Monday, June 23

Urban Confections: SnowLA Shavery provides a flurry of sweet SoCal snow

Los Angeles is home to numerous dessert shops that feature a range of treats from cupcakes to doughnuts to shakes. Urban Confections will select dessert restaurants whose only West Coast location is Los Angeles, highlighting students’ opportunities to taste the city’s distinctive flavors. Read more...

Photo: SnowLA Shavery in Koreatown features shaved snow using a milk base rather than a water base. Customers can customize their dessert by selecting a snow flavor and hand-selected toppings. The treats are priced at $0.51 per ounce. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


Fashion Forward: Boho-chic ensembles rock Coachella, campus styles

The fashion industry is one that constantly evolves and pushes different boundaries. On the personal level, the world of fashion is also open to interpretation, giving individuals a chance to reflect their personal style. Read more...

Photo: When sporting simple and versatile pieces of clothing, fourth-year linguistics and psychology student Kelly Kohler wears statement pieces like her boho-chic inspired black wide-brimmed hat. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Alternative comics offer medium of expression to unconventional artists

Comic books are everywhere – Marvel and DC Comics are mining decades of story lines for a huge slate of movies and television shows. But comics are more than a source to be mined for superhero blockbusters. Read more...

Photo: “CORPA” by Michel Fiffe is an alternative comic that derives from the 1980s superhero series, “Suicide Squad.” (Courtesy of Michel Fiffe)


Louis Vuitton exhibit traces brand through past, present, future

Twilight, mystery and fashion week atmosphere reigned at the Louis Vuitton exhibit in Hollywood. The Louis Vuitton exhibit closed on the day of the Oscar’s on Sunday. Read more...

Photo: Louis Vuitton’s “Series 2” exhibit in Hollywood wrapped up on Sunday, after a month of rooms filled with videos and holographics to celebrate the brand’s clothing and accessories and to promote the Spring 2015 Women’s Ready-to-Wear collection. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Urban Confections: Sockerbit puts the ‘sweet’ in Swedish confections

Los Angeles is home to numerous dessert shops that feature a range of treats from cupcakes to doughnuts to shakes. Urban Confections will select dessert restaurants whose only West Coast location is Los Angeles, highlighting students’ opportunities to taste the city’s distinctive flavors. Read more...

Photo: Sockerbit, a Scandinavian candy store on West 3rd Street in Beverly Grove, features rows of diverse candy. Customers simply grab a white bag and pay for candy by the pound. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)


Fashion Forward: Color-blocking adds structure with timeless style

The fashion industry is one that constantly evolves and pushes different boundaries every day. On the personal level, the world of fashion is also open to interpretation, giving individuals a chance to reflect their personal style. Read more...

Photo: First-year psychobiology student Karli Ashjia wears a multiple-colored block striped sweater. Ashjia said she enjoys wearing autumn-inspired colors during the fall and winter season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Student zine “Nothing New” collects submissions, holds community events

On her way to watch The Memories perform at The Smell in downtown Los Angeles, fourth-year English and fine art student Ariel Kusby popped into The Last Bookstore and was stopped at the store’s bag check area. Read more...

Photo: Founded by fourth-year English and fine art student Ariel Kusby (far left), “Nothing New” is an undergraduate experimental zine, or a self-published short magazine, that features works such as poetry, writing, prose and essays by members of the UCLA community and around the world. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)



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