This post was updated on June 3 at 6:20 p.m. Julia Koerner said she sees the human body as a smaller version of a building – fashion sheaths the body much like a facade covers a work of architecture. The UCLA assistant adjunct professor of architecture said fashion provides an avenue for her to explore […]
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FAST runway show flaunts student designers’ varied inspirations and backgrounds
A hooded, robelike jacket made out of a KISS T-shirt made its debut among other student fashion lines Thursday night. The collection was one of 14 student fashion lines displayed on the catwalk at the 18th annual Fashion and Student Trends runway show in Pauley Pavilion. Since UCLA does not offer a fashion design major […]
Student-run artist collective CMMND to feature integrative art at EP release party
CMMND will sell basketball shorts, with five color options, in promotion of the artist collective’s first music record. The upcoming five-song EP features over a dozen musicians, many of whom are UCLA students. An album release party in Tom Bradley International Hall will accompany the release of “The CMMND EP” on Friday night, when the […]
FAST Runway Show 2019
The 2019 FAST Runway Show will take place Thursday in Pauley Pavilion. Take a look at some of the student models who will take the catwalk and various clothing lines crafted by student designers.
Models reflect on catwalk experiences preparing for FAST runway show
Heels click on concrete, synced with music, as Meghan He pops a hand on her hip and smizes out across the stairs of Drake Stadium. He, a first-year psychobiology student began the school year catwalking down her dorm hallway. After spending months in rehearsal spaces like Drake Stadium, He will end it strutting down a […]
Functionality grounds glamour in student’s clothing line inspired by Met Gala outfits
Sabrina Costa is bringing fashion from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Pauley Pavilion. The first-year biology student’s clothing line for the 2019 Fashion and Student Trends at UCLA runway show was inspired by the 2018 Met Gala theme, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” Costa’s collection consists of dresses, skirts and a pair […]
Students hope to empower by embracing cultures, body positivity in fashion line
Last year, Caliope Marin and Risachi Ogan walked the runway at an annual fashion show. This year, they designed the clothes instead of wearing them. Marin, a third-year neuroscience and human biology and society student, and Ogan, a fourth-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student, said they witnessed a lack of body-type diversity in the […]