by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For one night, deals on wheels were set aside, while local creatives put on miles for styles. Middletown Fashion Week set down a catwalk through the […]
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Getting thrifty at Middletown Fashion Week on night 2
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On night two of Middletown Fashion Week, the focus was put on the fashions you could find at a thrift store. The models walked the runway, […]
Read moreA red carpet night for Middletown Fashion Week
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The red carpet got a work out as Middletown Fashion Week held a Press Night to kick off its inaugural event on Wednesday, April 20 at […]
Read moreLet them rip up the runway at MFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com As Middletown Fashion Week kicked off its inaugural season on Wednesday at the Main Street Market in Middletown, Conn., some of the models on tap for […]
Read moreDare to bare at Besa Bridal
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Off the shoulder and daring was the order of the day at Besa Bridal during the One Fine Day Bridal Market during New York Fashion Bridal […]
Read moreThe state’s center will be its fashion center during Middletown Fashion Week
UPDATE, NOTE TIMES by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com From April 19-23, Middletown will not only be the center of Connecticut, but the Middlesex County city will also be the center of […]
Read moreFashion teamwork for the runway shows on the way
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com An alliance of fashion was formed on March 26 as Middletown Fashion Week and the Sound of Fashion Week held a joint casting call in Middletown’s […]
Read moreDressed to impress at the party
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Middle school dances, birthday parties, communions and bat mitzvahs came to mind when the celebratory collection of La Belle stepped out onto the runway at Society […]
Read moreSusanne Bartch has a party on the runway
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Party legend Susanne Bartch brought the circus to town at Runway 7 on Feb. 9 as she presented her Bartchland collection to the catwalk during New […]
Read moreArt on a hangar from Bielharz
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Lewis Bielharz, an Australian born, New York-based artist, presented a collection of wearable art during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 9. The brand Bielharz presented […]
Read moreContemporary and colorful Kultuur
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Kultuur used the collection it presented at “Life in Color: Motherland” to demonstrate that African creativity does not necessarily need to manifest itself in solely in […]
Read moreVSABO offers a choice to runway fans during NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com VSABO Designs split its runway show between a new line of adult-sized t-shirts and its trademark line of fairy-tale worthy dresses for girls. The collection was […]
Read moreElizabeth Cordelia’s visions for spring
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Although snow is threatening the northeast for later this week, back in September, designer Nicole Reichenbach was thinking spring for the Elizabeth Cordelia runway show held […]
Read moreDonald Carter demonstrates African style in his own distinctive manner
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com New Haven-area designer Donald Carter offered a nod to African creativity while remaining true to his own distinctive sense of style at “Life in Color: Motherland” […]
Read moreSome royal Rasta style
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Rasta Royal Elegance offered up a clothing line that presented the Rastafarian influence on African creativity at the “Life in Color: Motherland” runway event held Feb. […]
Read moreMiddletown Fashion Week lines up on the calendar for Connecticut
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The first ever Middletown Fashion Week took another step toward becoming reality when a model casting call was held at Washington Street’s Oddfellows Playhouse in Middeltown, […]
Read moreOnce upon a time in the village with Sia Dezigns
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Sia Dezigns used the runway as the medium for an African fairytale at the “Life in Color: Motherland” fashion show held Feb. 26. The evening, which […]
Read moreElaborate and otherworldly style from Abraham David Levy
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer Abraham David Levy, who has designed garments for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” presented an elaborate and over-the-top avant garde collection at Runway 7 during New […]
Read moreDesigner Virginia Cathey celebrates her creative diversity at ‘Motherland’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Virginia Cathey offered a diverse collection on the runway that offered a nod to traditional African garments to formalwear to club-worthy garments at the “Life […]
Read moreMarc Defang let’s his targeted customers walk the runway at NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Designer Marc Defang is a favorite of pageant competitors and titleholders. And at hiTechMODA during New York Fashion Week in February, pageant competitors and titleholders of […]
Read moreModern take on ‘Motherland’s’ theme from Vibrant Souls Only
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Vibrant Souls Only offered up a collection of men’s and women’s upcycled hand and spraypainted garments at the “Life in Color: Motherland” fashion show on Feb. […]
Read moreSade Nicole infers but doesn’t directly reference the evening’s theme
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The assured collection shown by Hartford brand Sade Nicole at the “Life in Color: Motherland” runway show offered more inference than direct quotes of the chosen […]
Read moreI.T. Creates weds the traditional and the contemporary
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Life in Color: Motherland fashion show held by Chasity Aniece Productions in Norwalk on Feb. 26 was intended to celebrate African creativity. I.T. Creates opened […]
Read moreFashion with a touch of edge from Renee Masoomian
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion using cotton, wool and silk is not an uncommon sight when designers strut their late creations out in front of the public on a runway. […]
Read moreRehearsing for the ‘Motherland’
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The night before the Life in Color: Motherland fashion show to be held today by Chasity Aniece Productions at Tide and True Studios, 25 Van Zandt […]
Read moreA little fantasy on the runway
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There were oodles of style references to fantasy as princesses, fairies and Greek goddesses were all invoked in Mila Hoffman’s latest collection for tweens and teens. […]
Read moreVeritee Hill finds a fashion crossroads
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion designer Veritee Hill has found the crossroads where steampunk, meets classic burlesque meets Ziegfeld Follies meets steampunk meets light Victorian bondage. Hill presented her fun […]
Read moreUpcycled, with a touch of fabulous at John Mangru
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Repurposed and reused never looked so fabulous. Evoking the spirit of Versace and Jean Paul Gaultier, Irish design John Mangru offered up a drag-alicious upcycled collection […]
Read moreThe LBD, Elizabeth Cordelia style
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Elizabeth Cordelia Designs offered variations on the LBD, i.e. the little black dress, in her all-ages women’s and men’s formalwear collection dubbed “Venetian Vibe.” The overall […]
Read moreThe mall is their runway
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Some rules were broken on a weekend at the mall. Typically, denizens of indoor shopping will wear tees and mom jeans topped off with a pair […]
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