by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In the summer of 2022, you can keep cool and be cool in at least two ways. You can go casual and slip on a crochet-style tank top and the shorts. Or you can go for a more pulled together look and slip on a light
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the temperatures soar to the 90s-plus, nothing you wear really feels cool enough. But a cotton dress at least offers you a pulled-together look as you avoid the sweat shifting from the air-conditioned car to the air-conditioned restaurant for that night out with friends. Model
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sometimes your black dress doesn’t have to be a little black dress. Sometimes it can be a maxi black dress. Model Ella Perillo opted for the latter on a recent summer’s day shoot. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com An under bust corset belt adds a retro edge to your outfit. Here, model Alexis Accomando uses her corset belt to transform a throwback pin-up type dress and a simple cotton gauze top and ripped jeans. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’ve hit the summer sheds or the arenas for a concert featuring your favorite singer or group, you’ve probably seen it. The fashionable set are reaching for the retro this season. Model Abigail Friend offers her take on this “look back” trend in 2022. PHOTOS
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The definition of formal wear for women has been evolving in recent fashion seasons. Pant suits, for instance, are now popping up for future brides. And rather than long flowing gowns, some women are boldly opting for jumpers at the ball. Model Lili Rojek sparkles in a formal jumper of
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You don’t always have to wait for blue skies. You can bring them along for you. Model Mariana Duong Vazquez wears a sky blue top and shorts matching set on a warm New England afternoon. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN Mariana Duong Vazquez appears courtesy of JC
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Yellow is the color of the sun. Subsequently, it has become the color of joy. Taking advantage of the summer sun, model Chiara Espineli finds a moment of joy in her yellow jumper. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN Model Chiara Espineli appears courtesy of JC Models of
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you’re doing that tourist thing that we do in summer, we could look as if we fell out of bed in tees and sweats. Or we could pull ourselves together and add a little style to our day. Model Sophia Modica chooses the latter as
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Warm weather brings the temptation to go camping. Fire pits, grills and sleeping bags. But roughing it doesn’t necessarily have to mean back-to-nature. Glamping is a thing. Really. That’s when nature meets luxury. So you get your trees and your champagne. Model Mariana Duong Vazquez, who
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Every woman should keep a little black dress for those moments when a gown is too formal and leggings are too gauche. But a LBD doesn’t have to be basic. Model Lili Rojek poses in her selection that offers up a little bit of oomph on
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionCom.com In the old song by Ricky Nelson, a “garden party” symbolized a moment of personal transformation. Nelson, a former teen idol who grew up to be an adult, sang, “When I got to the garden party… No one recognized me/ I didn’t look the same.” Model
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When it comes to the arts and literature, colors have meanings. For instance, green means nature. Blue means reflection. And yellow, the color of sunshine, means warmth and joy. Coldplay sang about how a woman who had made the protagonist happy reminded him of the color in the song “Yellow.”
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Pulling out their crystal ball, the prognosticators at Fashion Snoops are seeing plenty of orange in your future. Fashion Snoops, a trend forecasting agency, wrote in a recent missive, “Orange becomes the new it color, as consumers embrace this mood-boosting hue for its nostalgic refreshment and
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The sun is here for summer in the northeast. What better way to keep cool than dancing barefoot in a sundress in a trendy blue? Model Alyssa Barna shows off her warm weather style. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com You don’t have to be sad, but you should be glad to wear blue. That’s the expected color trend for fashion this year, according to one of the trendsetters at WGSN, an agency that tracks what’s hot and what’s not. Ana Maria Posada from WGSN, pulling
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The temptation is real. Graduation is coming and you know the cap and gown is coming as well. Your style is going to be hidden away from prying eyes. So, you figure you can get away with an old AC/DC shirt and sweats since no one
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With a three-day weekend ahead, Americans are heading out to camping grounds by lakes and by the hills to “rough it.” If you’re going to get back to nature, you might as well look polished as you do. Model Annalisa Hair rocks her tank top and
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A pair of favorite shorts is a must-have wardrobe item to keep cool as the northeast temperatures soar into the 90s– as they inevitably do during the summer. But grab a flannel or a hoodie to keep warm at the fire pit once the sun sets
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com People are beginning to be seen out in public again. And there is a sense that the sweats and slippers need to be set aside in our dresser drawers. As the weather warms, the time is ripe to dress up once again. Model Molly Shippee is
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Whether heading out to the beach or lake, you don’t want to blend into the sand or grass. Don’t risk camouflage. Go for bold prints and colors like model Annalisa Hair has done in these 1970s inspired bikinis. Swimsuits by Shein. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Outdoor concert is underway for 2022. After a couple of quiet years thanks to a certain virus, bands and artists are out in force. When you’re jamming out under the stars, you want to pick an outfit that’s cool and keeps you warm when the temperatures
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sometimes a bridge can be too far. But sometimes that bridge can bring you in close. Model Annalisa Hair poses in a ’70s inspired outfit in Hebron, Conn. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Spring means it’s time for an all-American wardrobe. That means tees, tanks, denim shorts and blue jeans. Model Chiara Espineli poses on a sunny day in Beacon Falls, Conn. in her all-American wardrobe. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN Chiara appears courtesy of JC Models of Connecticut.
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Choosing your wardrobe, you have choices. For instance, you can choose to blend into the background. You can be part of the crowd. Or you can choose to stand out and declare yourself the center of attention. On the streets of New Haven’s Yale University, model
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In the early days of New England spring, before the frost advisories are shelved till the fall, any little bit of green tends to stand out. Model Chiara Espineli from JC Models of Connecticut stands out in Indian Well State Park in Shelton. PHOTOS by MIKE
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com April showers bring May flowers. Spring is in flux. But the warm weather and the sun are coming. Model Chiara Espineli of JC Models of Connecticut tries to coax spring out of its hiding space with a cute spring wardrobe. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Spring break travelers are clogging airports and transport stations across the country. And the popular stops are the ones along the coastlines of America. This means the beach is calling. And this means swimwear is tucked into suitcases of every shape and size. Model Avaryana Rose
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you want your art to shine, Ron Vestal’s Glow-Art dresses are an option. The creations from the designer use a process that cause the fabrics to visually react differently to different light sources. Fluorescent light makes the garments appear one way and UV light makes
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by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Avaryana Rose would have given the magpies a fit. Magpies, you see, are drawn to shiny objects. And the Florida sun was shimmering off the shiny waters of a busy bay. And the sunlight also was busy bouncing off the shimmering and shiny abstract rainbow
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