Connecticut – CTFashionMag

Fashion teamwork for the runway shows on the way

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com An alliance of fashion was formed on March 26 as Middletown Fashion Week and the Sound of Fashion Week held a joint casting call in Middletown’s […]

Sound of Fashion CT keeps evolving for year 2

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The fashion world of Connecticut gets another shot at strutting its stuff this month as Sound Fashion Week CT returns for a second season. Locations from […]

Before the curtain rises with Sade Nicole, Rebellious Bitch

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Prior to the arrival of the guests for the June 18 runway show in Hartford, Connecticut-based brands Sade Nicole and Rebellious Bitch allowed photographers to get […]

Saturday morning style

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On a Saturday morning, Nov. 20, the order of the day was breakfast, mimosas, music… and fashion with a Connecticut twist. Early Rise Breakfast Party Couture, […]

Connecticut woman shows her bikini style at Miss Bikini US

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut is not known as a bikini capital, but a state woman showed that New England knows its swimwear when she finished in the top five […]

Connecticut model takes the Atlantic City runway

Posted on February 24, 2021 by 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, […]

Exploring sustainability

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Voyage by V is still sailing into an exploration of the world of upcycled fashion. The brand’s designer Victoria Audibert of Wolcott, Conn. recently modeled some […]

Designing sisters leap into Ready to Wear with new boutique

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer brand Saints by S.J. is a veteran on the Connecticut fashion scene. Launched in 2012, Saints by S.J. has been seen on the runways […]

Service to her nation served her talents well: Jenny Leigh Miller sings of ‘God and Country’

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

BY MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As soon as Jenny Leigh Miller graduated Milford’s Foran High School, she was off to join the military. The now 27-year-old Milford, Conn. resident didn’t consider […]

Singer Luna C embraces the female as she respects the male

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut singer Luna C’s voice may offer visions of female entertainers lie Jhene Aiko, Jessie Reyes and Kehlani. But, Luna – who has a new EP […]

Connecticut designer moved to action by George Floyd’s death

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut fashion designer Chinnyere McPherson was so upset when she saw the video of George Floyd die at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, she had […]

Connecticut designers reflect on fashion’s role in fighting racism

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The death of George Floyd has initiated a nation-wide discussion on race relations. The fashion industry has been engaged in its own soul-searching as to whether […]

High Society (XXI) living in Connecticut

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Besides being CEO of New England Fashion Week, Joseph Wade also is the brains behind Connecticut-based fashion brand Society XXI. The casual, urban, ready-to-wear brand is […]

Traveling the best way you can

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the temperatures plunge, and you hunker down at home, thinking is the best way to travel. Model Keyla Rodriguez wears garments from Connecticut design house […]

Conn.’s KARO Swimwear goes brick and mortar

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com KARO Swimwear and its designer Kasia Roginska have had plenty of success selling garments online and in her home in Berlin, Conn. where she kept her […]

Hartford Fashion Week holding forum on where to next for region’s fashion community

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Hartford Fashion Week is remaking itself. In the process, it is looking at how it can best serve the region’s fashion community. To that end, HFW […]

Creatives getting creative in wake of bag ban

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As the ban of plastic grocery bags nears in Connecticut, members of the creative community are jumping into the fray by using their talent to provide […]

Connecticut’s ChelRita officially unveils its new line

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Although ChelRita presented its collection to New York fashionistas in February at New York Fashion Week, on May 31, the line was presented to Connecticut women […]

Fashion and more through the night with New England Fashion Week

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion, music, visual art, and dance were showcased from the afternoon into the evening at the Maharaja Banquet Hall in Glastonbury as New England Fashion Week […]

Who’s the boss? Belle’s the boss

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN The creator of a lifestyle blog out of New Britain is expanding her reach and launching her own athletic wear line. Belle’s Notebook is the brainchild of […]

Paint a picture of fashion with Bad Bunny

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Living in the Times and living the dream

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com A fashion model dreams of the moment where she shifts from taking headshots for her latest comp card to being photographed for a fashion editorial in […]

Tasteful fashion with a capital ‘T’

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The event was called “Taste of Fashion.” The clothes unveiled by Connecticut designer Troy Anthony fit that title to a “T.” And that “T” stood for […]

Rebelle, Rebelle… let’s go out tonight

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The sun was streaming through the glass of Rooftop 120 in Glastonbury, Conn. just as Rebelle clothing held up its side of the New England Fashion […]

And then there was ‘Chaos’….

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Before there was “Chaos,” La’Moo Dezignz’ fashion show at the Holiday Inn in East Hartford, Conn. there was organized chaos. Models gathered backstage and in a […]

La’Moo digs into the diverse

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Diversity was the keyword for La’Moo Dezigns latest collection unveiled at the Holiday Inn in Hartford, Conn. on Oct. 13. La’Moo—captained by Connecticut, designer Bertha Angelo—presented […]

Young designer injects energy into ‘Chaos’

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At La’Moo Designz “Chaos” fashion show Oct. 13 at the Holiday Inn in Hartford, headlining designer Bertha Angelo’s daughter Taylor opened up the show with her […]

Finding the fashion at Boscov’s

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Boscov’s opened up its Meriden, Conn. store, it was a “getting-to-know-you” moment in Connecticut. With its new store at Milford, Conn.’s Connecticut Post Mall (now […]

Karen Santos: C-State style meets Beantown fashionistas

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Boston Fashion Week will meet Connecticut style when Nutmeg State designer Karen Santos takes her collection to the runway at the Art For Change Gallery on […]

Modest brides take delight: A new collection from Rachael Karrington Designs

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Brides in Western culture typically wear white. Convention says this was to indicate that the bride was pure… a virgin… for her betrothed. Over time, that […]

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