by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you strictly follow the dictates of etiquette, your whites in your wardrobe will be placed in your dresser and closet and made to wait out […]
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Sometimes you do and sometimes you do
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sometimes, you want to stand out from your background. Sometimes, you want to match your background. Model Maggie Wernicki does both in New London, Conn. in […]
Read moreCounting the days till fall
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashion.com Autumn has a way of infringing on a summer. It might be a breeze with a scent that reminds you of fall. It might be the […]
Read moreGotham’s got it
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com New York City is the capital of American fashion. And New York City offers a myriad of locations for a fashion spread. Here, Annalisa Hair takes […]
Read moreHer style can be attributed to her grandmother
BY MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Waterbury native Eboyné Jackson said she has been interested in fashion ever since she was a child. And she thanks her grandmother for that. Jackson, who […]
Read moreTrends: Gen Z is taking over
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Their predecessors – the Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials—have garnered the headlines in recent years. But the members of Generation Z are beginning to flex […]
Read moreHelping all of God’s creatures
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ashley Page, also known as Ashley Morris may be a model, but she’s a model with a passion to help animals. Ashley works at the Animal […]
Read moreFrom Montenegro with love
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Miss Bikini US competition in Miami Beach finished with an international flourish July 8 when Jovana Nikolic, who was competiting as Montenegro Fit, won the […]
Read moreParty it up with We Party
Contestants for the Miss Bikini US competition walk down the runway in Miami in We Party swimwear during the 2021 installment of Miami Fashion Swim Week. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
Read moreTrinitee has hearT
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Trinitee Hyssen is working to ensure that no one goes through what her brother and family have had to go through. Trinitee, a 13-year-old fashion model […]
Read moreShe took a different road
BY MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Although Savannah Rae’s music style these days sits squarely in the category of country music, with a pop of pop rock coloring, an “alternative” route brought […]
Read moreFocus is on fashion, art of the 1960s at Woodstock museum
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On the main floor of the Museum at Bethel Woods, the permanent exhibit explores the musical, political and sociological atmosphere that led up to the Woodstock […]
Read moreMaking a strong opening statement at Miss Connecticut USA
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss Connecticut USA competition was held June 5 in Windsor, Conn. The event kicked off with […]
Read moreDress up or down? Effects of working from home
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When the COVID-19 pandemic forced many offices and businesses to shut down last March, encouraging those employees who could to work remotely from home, workplace dress […]
Read morePandemic pushes clothes shopping online
BY MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Online shopping already had been challenging brick and mortar stores for the spending dollars of consumers. But the COVID-19 pandemic increased the demand for online shopping […]
Read moreWomen seeking harmony, refuge in fashion for fall/ winter
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Vaccines for COVID-19 are available and mandates to wear masks in public places have been rolled back. But lingerie and intimates designers and manufacturers believe customers […]
Read moreWalk, run, jump and romp into spring
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashion.com Models Aicha Diallo, the reigning Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen and Allie Maisto leap toward the warm days of spring in jumpsuits and rompers provided by Dazzle […]
Read moreIt’s 2021. Long live the prom
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com 2020 was a bust for high school proms. COVID-19 made sure of it. As social distancing became a requisite for life in America, girls looking to […]
Read moreFrom the street to the runway via Parq West
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Parq West showed an extensive collection at Atlantic City Fashion Week in February, requiring two separate runway shows at the event. The brand exhibited a strong […]
Read moreTesting out the springtime air
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The buds on trees have barely stuck their “toes” into the spring air of New England as temperatures do their typical northeast swing from morning to […]
Read moreShe’s thinking spring
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Spring begins in the United States on March 20, 2021. Model Gloria Sanchez works a warm weather style vibe in this black and white fashion editorial. […]
Read moreYou do what you’ve got to do
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When you’re a model, you have to model. And the world becomes your set. Model Bryn Carvin, appearing courtesy of John Casablancas Modeling and Acting Center, […]
Read moreNew England can’t make up its mind
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com New England in March always seems to have a personality crisis. Is the meteorological resolve geared to bone-chilling temperatures? Or will the thermometer readings indicate a […]
Read moreJust like mom
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Skinny jeans are on the run as young women begin to shift the fashion paradigm bag to loose fitting mom jeans. A COVID-19 protocol trip to […]
Read moreHarmful stereotypes tackled in runway show
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The corrupt pop culture imagery of Black men was upended in the collection shown by Haberdashery by Lue at Atlantic City Fashion Week on Feb. 20. […]
Read moreThe struggle has been real for POC
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If Asan Neil-Evergin could describe himself, the brains before the fashion brand Progressionover Complacency said he is a “dream chaser.” In an email interview, the former […]
Read moreRust never sleeps
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Rust often is a result of disuse, abandonment and obsolescence. But rust, when associated with the splendor of a forest changing tone for autumn. Model Taylor […]
Read moreColombian swimwear designers raising their worldwide profile
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Despite 1,900 miles of coastline, Colombia’s swimsuit industry takes a public relations backseat to the United States, Brazil and the birthplace of the bikini, France. But […]
Read moreSinger Luna C embraces the female as she respects the male
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 […]
Read moreAutumn erases the shine
Fall has taken the luster off memories of summer just as time has taken the luster off joyful summers of the past at an abandoned lakeside park. Model Lili Rojek […]
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