by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the lights go up at New York Fashion Week, the focus is on the clothes and the models wearing the clothes. But before they get to that moment, the hair and makeup professionals are charged with fulfilling the designer’s vision as the models patiently sit
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Art deco on the catwalk at Elie Madi
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As the collection of Elie Madi walked down the runway at Art Hearts Fashion in New York on Feb. 8, it was as if the term “art deco” had come alive. The embellishments and patterns on the garments from the Lebanese designer took the best of
Continue readingEnergetic modesty
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Modesty is one of the newest mantras in fashion. Designers are catering to a new generation of women who want style but want to be covered while they exhibit it. Indian designer Vaishali S showed a collection at Art Hearts Fashion found an intriguing balance of
Continue reading‘Project Runway’ winner offers the art and the fashion at Art Hearts Fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The paramount question at the Kentaro Kameyama show at Art Hearts Fashion in New York City Feb. 8 was: How would Kentaro perform without the erudite guidance of Tim Gunn? Kameyama was the winner of the most recent cycle of “Project Runway” with a 10 outfit
Continue readingBurning 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.
Continue readingDatari 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 credit card warmed up– and with New York Fashion Week due to return in February, here is a look at
Continue readingIn the backroom at Miami Swim Week
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Miami Swim Week brings press and patrons from around the world. This means hair and makeup people have to present their best work. And models have to present their best walk as they show off the designers latest work. Take a look backstage at Art Hearts
Continue readingTalking about concepts: The 8th Continent swimwear
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashion.com When you think of swim fashion, you typically don’t think of art or concept. You think of beauty or you think of sexy. But The 8th Continent, which showed at Art Hearts Fashion Miami on July 22, not only brought the beauty and the sexy, it
Continue readingVICHI sparkles at Art Hearts Fashion
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was a mix of prints, color, shimmer, and sparkle at the VICHI Swim runway show at Art Hearts Fashion at Miami Swim Week on July 20. There was a mixture of sexiness and maturity in the line for adult women and fun and energy in
Continue readingHale Bob: Sophisticated, mature, modern
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Life was feel all kinds of beachy at Art Hearts Fashion in Miami on July 20 as Hale Bob premiered its 2018 resort collection. During Miami Swim Week in Funkshion tent on Collins Avenue, the collection presented by Hale Bob was sophisticated but not stuffy; energetic
Continue readingThree shows at once, you get madness
Art Hearts Fashion often packages several designers into one runway slot– allowing guests to see one show after another. But backstage, this also means craziness as hair and makeup people often need to create different looks all at once, which allows for cohesiveness on the runway but a lot of
Continue readingMister Triple X shows it loves art, fashion
Mister Triple X showed off its funky, whimsical fall/ winter 2017 collection at Art Hearts Fashion in New York City on Feb. 10 as part of New York Fashion Week.
Continue readingEclectic and stylish from Charles and Ron
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashion.com Charles and Ron offered up an eclectic, funky, and original collection at Art Hearts Fashion in New York City last month. The design team showed a fondness for out of the ordinary patterns and silhouettes that offer nods to a variety of fashion movements without settling
Continue readingCalling Mr. Gatsby at Studio 54: Arzamendi Style
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Arzamendi Style presented a runway collection for fall/winter 2017 that was filled with a decadent kind of elegance. The silhouettes and textures of the collection of gowns and coats offered at Art Hearts Fashion during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 11 reminded me of a
Continue readingZip it up, they’ll take it
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There were shades of the 1980s and punk rock in the fall/winter 2017 collection of Rosete by Triple X on Feb. 11. The silhouettes of the collection unveiled at Art Hearts Fashion in New York shared silhouettes with many fashion that made their way through prime
Continue readingEerie, disturbing… and beautiful: The runway show of Sheguang Hu
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The conventional thought about fashion is it should be wearable. It should be pretty. It should be attractive. And it should have a function… either as something to wear for recreation, work, or an evening out. However, fashion is an art form as well. And during
Continue readingPreparing to bring it to life
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Before the house was packed with patrons ready to see the latest gowns and more from Mac Duggal for Fall Winter 2017, models, makeup artists, and hair stylists worked feverishly to finish preparations before the lights went down and the runway show at Art Hearts Fashion began.
Continue readingGlamour — and surprises– from Mac Duggal
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There were plenty of crowns and sashes in the standing-room only crowds Saturday evening, Feb. 11, at Art Hearts Fashion in New York City. And there was plenty of glamour as well sitting in the seats along the runway. And this probably was to be expected.
Continue readingArt Hearts Fashion kicks off Art Basel Miami in style
MIAMI, Fla.– December 2016 marked the 15 year anniversary of Art Basel Miami. North America’s foremost international modern and contemporary art fair has called Miami Beach home since 2001. Art Hearts Fashion kicked off the week for the opening night kick off party at Spectrum Art Fair. The night presented by
Continue readingSomething pretty from Yas Couture for that cruise
Thinking of a holiday winter cruise to somewhere warm and wonder what to wear poolside, Yas Couture by Elie Madi presented some beautiful optons at the Art Hearts Fashion Miami Swim Week shows in July.
Continue readingModel Confidential: Charlene Bell
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com “Model Confidential” is a series where we meet the people who make the clothes come alive. Name: Charlene Bell Age: 52, but I look 30 Home: Meriden, CT Why do you like modeling? Modeling and acting is a form of creativity for me
Continue readingArt Hearts Fashion to be at Art Basel in Miami
Art Hearts Fashion will showcase on the opening night of Art Basel Week at Spectrum and Red Dot, November 30th from 6pm to 10pm, Miami’s Arts & Entertainment District at 1700 NE 2nd. It will feature a luxury fashion show with a selection of international couture designers. The event titled
Continue readingChina experiences Art Hearts Fashion
From October 25th – 30th Art Hearts Fashion presented six international brands to the MBFW runway and brand exhibit at 751D Park. On Saturday Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m., China was taken on a western journey by six international designers. The showcase opened with children’s brand Lulu Et Gigi from Paris, France. The
Continue readingLaurel Dewitt loves fashion at NYFW
Laurel Dewitt showed her most recent collection at Art Hearts Fashion NYFW The Shows Presented by AIDS Healthcare Foundation back in September.
Continue readingStudents envision a fashionable future
The students at The Arts Institute showed audiences at Art Hearts Fashion in Los Angeles how they see the future of fashion.
Continue readingL.A. kids show off some style
As part of Art Hearts Fashion in Los Angeles recently, several designers that focus on fashionable wear for kids showcased their work on the runways.
Continue readingA look back at Koco Blaq
Here is a look back at the not too distance past, July, when Koco Blaq’s runway show walked at the Art Hearts Fashion Miami Swim Week in Miami, Florida.
Continue readingLisseth Corrao’s collection helps AIDS foundation
Models walk the runway wearing Lisseth Corrao at Art Hearts Fashion NYFW The Shows presented by AIDS Healthcare Foundation at The Angel Orensanz Foundation on Sept. 13 in New York City. (Photos by Arun Nevader/Getty Images for Art Hearts Fashion)
Continue readingIbrahim Vukel’s latest shows ‘Heart’
Ibrahim Vukel presented his latest collection at Art Hearts Fashion NYFW The Shows, which was held by AIDS Healthcare Foundation at The Angel Orensanz Foundation on September 12, 2016 in New York City.
Continue readingArt takes the stage at Art Hearts Fashion
There was art on the runway for the Rocky Gathercole show, which was part of the Art Heart Fashion shows at Miami Swim Week on July 14. There were all sorts of metal embellishments, some architectural, some tecture-centric. There also was a good measure of peek-a-boo mesh touches on the
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