by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionmag.com Steadfast Boutique offered a runway show of jeweled tones and formal wear for a variety of ages in its runway show at the Edison Ballroom as […]
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Ambition and talent on display at Bel Ange Couture
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You can’t accuse Peyton Herron of lacking ambition and skill. The 14-year-old brains of Bel Ange Couture has been designing clothes since she was 8 years […]
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Butterflies are free
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Elizabeth Cordelia Designs, the collection created by Nicole Reichenbach, invoked butterflies in detail and spirit in its latest line of youth fashions. Elizabeth Cordelia hit the […]
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Queenly fashions from Chloe Pearl
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Although press materials for Chloe Pearl’s debut collection invoked her 1990s influences, the spirit of the collection of lingerie shown at Runway7 on Feb. 11 during […]
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Chic Chick at NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Chick offered up a sleek and sporty athleisure collection for teens at its fall/ winter show held in the Sony Hall as part of Runway7’s New […]
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It’s a celebration at Ydamys Simo
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ydamys Simo offered up a celebratory collection full of joy for young adults at Runway7 during New York Fashion Week on Jan. 10. The fall/ winter […]
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Creativity from David Aguilar in New Jersey
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer David Aguilar took a creative and elegant line of evening gowns to the runway at Atlantic City Fashion Week at the Showboat Hotel in […]
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Saturday morning style
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On a Saturday morning, Nov. 20, the order of the day was breakfast, mimosas, music… and fashion with a Connecticut twist. Early Rise Breakfast Party Couture, […]
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Rise and style on Saturday
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Wake up and feast on fashion on Saturday, Nov. 20. And wake up with an eye-opening sizzle as Fio Dulce Doll Boutique https://www.fiodulcedolls.com/ in Wallingford presents […]
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RJ Brands: Sharp, dude. Sharp
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com RJ Brands Custom presented a cool, sharp upcycled streetwear collection at Atlantic City Fashion Week in September. The men’s and women’s brand would have looked right […]
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Krissy King bursts forth on the NYFW runway
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Krissy King offered up a large, extensive, diverse colorful and joyful collection at Society Fashion Week. The line presented in the Angel Orensanz Center in the […]
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Bob Mackie would be proud
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com I had memories of 1970s TV variety shows when Bob Mackie ruled the wardrobe (think Cher post-Sonny or Diana Ross, post-Supremes), Vegas showgirls and Marilyn Monroe […]
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SOFWCT: A touch of Brooklyn in CT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Casey Russell of Claude Russell NYC showed the brand’s latest line at Sound of Fashion Week CT in Norwalk, Conn. on Oct. 9. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based […]
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SOFWCT: Before the magic begins
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Before the models hit the runway at Tide and True Studios in Norwalk, Conn., there was a lot of prep that had to be undertaken before […]
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Parq West provides more than a ride down the street
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Parq West offered up a collection in September that drew from the world of streetwear without being married to it. It was a polished, cool and […]
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The heart of darkness
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Dark Jasmine unveiled a collection at Society Fashion Week in September that was…, well, dark. Shown during New York Fashion Week at the Angel Orenzanz Center […]
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Having a ball with Sound of Fashion Week’s Extravaganza
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ballroom and fashion partnered up on Oct. 4 as Sound of Fashion Week CT began with Extravaganza, a runway show held at Soiree in Waterbury, Conn. […]
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The Kulture Collection blurs the lines
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At Atlantic City Fashion Week, the Kulture Collection offered up a selection at the Showboat Hotel on Sept. 18 that imaginatively blurred the line between streetwear, […]
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A touch of elegance from Orlando Caquias
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Philadelphia based fashion designer Orlando Caquias showed a classy and elegant well-tailored collection of gowns and formal wear at Atlantic City Fashion Week at the Showboat […]
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When gods walked the earth
There was a time when rock and roll musicians were the young gods. The youth brand Young Gods presented a collection that turned tweens and teens into rock and roll […]
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Take me to Pluto: MM Milano’s collection at Society Fashion Week
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com MM Milano’s “Pluto” collection, which was shown at Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 12, was appropriately named. As the models walked […]
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Swing it than upcycle it
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Beverly Tu’s brand Bifoli 2 offered up a swinging ’60s hip vibe meets 2021 upcycled streetwear vibe as her models took to the runway at Atlantic […]
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Kiss the sky with MM Milano’s Celestial
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com MM Milano’s “Celestial” collection shown at Society Fashion Week in New York City found the designer Chona Bacaco mixing and matching Eastern and Western fashion conventions. […]
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Cool sustainable fashions from Alma Reid
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At Atlantic City Fashion Week on Sept. 17, fashion designer Alma Reid offered up a cool collection that tapped into the philosophy of sustainability full of […]
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Designers turn the unexpected into winning fashions
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You’ve lounged in your favorite fashions on your favorite furniture. But have you considered turning your favorite furniture into fashion? Atlantic City Fashion Week held a […]
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Sisters’ Spring Cheetah roars into NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A pair of sisters sprang into action and sprang their fashion line on the crowd at Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week Sept. 12. […]
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A summer comes to a close
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On Labor Day, the symbolic last day of summer, Massachusetts sisters Bailey and Molly Shippee took full of advantage of the respite that a day in […]
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We’re golden
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It’s only appropriate that a contestant crowned Miss Bikini Golden Beach should be shot at the golden hour. Danni Marie is seen at Miami Beach as […]
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Meet Tre’s Custome Designz
Tre’s Custome Designz was one of the designers tapped as a winner at the recent Magnifique Showcase held by former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Victoria Henley. CONTRIBUTED
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In the south, but not south enough
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com North Texas is in the south. But it’s not as far south as Miami. So, model Katie Marie Edwards traveled to North Beach in south Florida […]
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