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Talking hair

November 10, 2016 Mike Chaiken

By TRICIA AQUILAR Special to CTFashionMag.com Let’s talk about hair. I have been cutting for over 20 years. I’m always surprised by how many people do not know that hair is dead. It is, so there is not much you can do to repair it. There are products that

On The Nose With Rozana… at The Pink Gala!

November 8, 2016 Mike Chaiken

On The Nose With Rozana Tamis at The Pink Gala! CTFashionMag.com correspondent Rozana Tamis continues her fashion adventures in Connecticut at Pink & Pretty Presents The Pink Gala! at Fantasia in North Haven, Conn. See more photographs from The Pink Gala! here.

The phantoms of fashion: Behind the scenes with hair and makeup

October 16, 2016 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On the runway, the focus tends to be on the garments and the models. But before the designer helps the model to step into their latest garments or the models take that first step on to the catwalk before a crowd of fashionistas, the hair and

Before the diploma, before the magic, it’s the grind

October 6, 2016 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com They arrived at 7 a.m. at the Aqua Turf, Plantsville, Conn. The guests didn’t arrive until 1 p.m. But, the students of the International Institute of Cosmetology of Wethersfield, Conn. and Plainville, Conn. arrived at the crack of dawn to make sure their hair and makeup

Hair styles from the future of hair stylists

October 5, 2016 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As part of the International Institute of Cosmetology’s graduation ceremonies at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville, Conn., students from the Plainville, Conn. and Wethersfield, Conn. offered a runway show where they showed their hair creations that demonstrated what they learned at the local institution. PHOTOS by MIKE

Troy Anthony brings the fantasy and romance to Hartford Fashion Week

September 29, 2016 Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Hartford Fashion Week returns for a second season this month. And Troy Anthony is back for a second trip down the runway. Anthony, the driving force behind, Troy Anthony Designs, will be showing his latest collection on Friday, Oct. 14 at Union Station in Hartford. For

The threads of fashion are gathered

September 27, 2016 Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion photographs appear to be a seamless tapestry of a fantasy of style. Before the tapestry is presented to the world, the individual threads have to be woven together into a whole. For an upcoming feature about fashion designer Troy Anthony as a preview for Hartford

They’ve all got to do it

September 23, 2016 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Your age doesn’t matter if you’re a runway model. If you’re younger or the typical age for a fashion model, you have to get your makeup done. You have to get your hair done. And you have to finetune your runway walks, learn where the lights

A little backstage action in CT rather than NY

September 15, 2016 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It wasn’t the mayhem at New York Fashion Week. It was more of a slice of fashion week action in Connecticut. At the Kathy Faber Designs fashion show at the Women’s Expo in Hartford on Sept. 11, backstage was a familiar scene at fashion shows around

Dress up time for Miss Connecticut

September 9, 2016 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On Thursday, Miss Connecticut Alyssa Taglia got to play “dress-up.” On the third night of preliminary competition in Atlantic City, N.J. for the Miss America pageant, the Nutmeg State fashion icon stepped onto stage in a swimsuit for the Lifestyle and Fitness phase of competition. Later

Celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson to speak at cosmetology school graduation

August 27, 2016 Mike Chaiken

On Oct. 2 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, the International Institute of Cosmetology will be hosting its 13th graduation ceremony and fashion show for the 130 graduates for cosmetology, aesthetics, and makeup. World renowned hairstylist Ted Gibson will be delivering the commencement speech for graduates and guests. Press

After we say goodbye to the sun

August 11, 2016 Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As temperatures rise to the 90s again this summer in the northeast, and with summer full entrenched in its house, you may find it difficult to contemplate that summer will fade soon enough into autumn. So, that sun-kissed golden tan you’ve picked up sitting alongside your

Flower power… minus the flowers

July 13, 2016 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Don’t bring me flowers. Or, what do you mean you don’t have any flowers? Sometimes, for those special occasions, you want a floral headpiece. You like the look and you think it will complement that new dress you bought at the exquisite boutique in the shopping

A peek into the VIP room

June 4, 2016 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Prior to the KARO Swimwear runway show at the Belvedere Café and Restaurant in New Britain, the designer Kasia Roginska and the models waited in the VIP room, getting their makeup and hair done and picking out their swimwear and accessories. Additionally, they visited the runway

Behind the curtain of ‘Love…’

May 16, 2016 Mike Chaiken

Before the models took to the runway for the Love Conquers All and Connecticut Fashion Week fashion show on May 14 at Sutra in Hartford, there was plenty of hustle and bustle to get those models ready. And there was time for the guests to arrive and take in the