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 […]
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From the workplace to the club
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 […]
Read moreConnecticut designer shares her latest formalwear
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 […]
Read moreGLOW-ing in AC
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 […]
Read moreCreativity provided the distraction she needed
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 […]
Read moreGo ahead, make my fashion
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 […]
Read moreWE11DONE offers a ‘Spring Celebration’ for its latest collection
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 […]
Read moreA touch of elegance from Orlando Caquias
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 […]
Read moreModel becomes designer
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 […]
Read moreMeet Tre’s Custome Designz
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
Read moreFrom Middletown to Miami with reality TV’s Darcey and Stacey
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 […]
Read moreSeclusion of pandemic works for designer Thom Browne
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 […]
Read moreA fairy tale drama
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 […]
Read moreTwice as nice with Society 21
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 […]
Read moreAtlantic City event on tap for busy Conn. designer
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 […]
Read moreExploring sustainability
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 […]
Read moreDesigning sisters leap into Ready to Wear with new boutique
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 […]
Read moreConnecticut designer moved to action by George Floyd’s death
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 […]
Read moreVoyage into her own fashion dream
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 […]
Read moreTERRYVILLE ‘COOL’: Betsey Johnson’s hometown had a part in making of fashion icon
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 […]
Read moreAngels and demons on the runway
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 […]
Read moreFrom Connecticut via Ukraine, designer makes her NYFW debut
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 […]
Read moreBrianna Moon: Hip with a whiff of nostalgia
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com While some people were getting wild and weird out on the streets, American television wanted to ride the wave of being mod, hip, and fashionable. But […]
Read moreZoe Grinfeld’s irreverent and whimsical vision
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut fashion designer Zoe Grinfeld showed a splash of irreverence and whimsy as her latest collection was shown at Styleweek in Rhode Island this past weekend. […]
Read moreConn. designer Demuerte opens pop-up in Hartford this weekend
A fashion designer will arrive, and then leave, in a matter of two days on Hartford’s Pratt Street this weekend. Fashion brand Demuerte is taking advantage of a national trend […]
Read moreThe royalty of Derell’s meets the royalty of Wall Street
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As the queens and kings of New York City’s financial district made their way down their cement castles toward their Sunday afternoon appointments with their favorite […]
Read moreMorpheus dances with Kameyama’s Art Hearts Fashion runway show
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer Kentaro Kameyama took guests at Arts Heart Fashion during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 6 into his private world of dreams and slumber. […]
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 moreTasteful fashion with a capital ‘T’
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 […]
Read moreStyled by Jazz creates vibrant collection that celebrates Africa
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Styled by Jazz reached back to her heritage with a spring collection that dazzled the eye with an array of vivacious African prints at Hartford Fashion […]
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