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Heaven and hell… and Stupid Cupid Steampunk

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Victoriana of steampunk took a commercial break at the Stupid Cupid Ball at Cheney Hall in Manchester. The break’s focus was on the gothic, in […]

This ‘nerd’ has style

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You can call Ava Breeze a nerd. Go ahead, she doesn’t mind. Ava is a teen model who has appeared in print, advertisements, and has walked […]

From Ukraine to America, from the camera to the pose

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Alina Fatieieva was working on her selfie skills before she began her fashion journey in earnest. “I started as a photographer,” said the fashion model with […]

Real or faux: A question of fur

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Micayla Barrows loves the fur coat that she inherited from her grandmother, via her mother. “I never borrowed that coat from her until last year,” said […]

Traveling the best way you can

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the temperatures plunge, and you hunker down at home, thinking is the best way to travel. Model Keyla Rodriguez wears garments from Connecticut design house […]

A wave of white

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There won’t be a white Christmas in Connecticut in 2019. But Diamond Fashion Week did provide a wave of white fashions to close out this year’s […]

Dressing luxe in the midst of luxury

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Black Friday is coming. So, of course, you’d want to work your way through your shopping list in a black party dress at a mall. With […]

Lush luxury from Karlene Lindsay Designs

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Karlene Lindsay Designs presented its line of elegant evening gowns at Diamond Fashion Week in Hartford Nov. 10. Models walked the runway in a luxurious and […]

Where’s the cruise ship?

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Le Coiffeur showed its line of resort wear at Diamond Fashion Week on Nov. 10 in Hartford. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

Miss Connecticut-style fashion on parade

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Miss Connecticut Jillian Duffy may have been the style star of the morning as she offered up a top-secret preview of her Miss America wardrobe. But […]

Knitting together a fashion collection

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Michi Creations demonstrated that knitwear doesn’t have to mean just beanies, scarves, and sweaters. At Diamond Fashion Week on Nov. 9 in Hartford, the designer offered […]

Leafing it all behind

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The leaves have burst the last bit of color for fall before beginning their tumble to the ground. Model Cassandra Dove uses the moments remaining to […]

Autumn takes its hold

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The green has turned to brown and the temperatures have been tumbling down Summer, for now, is just a memory. But for a moment, one can […]

Carissa Lynne evokes a flashback

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At the recent Styleweek fashion shows in Providence, R.I., Carissa Lynne Designs offered up a late 1960s, early 1970s influenced collection that evoked the era straight […]

Young and cool in Watters bridal

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Watters family of bridal wear offered up a youthful, nearly-Bohemian collection for spring summer at The Knot Couture during New York Bridal Fashion Week on […]

Peach Carr serves up a modern fashion meal with a hip side of retro

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There may be something in the water in Providence that transports designers to the 1960s and 1970s. At Styleweek last month in Providence, designer Peach Carr […]

Brianna Moon: Hip with a whiff of nostalgia

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com While some people were getting wild and weird out on the streets, American television wanted to ride the wave of being mod, hip, and fashionable. But […]

Fashion to move your social conscience

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN No Punching Bag is a fashion brand that touts its social conscience. Domestic violence and gun violence are the top current targets in the brand’s crosshairs of […]

Stashing the sash fashion: USA National Miss Connecticut Jr. Teen Grace Kelly Nowak

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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

Enlist with Chixit

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For those who want to show their allegiance to the Chixit (http://Chixit.com) social media army or who are looking to enlist in its fashion cause, the […]

Blame the outbreak of whiplash on Candy-Rock Couture

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You literally could hear necks snap, crackle, pop as tourists on Broad Street in New York City whipped their heads around to gawk at the colorful […]

The royalty of Derell’s meets the royalty of Wall Street

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As the queens and kings of New York City’s financial district made their way down their cement castles toward their Sunday afternoon appointments with their favorite […]

You gotta look great in Willfredo Gerardo

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN The spirit of Halston and post-Sonny, pre-disco queen Cher walked the runway during the Willfredo Gerardo show at Art Hearts Fashion on Sept. 6 during New York […]

Reversing into fashion with Chixit

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion brands taking roost on social media sites is par for the course in the 21st century. Brands will post about themselves. And brands rely on […]

Camellia Couture, with apologies to Leonard Cohen

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. Models Emma Crawford, Emily Francher, and Jayden Dillenbeck take delight in their fashions from Camellia Couture from on […]

Ibid. and op. cit: The fashion of Alexandra Popescu-York

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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. There were touches of upcycled […]