by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies and self-submitted photographs that […]
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Watertown titleholder does it ‘For the Kids’ April 4
Wolcott, Conn.’s Alyssa Anderson is hoping to create some miracles on Thursday, April 4. Anderson, who is currently holding the title of Miss Greater Watertown in the Miss America Organization, […]
Read moreNo masking good intentions and good times
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Morgan Mancini is paying it forward. Last year, Mancini, the current Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen, was given a financial boost for her run at the Miss […]
Read moreThis SWAN makes art out of fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Kristin Costa showed her fashion collection at an event in Connecticut last year, her show was more walking art gallery than mobile department store. Costa’s […]
Read moreFighting back MS with fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It will be fashionable to fight Multiple Sclerosis this Friday night thanks to a Waterbury teen. Brooke Cyr, a student at Waterbury’s Holy Cross High School, […]
Read moreMarch into mindfulness this month
by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com We are still at the beginning of 2019, breaking into the start of spring, and waiting to get outside into the nicer warmer weather. Many of […]
Read moreMaking every woman feel beautiful
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Personal experience drove fashion designers Margarita Ortiz and Chelsie Gray to launch ChelRita Designs, a brand intended to empower women with the clothes they wear. “We […]
Read moreTimely trends for prom time
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The time of year has arrived when high school girls in their junior and senior years have been hitting the local boutiques and department stores in […]
Read moreModel Mob: What spring fashions are you looking forward to wearing?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies that illustrate their replies. […]
Read moreLook out! It’s Airship Darklord!
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com What Steampunk look is complete without some headgear? At the recent Brass Ring Academy and Cabaret at the New England Carousel Museum, Airship Darklord brought its […]
Read moreA Kiss from another time
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Kiss Designs sat squarely at the entrance to the recent Brass Ring Academy and Cabaret at the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, Conn. Aficionados of […]
Read moreFarewell Seventeen’s print edition, you will be missed
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Reality struck readers of venerable teenage girl magazine Seventeen this past weekend. Rather than the magazine, which was launched in 1944, subscribers received substitute issues from […]
Read moreA little whimsy from I Love Mel D
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com I Love Mel D presented a colorful and whimsical collection that offered an opportunity for tweens and teens to look cheerful as spring moves in across […]
Read moreModel Mob: Why is it important to embrace all shapes and sizes?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies and self-submitted photographs that […]
Read moreRookies join the Miss CT team
The Class of 2019 for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization is now complete after two more women were crowned at the Miss Rookie pageant on Sunday, Feb. 24. Ariana Puglisi […]
Read moreFashion with a message
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com) says that to “stay woke” is “to keep informed of the [crap] going on around you in times of turmoil and conflict. When […]
Read moreGet your mask on and get your Mardi Gras on in CT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you can’t make it to NOLA to celebrate Fat Tuesday, grab your masks and head over to the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, Conn. […]
Read moreArt deco and disco
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was a certain appropriateness to designer Grayling Purnell’s runway show at New York Fashion Week. The collection unveiled at Art Hearts Fashion on Feb. 8 […]
Read moreTired of the same old health routine
by CASSIE MCINTYRE CTFashionMag.com New Years Day feels like it was yesterday and a lot of us have committed to our New Year’s resolutions for 2019. We’ve signed up in […]
Read morePresentation teaches girls to ‘Let the Queen That Lies Within You’
SUBMISSION to CTFashionMag.com An Empowered Girls Rise Rally “Let the Queen That Lies Within You” was presented at Wolcott High School on Jan. 12. Carol Jurzyk, Ambassador for Empowered Girls […]
Read moreCamellia Couture provides a touch of elegance
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There are times when your preteen, tween, and teen needs to set aside their casual attire and dress up. Weddings, christenings, bar mitzvahs, catechisms, and just […]
Read moreBackstage melting pot
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Aspiring young models mingled with professionals at Society Fashion Week on Feb. 10 in New York City. Gathered in the lower level of Harlem Parish, an […]
Read moreModel Mob: Slacks, leggings, or dresses?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Mob is a group of area fashion models who weigh in on a variety of issues for CTFashionMag.com and provide selfies that illustrate their replies. […]
Read moreSiblings leap into fashion with Spring Cheetah
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Nike and Athleta better watch out. Sisters Kat and Ilyana Reichenbach are on the move. Kat, 13, and Ilyana, 9, both of Westchester County, N.Y., presented […]
Read moreUnderwear goes minimalist under creative eye of ‘Project Runway’ alum
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When fashion designer Kentaro Kameyama competed on “Project Runway,” his tendency to be artistic elevated (and sometimes undermined) his creations. Now that he’s no longer vying […]
Read moreTransformative fashion week
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Backstage at a fashion show is a world of transformation. Models arrive sans makeup and hair in a natural state, and under the talents of hair […]
Read moreThe sartorial eccentricity of Burning Guitars
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As rapper Smiley Jonez’ music thumped, and as the models – male and female – walked the runway, some musical thoughts came to mind during the […]
Read moreRather than strike fear, Tepito inspires: Ricardo Seco ‘Resists’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In the press handout distributed before his Art Hearts Fashion show, fashion designer Ricardo Seco called his new collection a tribute to the Mexico City neighborhood […]
Read morePaint a picture of fashion with Bad Bunny
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you like the prints used in the garments created by Bad Bunny’s Jennifer Jacob, you’re out of luck if you want to find them at […]
Read moreSome style direction for Valentine’s Day
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the time comes to choose your Valentine’s Day fashions, local fashion gurus said you can choose to follow the trends… or you can choose not […]
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