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Designers unveil fall bridal designs to buyers, press

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Bridal Fashion Week in New York in April meant that designers brought their latest collections to the city to show how brides will dazzle this coming […]

Styled by Jazz creates vibrant collection that celebrates Africa

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Styled by Jazz reached back to her heritage with a spring collection that dazzled the eye with an array of vivacious African prints at Hartford Fashion […]

Hope in the form of fashion in the latest line from Rachael Karrington Designs

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There is a scene toward the end of the musical version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple, where Celie, the main character, is finally reunited with […]

Japanalia admiration society gathers at Hartford Fashion Week launch party

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was a Japanalia lovefest on Thursday for one of the pioneers of Hartford’s fashion scene. As a cornerstone for its launch party at Chango Rosa […]

Meet some of the brains behind the fashion

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The runway shows and presentations of Hartford Fashion Week begin in earnest on Friday night at the Colt Armory in Hartford, Conn. and continue on Saturday. […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Connecticut Princess Manette Masse

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, athleisure wear, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do […]

Here’s the Dirt: A night of fashion and art at The Salon

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Art and creativity was in the air on Saturday night as Connecticut fashion designer Chinnyere McPherson of FASCHINN hosted The Wild Heart Experience at The Dirt […]

Gala, gowns, and crowns

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization celebrated in style as it held its 90th anniversary gala at Aria in Prospect, Conn. Friday night. The young women vying […]

Danbury, Conn. wants to show its fashionable side

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A group of volunteers have begun to lay the groundwork to introduce the first ever Danbury Fashion Week to Connecticut’s northern Fairfield County. Meagan Neville, who […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Bristol’s Outstanding Teen Autumn Schless

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, athleisure wear, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Naugatuck Valley Courtney Ouellette

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do titleholders wear […]

Swooping into fashion like a SWAN

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

On a recent weekend, the annual SWAN Day Connecticut photo shoot was held in advance of the April 14 arts festival at Trinity-On-Main in New Britain. The models were some […]

Meet CT’s Caribbean Queen

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Shanai Chambers is helping the sun shine a little brighter in Connecticut. The University of Connecticut in Hartford student studying for a master’s degree in social […]

They’re still comfortable, there’s just more of Uwila Warrior to love

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Founder of Uwila Warrior lingerie Lisa Mullan has said her brand was the most comfortable underwear around. And this upcoming season, there will be more comfort […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Miss Hartford County’s Outstanding Teen Julia Pahl

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

Spring is in the air, and Amare is on the bride’s mind

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With spring arriving next week, brides-to-be planning to be wed in the coming months are likely thinking about their gowns. Amare Couture by Casablanca presented its […]

Hollywood red carpets and fairy tale castles for prom 2018

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Roll out the red carpet in your mind when you begin shopping for your high school prom gown for 2018. Prom dress superstar brands like Sherri […]

Designers go see models on go-see for Hartford Fashion Week

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The designers are in place. And on Saturday, the prospective models lined up for a casting to see who would get to walk in Hartford Fashion […]

Mayana Geneviere: Practical, feminine, and body positive

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Nadine M. Woods of Toronto, Ontario, saw a need. Woods, who attended The Lingerie Selection at the Daylight Studios in New York City in February, saw […]

The Giving Bride reaches out to the Winter Bride

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Maggie Gillette of The Giving Bride was at this season’s The Lingerie Collection at the Daylight Studios in New York City in February to meet with […]

Red carpet style earmarks this ‘Experience’

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was bling and glamour in the capitol city Sunday night worthy of the Oscars. Guests donned their stylish finery at the AIDS Connecticut Red Carpet […]

Local stylist highlights ‘vibrant’ men’s styles

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

Connecticut transplantee Amber Ashli, originally from New York City, has taken on a style mission to highlight “Vibrant Men’s Styling.” This is the first in what she intends as a […]

The variety of TeAta Amoon

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

TeAta Amoon demonstrated her facility to design for a variety of women’s shapes during her runway show held at Society Fashion Week on Feb. 10 at the Roosevelt Hotel in […]

Getting decadent like Studio 54 in Coco de Mer

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On Monday, Feb. 26, British lingerie brand Coco de Mer will invoke the spirit of the decadent disco New York of the 1970s when it celebrates […]

Art deco on the catwalk at Elie Madi

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Yes, fashionistas, Hartford Fashion Week is coming

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The question in central Connecticut fashion circles has been, will Hartford Fashion Week happen and when will it happen. Finally, the questions are being answered by […]

Energetic modesty

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Mark Twain, here’s The Red Umbrella you asked for

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Red Umbrella offered up a kids’ collection at Society Fashion Week that evoked thoughts of Mark Twain, “Little House on the Prairie,” and Charles Dickens. […]

Women take up a red fashion sense to fight heart disease

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

Celebrities gathered in New York City Thursdayto support American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women’s Red Dress Collection™ presented by Macy’s . This year’s show, hosted by Marisa Tomei (My […]

‘Project Runway’ winner offers the art and the fashion at Art Hearts Fashion

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

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