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Forever Fearless and empowerment

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Promoting a sense of empowerment and self-help, Forever Fearless brand presented a line of athletic wear mixed with streetwear at Runway7 during New York Fashion Week […]

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 […]

Dust of Gods makes its declaration that its ‘not’ like other fashion houses

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Dadaist Marcel Duchamp gave the world “readymades.” Essentially, the artist would sign his name to objects that already existed and then call them his creation. The […]

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 […]

Little Royals perfect for big dress-up occasions

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There are those special occasions for your child or teen, where the wardrobe requirements call for more than just a trip to The Gap or Target. […]

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 […]

Princesses rule the runway

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Romantic dreams of finding love and happiness at the big ball glided down the runway at Society Fashion Week as Bound by the Crown Couture and […]

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 […]

Let’s go to the club… or step out onto the red carpet

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For its latest collection presented at Society Fashion Week on Feb. 10, Alexandria Dianna presented a collection that would make a woman the center of attention […]

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. […]

‘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 […]

At the art of it all

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion can be about finding the perfect out for a night out or at the office. Fashion also can be about creativity, pushing the concept of […]

Jean-Paul Goude makes his mark with Desigual

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

On Sept. 7, Desigual unveiled its Spring/Summer 2018 show at New York Fashion Week. It marked Jean-Paul Goude’s first step as artistic director of the brand (his appointment was made […]

Royal runway from Janay Deann

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As soon as the first model walked onto the runway with an emerald green cape, I couldn’t help but think “princess” at the Janay Deann runway […]

Fun, flirty, energetic style from Brittany Nicole

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

Brittany Nicole presented a fun, flirty, colorful, and energetic collection at Style Fashion Week in New York this past weekend. This is what came across the runway aboard the Intrepid […]

Talking with Taylor… Prom

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

CTFashionMag.com’s straight-talking correspondent Taylor Plourd takes a look at prom gown trends for 2017.

Zip it up, they’ll take it

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Laurel Dewitt loves fashion at NYFW

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Mike Chaiken

Laurel Dewitt showed her most recent collection at Art Hearts Fashion NYFW The Shows Presented by AIDS Healthcare Foundation back in September.

Lisseth Corrao’s collection helps AIDS foundation

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]