June 2018 – CTFashionMag

Pulling the backstage curtain aside at NYSFE

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Before the guests filed across the red carpet and mingled over drinks and hors d’oeuvres at the NYSFE runway event at the Hotel Pennsylvania in N.Y.C. […]

Hitting their ‘Target’ on swimwear

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With New England heading into a heat wave of 90 degree plus temperatures as June slides into July– and the 4th of July holiday looming– many […]

Taste Nigeria with Richy Rich

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Richy Rich clothing can trace its roots to Nigeria. Nigeria is a diverse country with over 500 different language and a cultural division equal parts Christian […]

Celebrities explode with style on the runway at NYSFE

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN The celebrities came out for the night at June 23’s New York Summer Fashion Explosion runway show. The show was hosted by Amara La Negra from “Love […]

Sophisticated and stylish to celebrate life beyond elementary, middle school

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN With school out for the year, many parents are planning parties to celebrate their daughters’ promotion to middle school or high school. Typically, this means a party […]

Blinded by the jewels: BIB by Tammy Simone

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Jewel tones were queens of the castle in the latest collection shown by BIB by Tammy Simone. The runway show at NYSFE (New York Summer Fashion […]

Upcycling the cool way with Burning Guitars at NYSFE

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Burning Guitars Clothing opened the NYSFE runway event at the Hotel Pennsylvania with a collection that took a hip and cool approach to upcycling. Upcycling can […]

Fashion model amid the classic car models

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com UNCASVILLE, Conn.– Classic cars are about style. Like the latest garments out of New York or Paris, there are different silhouettes. Sometimes the lines are sharply […]

A treasure trove of evening gowns at Miss CT, Miss CT OT

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The evening gown phase of the Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen competitions has traditionally been about showing the contestants’ poise and style. After the […]

9-year-old is ‘big’ in New York

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A Southington, Conn. 9-year-old has become really big in modeling this past week. Kylie Watson already had been selected in early June by Supermodels Unlimited magazine […]

Pageant dreams in suburban Connecticut

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There are pageants all across the country on any given weekend where young girls set into motion their dreams of becoming the next Miss America or […]

This one is for the fathers out there

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by PATRICIA MILLER CTFashionMag.com Someone asked me recently to define hero. I, of course, thought of my mother. Her legacy defines hero. Then I thought of my brother, a three […]

Have you tried something new?

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com It’s June and we’re about halfway through the year. It’s around the time when we start becoming uninterested with our regular routines and our fitness schedules. […]

New Miss Connecticut titleholders tapped

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A Wolcott High School student, competing in her first ever pageant, was crowned as the new Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen and a former Miss Southingtonwon Miss […]

Adding some razzmatazz to their talent pizzazz

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If your talent is going to wow the audience– and a panel of judges– you better make sure your on-stage costume has that all important wow-factor. […]

Bye bye bikini

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss America Organization made waves this past week when it announced that the Lifestyle and Fitness—the swimsuits—phase of competition are no more. However, as the […]

The Miss CT class of 2018 keeps it classy dressed in classic black

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Basic black, they say, is a must for any woman’s wardrobe. And at the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant finals on Saturday night at The Palace Theater […]

First night of Miss Connecticut out of the way

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A Wolcott woman and a contestant representing Litchfield County were among the preliminary competition winners at the first night of the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant at […]

Stashing the sash fashion: Meet Miss Southbury Micayla Barrows

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you see them compete for a crown, evening gowns, cocktail dresses, business attire, athleisure wear, and swimsuits are the uniforms of necessity. But what do […]

A throwback backstage at Hartford Fashion Week

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It’s all business on the runway as models walk in the latest styles. But backstage can be a little chaotic, a little disorganized, and full of […]