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Connecticut model takes the Atlantic City runway

February 24, 2021 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut model Lindiana Frangu joined her peers from across the region at Atlantic City Fashion Week in New Jersey Feb. 19 and 20. At the event, the teen walked for several designers participating in the event held at the Showboat Hotel Atlantic City. PHOTOS by MIKE

Twice as nice with Society 21

February 23, 2021 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you missed the runway show of Society 21 on the afternoon of Feb. 19 at Atlantic City Fashion Week, you didn’t have to wait too long for a second glance at Connecticut brand’s ready to wear. Joseph Wade’s collection, which featured swimsuits, streetwear and sportswear,

COVID or no COVID, Atlantic City Fashion Week is a go

February 5, 2021 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com COVID-19 still has the fashion industry rethinking staples of its calendar such as the myriad of fashion weeks. In New York City, most designers are going virtual with their collection presentations. However, with an abundance of caution, Atlantic City Fashion Week in New Jersey, is going

Atlantic City event on tap for busy Conn. designer

February 4, 2021 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com COVID-19 has put a halt on many aspects of life across the globe. But for Connecticut’s Joseph Wade, the pandemic never put a damper on his drive to make fashion. Wade, who is responsible for the Society 21 brand, explained in an email, “As a designer,

On the boardwalk where dreams come true

January 29, 2021 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Atlantic City Fashion Week is coming up in February and a Connecticut model has been tapped to walk the runway. Lindiana Frangu of Woodbury is one of the many models selected in a virtual casting for the annual event. The three nights of fashion runways will

Colombian swimwear designers raising their worldwide profile

December 3, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Despite 1,900 miles of coastline, Colombia’s swimsuit industry takes a public relations backseat to the United States, Brazil and the birthplace of the bikini, France. But designers from that nation, working in tandem with Paraiso Miami Beach are trying to raise the nation’s profile when it

Colombia’s Palmacea swim learns the power of adaptation

December 1, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The mantra of 2020 has been “adapt.” In particular, life has been about adapting to changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Colombian swimwear brand Palmacea, like many fashion brands, also has been learning to adapt. And that need to change with the times is the

Carolina Estefan’s swimwear salutes a glorious past

November 27, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The ties to a glorious past are a key inspiration for the latest swimwear collection from Colombian designer Carolina Estefan. Estefan’s line was showcased beside a team of other Colombian based designers at Destination: Colombia in Miami. The fashion event was held by Paraiso Miami Beach

Just a kid with dreams

November 19, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Layla Welch is 11 years old. But already, she has established a strong hold on the world of fashion. She also has been working toward being an actor and a songwriter. But the Pensacola, Fla. resident also recognizes her relative youth. “I will keep pushing forward,”

A virtual showcase at Plitzs

September 4, 2020 Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Plitzs New York City Fashion Week is joining the march to virtual runway shows this fall as COVID-19 has forced many fashion events to bar the public from their seasonal showcases. This year, fashion week in New York was pushed off until Sept. 13-16 rather than

Strut your Luli Fama with confidence

September 3, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Lourdes Luli Hanimian of Luli Fama swimwear is all about boosting the confidence of women for next season’s collection. Luli Fama provided a colorful virtual livestreamed runway capper to this year’s Paraiso Miami Beach with its Diosa (Goddess) collection. The mood board for Luli Fama’s new

Live fashion events on hold this fall in NYC

July 25, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion fans and fashion retailers hoping to make an exodus to New York City to check out what’s on trend will have to wait till next year as the big runway shows likely will become virtual in September and fashion trade shows set for September and

Write on me with Smock Me

June 30, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Smock Me presented a graffiti influenced, upcycled collection at Society Fashion Week in New this past February. The line, which featured women’s and men’s garments, was full of vibrant colors, cool silhouettes and creative graffiti, custom embellishments. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

Behavior tech by day, model when runways open again

June 23, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN Runway shows may be on standby as the fashion world waits for the COVID-19 pandemic to subside. But Mariangely Silva, a registered behavior technician in Florida, will be ready to take her walk when the calls for talent resume. The experienced model recently won the Magnifique Fashion

