by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sia Dezigns used the runway as the medium for an African fairytale at the “Life in Color: Motherland” fashion show held Feb. 26. The evening, which […]
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Designer Virginia Cathey celebrates her creative diversity at ‘Motherland’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Virginia Cathey offered a diverse collection on the runway that offered a nod to traditional African garments to formalwear to club-worthy garments at the “Life […]
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Marc Defang let’s his targeted customers walk the runway at NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Marc Defang is a favorite of pageant competitors and titleholders. And at hiTechMODA during New York Fashion Week in February, pageant competitors and titleholders of […]
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Alfords presents a lineup of titleholders during NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Several pageant titleholders had the opportunity to place their crowns atop of their heads and to slide on their sashes as they took part in New […]
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Africa invoked in One Powerful Kingdom
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com African creativity was the theme. And One Powerful Kingdom celebrated the theme with great aplomb with a variety of colorful prints at Chasity Aniece Production’s runway […]
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Ren Haixi: As recommended by Kendall and Kylie Jenner
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sustainable fashion-oriented designer Ren Haixi has already garnered the attention of Kendall and Kylie Jenner (https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/haixi-ren-designer-kendall-jenner. On Feb. 9, she grabbed the attention of guests at […]
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Fashion with a touch of edge from Renee Masoomian
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion using cotton, wool and silk is not an uncommon sight when designers strut their late creations out in front of the public on a runway. […]
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Rehearsing for the ‘Motherland’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The night before the Life in Color: Motherland fashion show to be held today by Chasity Aniece Productions at Tide and True Studios, 25 Van Zandt […]
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Backstage Pass: Behind the scenes at London Fashion Week
by VICTORIA HENLEY CTFashionMag.com Held twice annually in our great “mother country” of England, London Fashion Week comprises a portion of “The Big 4” fashion week events (along with New […]
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A little fantasy on the runway
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There were oodles of style references to fantasy as princesses, fairies and Greek goddesses were all invoked in Mila Hoffman’s latest collection for tweens and teens. […]
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Veritee Hill finds a fashion crossroads
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer Veritee Hill has found the crossroads where steampunk, meets classic burlesque meets Ziegfeld Follies meets steampunk meets light Victorian bondage. Hill presented her fun […]
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A foundation of tradition provides support to the modern at Vastra
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Vastra offered a collection that built upon the foundation of traditional Indian garments but projected it through a prism of modernity and high fashion. It was […]
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Upcycled, with a touch of fabulous at John Mangru
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Repurposed and reused never looked so fabulous. Evoking the spirit of Versace and Jean Paul Gaultier, Irish design John Mangru offered up a drag-alicious upcycled collection […]
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The LBD, Elizabeth Cordelia style
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Elizabeth Cordelia Designs offered variations on the LBD, i.e. the little black dress, in her all-ages women’s and men’s formalwear collection dubbed “Venetian Vibe.” The overall […]
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Oitijhyo honors Indian sartorial tradition at NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Oitijhyo: The Tradition presented its new bridal collection, dubbed “Abha,” at hiTechMODA during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 10. The garments, shown on the runway […]
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Riley’s return trip to NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com North Haven, Conn.’s Riley Doyle will be putting her love for fashion and love for walking the catwalk into action this month when the teen returns […]
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Go ahead, get posh
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com G.I.T.O. Fashions offered a posh collection of women’s wear for those luxurious nights on the town. Step into the stretch limo, grab your champagne flute and […]
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G. Lux opens with style
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com G-Lux opened the ITS the Room fashion show at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford on Jan. 21 with a stylish mix of dresses, separates and […]
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Donald Carter brings the style
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com New Haven fashion fixture, Donald Carter Kouture, made a firm declaration of style at the ITS the Room fashion show held at the Connecticut Post Mall […]
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Custo Barcelona gets swinging for tropical weather
During Art Hearts Fashion in Los Angeles in October, Custo Barcelona offered up a collection that could best be described as Swinging Sixties meet Disco Seventies for a warm weather […]
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Mix of influences walks the Giannina Azar runway in L.A.
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com I spied an intriguing mix of Asian, Polynesian and Mexican influences in Giannina Azar’s collection presented at Art Hearts Fashion Week in Los Angeles on Oct. […]
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Head to the festival and go straight to VIP
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Carmen Steffes offered up a collection at Art Hearts Fashion Week in Los Angeles on Oct. 13 that was perfect for those VIP tents at […]
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There was an Extravaganza in the ballroom during SOFWCT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Sound of Fashion Week CT showed its support for the LGBTQ+ community with the return of its Extravaganza fashion show, featuring a runway show highlighting […]
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The ‘Lights’ shine for Sound of Fashion Week CT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Music and fashion combined as the Sound of Fashion Week CT continued with the All of the Lights Fashion Show in East Hartford, Conn. The evening […]
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Ladies and gentlemen, the teens of SOFWCT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A sellout crowd was on hand for a Sunday night fashion show featuring five collections modeled by teens. At Hartford’s Connecticut Science Center, Sound of Fashion […]
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Backstage among the teens for SOFWCT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The teens took charge on the runway and behind the scenes at Sound of Fashion Week CT’s first ever teen fashion show. This is what was […]
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Maximum impact for Troy Anthony with Maximus
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut designer Troy Anthony traveled south to DC Fashion Week recently to unveil his womenswear and menswear line he called, “Maximus.” CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
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Zipporaa presents its architectural/ landscape influenced line
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Zipporaa Designs presented a collection that highlighted its landscape and architectural influenced designs. The show was held as part of Small Boutique Fashion Week during New […]
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Art on fabric
Naps and Nites presented a line of hand-painted scarves at Small Boutique Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 10. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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From the ballroom to the club to the street with Shop the Runway
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Shop the Runway offered up a mix of clubwear, formalwear and street wear in its runway show at Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week […]
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