by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Ballroom and fashion partnered up on Oct. 4 as Sound of Fashion Week CT began with Extravaganza, a runway show held at Soiree in Waterbury, Conn. […]
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Getting dressed up with Dress UPP with US during NYFW
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Dress UPP with US presented its line of dresses at hiTech MODA during New York Fashion Week at the Edison Hotel in the theater district. The […]
Read moreOpinion: How to improve two Miami fashion events
BY ALEXANDER GURMAN Special to CTFashionMag.com I recently attended the Sport illustrated Swimsuit runway show and the Miss Bikini US competition during Miami Swim Fashion Week. After doing so, I […]
Read moreA different side of fashion is coming to Connecticut; casting call planned Aug. 18
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Raise the alarm because Sound of Fashion Connecticut is coming. The Nutmeg State fashion event will hold its first casting call on Aug. 18 for the […]
Read moreTake Me To your bikini at Miami Swim Week
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Take Me To was one of the swimsuit brands who outfitted the contestants of the annual Miss Bikini US competition. A fashion show was held poolside […]
Read moreConfident in front of the lens
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Aubrey Olivia Holbrooks may be new to fashion modeling but she already has a passion for being in front of the camera. The 15 year old […]
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 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 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 moreFrom Connecticut via Ukraine, designer makes her NYFW debut
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For fashion designers, aside from selling their clothes, showing their collection during New York Fashion Week for the first time is the pot of gold at […]
Read moreAnR: Can you say diverse?
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com The key word for AnR Fashion’s runway show at New York Summer Fashion Explosion was diverse. The looks were diverse. The intended customer base was diverse […]
Read moreThis SWAN makes art out of fashion
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Kristin Costa showed her fashion collection at an event in Connecticut last year, her show was more walking art gallery than mobile department store. Costa’s […]
Read moreArt deco and disco
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 […]
Read moreM. Imbruglio offers a mood for many occasions
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com M. Imbruglio presented a collection at New England Fashion Week’s Take the Roof Off Cancer this fall that offered something to fit a variety of moods […]
Read moreTurning their imagination into hair styles
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com For the graduating students at the International Institute of Cosmetology in Plainville, Conn. and Wethersfield, Conn. http://www.studyhair.com, the hair runway show at the Aqua Turf in […]
Read moreYoung designer injects energy into ‘Chaos’
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com At La’Moo Designz “Chaos” fashion show Oct. 13 at the Holiday Inn in Hartford, headlining designer Bertha Angelo’s daughter Taylor opened up the show with her […]
Read moreFashion show uses tissue to create fashion in breast cancer fundraiser
TORONTO, ON – A vision of a future without breast cancer was revealed in Toronto at the 15th annual Cashmere Collection featuring fashions all crafted in luxuriously soft sheets of […]
Read moreWhen the runway foreshadows the red carpet
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com When Johnathan Kayne appeared on “Project Runway” in season 3 and “Project Runway All-Stars” in 2012, his pedigree as a gown maker was self-evident. And there […]
Read moreWarm thoughts of fashion on a cold eve
by MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com With temperatures sitting below zero and sidewalks sitting below a foot of snow, visions of summer probably are filling the heads of many Connecticut residents. But […]
Read moreFashion gives chapel a prayer
By MIKE CHAIKEN CTFashionMag.com Fashion came to the rescue of a 19th century chapel in the heart of Middletown, Conn. on May 20. “From Gothic to Light: A Day of […]
Read morePutting some work into it… behind the scenes at ‘Beauty in Chaos’
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 […]
Read moreHair and makeup taken to the extreme… to help the kids
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 […]
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