Sunday, December 21

Student’s love of baking blooms into sourdough bread business

At the start of the day, Margaret LaGaly feeds her sourdough starter using flour ground from the wheat she plucked from her backyard. This is the start of the daylong cooking process. Read more...

Photo: Second-year English student Margaret LaGaly holds two loaves of her home-baked sourdough bread. LaGaly founded Winslow Bread Company in January 2016 and sold her bread to her UCLA floormates and her brother’s friends. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)


‘An Evening with David Sedaris’ brings author back to Royce Hall

David Sedaris returns annually to Royce Hall while on tour, but Tuesday was his first time in culottes at UCLA. “An Evening with David Sedaris” followed a practiced formula: The night was prefaced by an annual student humor writing contest put on by the Student Committee for the Arts and featured a reading and Q&A with Sedaris. Read more...

Photo: Author David Sedaris spoke at Royce Hall Tuesday. (Courtesy of Prudence Upton)


Inspired by mother, student models career around independence

CoryAnne Roberts was sitting in her seventh grade religion class when her friend came across pictures of her mom on Tumblr. Her friend’s discovery sparked a frenzied Internet search that led classmates and her teacher to hover around the laptop to view an old video of her mother on YouTube. Read more...

Photo: First-year undeclared student CoryAnne Roberts always heard that she resembled her supermodel mother in her height and features. Though she admired her mother, Roberts said she wanted to make her own path as a model – now, she is represented by L.A. Models and has modeled for brands like Brandy Melville, Levi’s and MAC cosmetics. (Courtesy of Fiorenzo Nisi)



Love | Hate: Does the art of fashion benefit from celebrity models at the Met Gala?

Calvin Klein, Givenchy and countless other high-fashion names brought their futuristic and famed designs to the red carpet of the Museum of Metropolitan Art in New York City on Monday night. Read more...

Photo: The theme for the 2016 Met Gala on Monday night was “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.” Kim Kardashian and Kanye West walked the red carpet in Balmain outfits that resembled a modern-day suit of armor. (Courtesy of The Met Museum via Instagram)


Alumna fashions Myabetic case to destigmatize diabetes

Kyrra Richards hid her secret in a stark, black nylon pouch. The bleak container was filled with lancet needles, syringes and insulin pumps: evidence of the Type 1 diabetes she tried to conceal from friends, agents and casting directors. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna and professional dancer Kyrra Richards initially felt ashamed of her diabetes diagnosis. However, she found ways to cope by creating Myabetic, a company that makes fashionable cases for storing medical supplies like glucose meters. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)




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