At 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, graduate costume design student Charlotte Ballard said she realized her costume was lacking. She sped over to Home Depot, leaving the workshop she created in her parents’ garage. Read more...
Photo: Graduate costume design student Charlotte Ballard designed a dress based on the Claude-Joseph Vernet painting “A Seaport at Sunset,” which was the winning costume at the “Art of Fashion” competiton April 20. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin senior staff)