Summer fashion show goes virtual this year

May 29, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The longstanding tradition of a live fashion show is in jeopardy in a post-COVID-19 world. In response, fashion is going virtual. One fashion organization with Connecticut ties, New York Summer Fashion Explosion, will be dipping its toes into virtual fashion shows in June. Worldwide fashion shows

Going Gaga over Candy-Rock

May 25, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With Lady Gaga set to release her latest album, “Chromatica,” this week, the spotlight is set to shine on outrageous, rock ‘n’ roll fashion drawing upon the outer edges of pop culture. In September 2019, Candy-Rock Couture showed a women’s collection at Society Fashion Week that

MTVs Karina Seabrook leaves behind the drama for fashion

May 16, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Karina Seabrook was getting her big modeling break. In the fourth episode of the first season of “Families of The Mafia” on MTV, Seabrook, the granddaughter of Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, underboss of the Gambino family, had a chance to exercise her dreams of being a

Keeping it real with Rae’El

May 3, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sexy clubwear was the name of the game when Rae’el presented its latest collection during New York Fashion Week in February at 393 NYC on Broadway in New York City. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

One World Peace for a positive fashion message

April 6, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com One World Peace offered a positive message with its urban, casual wear, ready to wear collection shown at Society Fashion Week in February during New York Fashion Week. The Los Angeles based brand offered clothing for women, men, teens and children PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

Sprinkle a little glitz on the runway

March 24, 2020 Mike Chaiken

Giannina Azar provided a glamorous collection that drew from some of the most glitzy moments of fashion’s past. At the designer’s runway show at Art Hearts Fashion during New York Fashion Week in February, the collection of gowns offered touches of 1920s art deco, 1930s Busby Berkley Hollywood musicals and

Shea’s the face

March 18, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Shea Jackson loves Chixit and Chixit loves Shea. The young model from New Jersey not only has walked the runway for the brand. She also is the face of Chixit, serving as the avatar for Chixit’s social media presence. Now in her teens, Shea said her

Go ahead, get out of the house in Jori Yelir

March 8, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Jori Yelir offered a collection at February’s Society Fashion Week in New York City that had a classy, dressed up feel but fun enough for a rejuvenating night out on the town with your friends. The line shown as part of New York Fashion Week at

The prints were royal for Palace Affair

February 27, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The fabric was queen for Palace Affair at its Society Fashion Week runway show on Feb. 7. There were draped dresses, purses, wraps, and scarves at the New York Fashion week runway show at Broad Street Ballroom. But the form all served to highlight the creative

Fashion goes to the dogs… and models, too

February 15, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The second full weekend of February found two worlds converging on New York City, New York Fashion Week began on Feb 6. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show began two days later on Feb. 8. The worlds of fashion and canines also converged on 393 Broadway

Having fun with Chixit

February 12, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Chixit brought an energetic, vivacious, and fun runway show to Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 7. The brand offered a relaxed and casual ready-to- wear collection at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York Ciity with its brand emblazoned on each

Triple X goes wild in the street

February 11, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Whether intentional or not, Mister Triple X’s latest fashion collection, which was shown at Art Hearts Fashion Week on Feb. 6, evoked several pop culture references in my mind. The line, which offered women’s and men’s wear, shown as part of New York Fashion Week squarely

Heaven and hell… and Stupid Cupid Steampunk

February 4, 2020 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 the traditional Biblical sense, fashions of Kristin Costa in a presentation of her latest collection, Book of Revelations II. Throughout

Getting hitched or going to the ball with Daniette

January 26, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At the September 2019 installment of Society Fashion Week, Daniette from Savannah, Ga. showed off her elegant bridal, evening, and prom gowns. This is what guests during New York Fashion Week at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York City NYFW returns in February. PHOTOS by

Model wants happiness… and a cat

January 15, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTfashionmag.com Blaise deVos is looking for feline company. And she wants to be happy. In a long email interview with the 16-year-old model who has been a social media juggernaut over the past year, Blaise spoke about her long-term goals as a fashion model. Blaise offered up

Crowned in De Lauraine Designs

January 10, 2020 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Toni Lau presented her line De Lauraine Designs on the runway at Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week back in September. The collection offered her take on prom and pageant gowns. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN