by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashinMag.com The House of Sofia runway collection provided the coda to the 18th installment of Atlantic City Fashion Week by providing a vision of spring. House of […]
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Harmful 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 moreGetting some Kulture
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Kulture Collection headlined the Friday, Feb. 19 installment of Atlantic City Fashion Week. The Newark, N.J.-based ready to wear brand exhibited its street style and […]
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 moreGetting creative for the kids
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Tanisha Mills and her brand Glam 2 Glo Designz offered up their creative approach to children’s fashion at Atlantic City Fashion Week in New Jersey on […]
Read moreCOVID or no COVID, Atlantic City Fashion Week is a go
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com COVID-19 still has the fashion industry rethinking staples of its calendar such as the myriad of fashion weeks. In New York City, most designers are going […]
Read moreA virtual showcase at Plitzs
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Plitzs New York City Fashion Week is joining the march to virtual runway shows this fall as COVID-19 has forced many fashion events to bar the […]
Read moreLife becomes a studio set
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With COVID-19 necessitating a policy of social distancing in all public spaces, school campuses once brimming with students have become studio sets full of empty spaces […]
Read moreOne of a Kind takes on the world
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Waterbury’s Jacqueline LeGree is ready to take on the big kahunas of fashion and retail. The home-based entrepreneur creates, designs and sells clothing for teens and […]
Read moreSummer fashion show goes virtual this year
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The longstanding tradition of a live fashion show is in jeopardy in a post-COVID-19 world. In response, fashion is going virtual. One fashion organization with Connecticut […]
Read moreGoing Gaga over Candy-Rock
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With Lady Gaga set to release her latest album, “Chromatica,” this week, the spotlight is set to shine on outrageous, rock ‘n’ roll fashion drawing upon […]
Read moreMTVs Karina Seabrook leaves behind the drama for fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Karina Seabrook was getting her big modeling break. In the fourth episode of the first season of “Families of The Mafia” on MTV, Seabrook, the granddaughter […]
Read moreOne World Peace for a positive fashion message
by MKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com One World Peace offered a positive message with its urban, casual wear, ready to wear collection shown at Society Fashion Week in February during New York […]
Read moreSprinkle a little glitz on the runway
Giannina Azar provided a glamorous collection that drew from some of the most glitzy moments of fashion’s past. At the designer’s runway show at Art Hearts Fashion during New York […]
Read moreGo ahead, get out of the house in Jori Yelir
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Jori Yelir offered a collection at February’s Society Fashion Week in New York City that had a classy, dressed up feel but fun enough for a […]
Read moreThe prints were royal for Palace Affair
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The fabric was queen for Palace Affair at its Society Fashion Week runway show on Feb. 7. There were draped dresses, purses, wraps, and scarves at […]
Read moreFashion goes to the dogs… and models, too
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The second full weekend of February found two worlds converging on New York City, New York Fashion Week began on Feb 6. The Westminster Kennel Club […]
Read moreHaving fun with Chixit
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Chixit brought an energetic, vivacious, and fun runway show to Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 7. The brand offered a relaxed […]
Read moreThe right ingredients for New York Fashion Week photos
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Take a break in the action at a New York Fashion Week show, add an empty room or a step and repeat and a red carpet, […]
Read moreIt’s all about time for Charles and Ron
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Time is on the mind of designers Charles and Ron. At the designing duo’s runway show at Art Hearts Fashion on Feb. 6 at the Angel […]
Read moreHeaven and hell… and Stupid Cupid Steampunk
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Victoriana of steampunk took a commercial break at the Stupid Cupid Ball at Cheney Hall in Manchester. The break’s focus was on the gothic, in […]
Read moreGetting hitched or going to the ball with Daniette
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At the September 2019 installment of Society Fashion Week, Daniette from Savannah, Ga. showed off her elegant bridal, evening, and prom gowns. This is what guests […]
Read moreLooking at the future bridal season at Enaura New York
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Enaura New York gave buyers a look at the future when it presented selections from its upcoming bridal gown collection at The Knot Couture during the […]
Read moreCrowned in De Lauraine Designs
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Toni Lau presented her line De Lauraine Designs on the runway at Society Fashion Week during New York Fashion Week back in September. The collection […]
Read moreThe eyes have it at Risque Dukes
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Risque Dukes showed its latest season of swimwear, there was one particular “eye-catching” theme on some of the garments. At the line’s Art Hearts Fashion […]
Read moreA wave of white
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There won’t be a white Christmas in Connecticut in 2019. But Diamond Fashion Week did provide a wave of white fashions to close out this year’s […]
Read moreConn.’s KARO Swimwear goes brick and mortar
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 […]
Read moreFriends and frenemies
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The big party is downstairs at a luxury hotel. Three friends are making their preparations- hair perfect, check; makeup on trend, check; wardrobe on point, check […]
Read moreLush luxury from Karlene Lindsay Designs
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Karlene Lindsay Designs presented its line of elegant evening gowns at Diamond Fashion Week in Hartford Nov. 10. Models walked the runway in a luxurious and […]
Read moreWhere’s the cruise ship?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Le Coiffeur showed its line of resort wear at Diamond Fashion Week on Nov. 10 in Hartford. PHOTOS by MIKE CHAIKEN
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