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Fashion takes on cancer in Oct. 28 fundraiser

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Art, music and fashion will be the key ingredients for excitement and fundraising on Saturday, Oct. 28. Hartford’s 3W Management will take fashion fans up I-91 […]

Crowning support to fight cancer

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Several pageant titleholders got behind the cause of fighting cancer. The pageant winners not only walked down the runway in crowns and sashes, they walked the […]

Level Up, it’s for every woman

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At New England Fashion Week’s Think Pink fashion show, Level Up Designs by India presented a well-crafted urban collection on the runway that would make a […]

Fashion designers wanted for show that benefits Latino Scholarship Fund

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

The Latino Scholarship Fund will put on its annual fundraiser, which is a fashion show and vendor show on Sept. 28. The fund is working with local designers who create their […]

Breast cancer research gets boost from calendar, models

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Middletown’s lingerie shop, Tina’s Fine Lingerie and Swimwear on Main Street has released its annual fundraising calendar. The 2020 edition of the calendar features local models […]

Miss Connecticut contestants hit the course (or not)

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Some contestants of the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization picked up their clubs, got into their golf carts, and teed off along with the other golfers who […]

A crowned head stands up against food allergies

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The world is a little safer from food allergies thanks to a vendor fair held by Miss Naugatuck Valley’s Outstanding Teen Autumn Schless. On a recent […]

Play FORE! Miss Connecticut May 23

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Pull out your golf clubs, or simply pull up a seat at the dinner table, on May 23. The Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization will be holding […]

Music of the night for a worthy cause

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Miss Fairfield County’s Outstanding Teen is hosting a fundraising concert this weekend in Litchfield to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network. Ashlyn Manuel, 16, a student at […]

Behind the costume for a good cause

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN Princesses, villains, pirates and superheroes put on their Sunday’s finest for the Divas and Pirates Party on a recent Sunday in Plantsville, Conn. The fundraiser for the […]

Watertown titleholder does it ‘For the Kids’ April 4

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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, […]

No masking good intentions and good times

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Fighting back MS with fashion

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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, […]

Get your mask on and get your Mardi Gras on in CT

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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. […]

How to do fashion, Hollywood-style, on the Red Carpet [Experience]

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Connecticut residents can follow in the glittering footsteps of Hollywood’s biggest stars as they celebrate the Academy Awards at the Red Carpet Experience on Feb. 24. […]

A helping hand across the Red Carpet

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The spotlight of the Academy Awards will shine a little closer to home once again this year. And the glitz and glamour of Hollywood will benefit […]

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 […]

NEFW targets cancer with Oct. 21 event

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The organizers of New England Fashion Week are doing it again. On Oct. 21, they are putting their fashion shoulders to the grinding wheel to […]

CT’s Outstanding Teen puts her brains to work to help cause near to her heart

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen Morgan Mancini put her organizational skills where her heart is on Sept. 29. Morgan, whose issue of concern is “‘Completing the Puzzle: […]

Dance, dance, dance with Miss Connecticut

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

Miss Connecticut Bridget Oei danced her way to the state title demonstrating her agility with Irish Step Dancing. And now she will be teaching others some fleet-footed steps in Irish […]

Meet Miss America Cara Mund: National titleholder to speak at Miss CT fundraiser May 15

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When local golfers come out to support the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization on May 15 and take their turns on the greens at Stanley Golf Course […]

No masking their style at the ball

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag The primary accessory—a mask. The primary color scheme (by request)—black. At the second annual Masquerade Ball to benefit the next winner of the Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding […]

Paper faces on display… it’s a masquerade

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Pull out your fancy dress and an elegant mask. Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen is hosting a masquerade ball and she’s offering up an invitation. Waterbury’s Brooke […]

Fashion fights for a cure

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

The fight against cancer took to the fashion catwalk on Jan. 20. The third annual Warriors Against Cancer Introducing The Rainbows was held at Roosevelt’s in New Haven. The event […]

Get your Mardi Gras on among the creatures of the carousel

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Grab your masks and beads and prepare to party among horses, lions, and dragons. On Saturday, Feb. 10, Bristol’s New England Carousel Museum will hold its […]

Head out onto the highway: Leather and lace interpreted

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Bike Night to Benefit Veterans held at the Cadillac Ranch in Southington, Conn. attracted nearly 2,000 motorcycles and 3,000 patrons. One of the features of […]

Putting some work into it… behind the scenes at ‘Beauty in Chaos’

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There is creativity, concentration, skill, and elbow grease behind ever extreme hair and makeup creation. At the historic city hall in Hartford on May 4, hair […]

Hair and makeup taken to the extreme… to help the kids

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com HARTFORD, Conn. — There was all manner of beauty… and chaos was kept at bay… on the runway last Thursday. Extreme hair and makeup creations took […]

Fairy tale style

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If the number of girls in fairy tale gowns and crowns were any indication, the princesses met in stories that begin, “Once upon a time…” are […]

Masks and fashion mingle

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There were gowns and there were, of course, masks at “A Night At The Masquerade Ball” on Friday night in Southington, Conn. The fundraiser for the […]

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