Runway7 – CTFashionMag

Funari is coloring her world this season

September 21, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You saw something different as soon as the first model stepped onto the catwalk for Funari New York at Runway7 on Sept. 9 during New York Fashion Week. For the spring-summer 2023 collection, Janelle Funari, the brand’s designer and namesake, has stopped seeing solely in subdued

A modern take on tradition from Sasmita Batika

September 21, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Using traditional Indonesian folk costumes as the basis of her collection, designer Sasmita Batika offered up a vibrant, fun and modern collection that reflected her Asian heritage. The line was presented at Runway7 during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 9. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

Fiery fashions from Estelle B.

September 20, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Estelle B. offered up a smoking collection at Runway7 on Sept. 9 during New York Fashion Week. The silhouettes alone were enough to give the line the “smoking” designation. They were body skimming and full of peek-a-boo cutouts. But the color palette– full of oranges, yellows

Technicolor viewing from Iniquity

September 15, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Iniquity dipped its toes into monochrome at New York Fashion Week but technicolor dominated the collection presented at Runway7 on Sept. 9. The line for men and women offered a selection of unique silhouettes at the runway show at Sony Hall. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

Formally known as TCNY

September 15, 2022 Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It was all a formality for brand TCNY at Runway7 during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 9. The brand presented a line of formalwear at Sony Hall in New York City that ran the gamut from bridalwear to flower girls to cocktail dresses to wear

Forever Fearless and empowerment

September 13, 2022 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 on Sept. 9. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN

Queenly fashions from Chloe Pearl

February 16, 2022 Mike Chaiken

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 New York Fashion Week seemed to bend more toward a 21st century Hollywood version of a certain French queen.