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Model Blaise slips over to the other side: She’s now a fashion designer

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Australian model Blaise is learning about life on the other side by launching her own fashion line, Fierce and Flawless. We caught up with Blaise during […]

From model to designer, it’s Adrian Alicea

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Mike Chaiken

Adrian Alicea of The House of Alicea is a model turned designer. Adrian’s resume includes work with brands like Giorgio Armani, Hermes, Jean Paul Gaultier, Patricia Fields, Mugler and Vivienne […]

NYFW-bound fashion designer got her start early

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Burlington, Conn.’s Olivia Zink is just 9 years old. But her brand, On The Go with Princess O, was launched in 2017 when she was just […]

Maximum impact for Troy Anthony with Maximus

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut designer Troy Anthony traveled south to DC Fashion Week recently to unveil his womenswear and menswear line he called, “Maximus.” CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

A touch of old Mexico, but fashionably so

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The spirit of old Mexico, courtesy of folk-influenced prints, wraps itself around model Simone Pardasani on the streets of New York City. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN […]

A flower grows in Manhattan

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Model Jessica Maria Couts blooms among the greenery of Bella Abzug Park in New York City wearing Melanie Caballero’s Frida Kahlo-inspired floral designs. PHOTOS by MIKE […]

Connecticut girl takes on New York Fashion Week

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Katalina Litchfield has been involved in fashion for five years and along the way of her style journey she has modeled as well as launched her […]

Just like Degas with Elizabeth Cordelia

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com In the magical confines of the Big Apple in a tiny park along 37th street, models romp through the greenery like ballerinas from an Edgar Degas […]

Stylish not dowdy

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Florida-based Amber Glo Designs showed a custom collection for the mature woman who still wants to be sensual and stylish… and has zero interest in devolving […]

From the workplace to the club

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Honey Jibrail founded what would become her brand Ms. Honeyco., she had a specific woman in mind. On her website, she explains, that she wanted […]

Connecticut designer shares her latest formalwear

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Karlene Lindsay hosted a fashion show at her new Connecticut Post Mall location in Milford — Karlene Lindsay Designs — on a Sunday afternoon. The […]

GLOW-ing in AC

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

Pennsylvania-based designer Ron Vestal brought his GLOW-ART (http://glow-art.com) collection of body-painted artful sportswear to the runway at Atlantic City Fashion Week in February. Using his own photographic skills, Vestal captured […]

Creativity provided the distraction she needed

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Creativity was the respite from a labor of love that Marie Grady needed. Marie, the owner of LyriQall Innovations, is a fashion designer, painter, singer, author […]

Go ahead, make my fashion

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you’re a fashion designer, what do you do when you’re visiting friends on a holiday weekend? If you’re Connecticut upcycling artist Victoria Audibert, the brains […]

WE11DONE offers a ‘Spring Celebration’ for its latest collection

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

The WE11DONE Spring Summer 2022 collection, dubbed “Spring Celebration,” was presented to the public recently. Press materials from the brand explained the new collection “is a dynamic sequel to the […]

A touch of elegance from Orlando Caquias

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Philadelphia based fashion designer Orlando Caquias showed a classy and elegant well-tailored collection of gowns and formal wear at Atlantic City Fashion Week at the Showboat […]

Model becomes designer

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Olivia Wall, a 16-year-old model, had a chance to see life from the other side of the runway when she showed her own fashion collection at […]

Meet Tre’s Custome Designz

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

Tre’s Custome Designz was one of the designers tapped as a winner at the recent Magnifique Showcase held by former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Victoria Henley. CONTRIBUTED

From Middletown to Miami with reality TV’s Darcey and Stacey

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sisters Darcey and Stacey Silva are more than just reality television stars. They are also fashion designers. And in July, the Connecticut-born 46-year-old twins brought their […]

Seclusion of pandemic works for designer Thom Browne

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com COVID-19 necessitated most fashion designers to take the virtual route in showing their 2021 fall winter collections at New York Fashion Week in February. But fashion […]

A fairy tale drama

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer Amir Black provided some fairy tale drama to the runway at Atlantic City Fashion Week in New Jersey on Feb. 20. PHOTOS by MIKE […]

Twice as nice with Society 21

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you missed the runway show of Society 21 on the afternoon of Feb. 19 at Atlantic City Fashion Week, you didn’t have to wait too […]

Atlantic City event on tap for busy Conn. designer

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com COVID-19 has put a halt on many aspects of life across the globe. But for Connecticut’s Joseph Wade, the pandemic never put a damper on his […]

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 […]

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 […]

Voyage into her own fashion dream

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Being creative with fashion had been in the back of Victoria Audibert’s mind but she never got a chance to put her plan into action. But […]

TERRYVILLE ‘COOL’: Betsey Johnson’s hometown had a part in making of fashion icon

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

BY MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Betsey Johnson has long been the epitome of cool fashion. Johnson’s unique approach to fashion has made her a wardrobe mainstay for celebrities and musicians […]

Angels and demons on the runway

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Drama, of the Biblical kind, is evident in fashion designer Kristin Costa’s latest collection “Book of Revelation 2.” Angelic wings, halos, sacred hearts, hellish reds, demonic […]

From Connecticut via Ukraine, designer makes her NYFW debut

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For fashion designers, aside from selling their clothes, showing their collection during New York Fashion Week for the first time is the pot of gold at […]

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