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Nevaeh is a place on earth

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Even in a neighborhood called Hell’s Kitchen, you can find a slice of heaven. And on an early morning, model Nevaeh Martin finds her slice of […]

The neon lights of Broadway

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com They say there is magic in the air when you are within sight of the neon lights of Broadway. Model Annalisa Hair basks in the glow […]

The time is always right in Times Square

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by ALEXANDER GURMAN Special to CTFashionMag.com I recently was able to catch a fashion show for the Mdjina show collections @RoseHeadpiece and @CestjoieCouture. For fashion, Time Squire wins by a […]

No need to race today Emery Grace

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Someday model Emery Grace Carner will need to race to and fro across a train station to catch a ride home from a day of hard […]

A sartorial celebration of Grand Central

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There is a grandeur to the structure of the Grand Central Terminal in New York City… an ode to an earlier age when train travel was […]

Teal by any other name is also Teale

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com It was a bit of serendipity. Inside Grand Central Station, New York City, you meet a model wearing teal formal wear. Then you find out, here […]

A formal invitation

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Like Cinderella waiting for an invitation to attend the ball, model Taylor Killian waits for her invitation that justifies wearing a formal dress while standing alone […]

Punking it up in glammed up NYC

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Thanks to venues like CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City, New York City gave birth to punk and new wave, which subsequently set a rock and roll […]

MTVs Karina Seabrook leaves behind the drama for fashion

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Bring New York to the model

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com If you can’t go to New York City, bring New York City to you. Keyla Rodriguez finds herself in Gotham courtesy of these Photoshop composites as […]

The royalty of Derell’s meets the royalty of Wall Street

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

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 […]

Go bold and don’t apologize with Renee Larouge

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At New York Summer Fashion Explosion earlier this season, Renee Larouge shared a collection on the runway that was bold, vivacious, and unapologizing for spotlighting the […]

Smoking hot fashions from LP Designs

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Working with a palette of black and red, accentuated with plumes of feathers, the urbane and sexy garments presented by LP Designs at New York Summer […]

The future’s bright in the Mind of Kye

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The Mind of Kye provided a collection that was at times angelic, at times devilishly sexy, at times breezy, and at times Grecian goddess. The body […]

Art deco and disco

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There was a certain appropriateness to designer Grayling Purnell’s runway show at New York Fashion Week. The collection unveiled at Art Hearts Fashion on Feb. 8 […]

A little Makeup (Show) heaven in NYC

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Everything and anything you could think about as a makeup artist was probably up for discussion at The Makeup Show in New York City on May […]

Nevaeh finds ‘heaven’ in Eros

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The bottoms are tops in the latest collection from Nevaeh Intimates. At the recent Lingerie Selection event in New York City, Nevaeh (“heaven, backwards) designer Melissa […]

Spring is in the air, and Amare is on the bride’s mind

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With spring arriving next week, brides-to-be planning to be wed in the coming months are likely thinking about their gowns. Amare Couture by Casablanca presented its […]

The Giving Bride reaches out to the Winter Bride

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Maggie Gillette of The Giving Bride was at this season’s The Lingerie Collection at the Daylight Studios in New York City in February to meet with […]

The creative wellspring of Loulette Lingerie

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Finding creativity from a variety of different directions, LaTimberly Johnson of Loulette Lingerie spoke to CTFashionMag.com about her latest collection as she met with retailers at […]

Getting decadent like Studio 54 in Coco de Mer

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com On Monday, Feb. 26, British lingerie brand Coco de Mer will invoke the spirit of the decadent disco New York of the 1970s when it celebrates […]

‘Project Runway’ winner offers the art and the fashion at Art Hearts Fashion

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The paramount question at the Kentaro Kameyama show at Art Hearts Fashion in New York City Feb. 8 was: How would Kentaro perform without the erudite […]

Calla Blanche captures the attention of brides with an eye on spring

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At The Knot Couture bridal market show at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City last October, Calla Blanche’s spring/summer bridal collection caught the eyes of […]

Datari Austin thinks spring

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Mike Chaiken

Although the temperatures are in single digits, spring was in the air when New York Fashion Week presented the spring collections from designers all over the world. To get your […]

Enzoani readies brides for spring and summer 2018

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

Spring and summer bridal gowns for 2018 were unveiled on Saturday at The Knot Couture in New York City as Enzoani presented their Enzoanni, Blue, and Beautiful collections during bridal […]

These gowns do the talking

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Watters allowed the dresses to speak for themselves at The Knot Couture bridal market event this past weekend in New York City. Rather than providing a […]

Appropriate and stylish fashions for the beach from KK Swimwear

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Your aspirational tween or teen daughter wants a swimsuit that’s fun, fashionable, and stylish. And she doesn’t want something off the rack of your nearby big […]

A little bit of everything from Impish Lee

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Impish Lee started off as a custom lingerie brand. The customers would work with the founders of Impish Lee, sisters Kali Ventresca and Noelle Ventresca, via […]

Trends in lingerie for next summer

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Retailers in the lingerie and swimsuit business flocked to the Jacob K. Javitts Convention Center earlier this month to learn about the latest offerings from designers […]

Fashion “Happens for a Reason” in NYC

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Mike Chaiken

by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com There is a little bit of Connecticut with a good dose of New York City in the fashion blogosphere these days. And it “Happens for a […]

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