway
Giannina Azar provided a glamorous collection that drew from some of the most glitzy moments of fashion’s past. At the designer’s runway show at Art...
Standing beside the lap of luxury with Glaudi
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Glaudi by Johana Hernandez presented a luxurious, elegant line of bridal dresses and evening wear at Art Hearts Fashion Week during...
Triple X goes wild in the street
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Whether intentional or not, Mister Triple X’s latest fashion collection, which was shown at Art Hearts Fashion Week on Feb. 6,...
It’s all about time for Charles and Ron
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Time is on the mind of designers Charles and Ron. At the designing duo’s runway show at Art Hearts Fashion on...
The eyes have it at Risque Dukes
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Risque Dukes showed its latest season of swimwear, there was one particular “eye-catching” theme on some of the garments. At...
You gotta look great in Willfredo Gerardo
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Morpheus dances with Kameyama’s Art Hearts Fashion runway show
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer Kentaro Kameyama took guests at Arts Heart Fashion during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 6 into his private...
Dust of Gods makes its declaration that its ‘not’ like other fashion houses
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Dadaist Marcel Duchamp gave the world “readymades.” Essentially, the artist would sign his name to objects that already existed and then...
Ibid. and op. cit: The fashion of Alexandra Popescu-York
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The collection of fashion Alexandra Popescu-York shown at Art Hearts Fashion Week on Sept. 6 exhibited a variety of artistic influences....
Vanity Couture reaches out to the more mature woman who still has that va-va-voom
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Vanity Couture offered up a luxe, mature, but still sexy collection of swimwear at Art Hearts Fashion in Miami in July....
Sweet as candy: Vichi adds some sugar to Miami Swim
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Vichi’s candy-themed swimsuit collection was sweet, yummy, and sexy. The collection, which featured women’s and men’s suits, was presented at Art...
Fire up the yacht, pop open the champagne, and slip on your Liliana Montoya
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Liliana Montoya provided a simple palette for her swimsuit collection unveiled at Art Hearts Fashion in Miami Beach on July 11....
What does the summer hold for swimwear?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In Connecticut, Memorial Day weekend marks the opening day for many of the state-operated beaches. And beach weather means it is...
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...
Art deco and disco
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was a certain appropriateness to designer Grayling Purnell’s runway show at New York Fashion Week. The collection unveiled at Art...
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...
Transformative fashion week
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Backstage at a fashion show is a world of transformation. Models arrive sans makeup and hair in a natural state, and...
The 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...
Rather 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...
Under the sea… with Vichi
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com King Neptune and the Little Mermaid were in the house as Vichi Swim presented its new collection at Art Hearts Fashion...
Beating the traffic, this is the life
by MIKE CHAIKEN Miami Beach traffic during Miami Swim Week mid-July was frustrating. With construction and the usual beach traffic, if you had to be...
Peeking behind the curtain at Day One of Art Hearts Fashion in Miami
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designers, models, hair stylists, and makeup artists gathered hours before the first guests to get ready for the first night of...
Crazy, sexy, cool with T Rivera
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTfashionmag.com ”Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta’s” Tammy Rivera worked a ‘90s vibe for her latest collection unveiled at Art Hearts Fashion during...
These Just Bones were made for walking… and playing, running, and surfing
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Grab your surf board to ride the waves or step up to the net for a game of beach volleyball. Just...
Getting chic with Hale Bob
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Hale Bob’s latest resort collection presented on the runway at Art Hearts Fashion in Miami July 12 was the epitome of...
Candice Cuoco’s collection was in your face like a velvet hammer
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com MIAMI– Candice Cuoco’s last swimsuit collection Bad Butterfly, in which she collaborated with Vanessa Simmons, was definitely bold and definitely showed...
Luxe and swim
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’re looking for a swimsuit that catches the eye but provides the look of luxury, the collection presented by Cirone...
