In all honesty, I'm embarrassingly more frugal than the average college student. I use coupons at Ralphs to the point that my groceries cost nothing, I amble toward free samples at Costco and I often find myself using spare change to pay for most purchases. Read more...
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A two-piece red, ruffled dress from Zac Posen’s Target line sells for $79.99. (TARGET)
Figuring out what to dress up as for Halloween is a conundrum for the slothful and the lazy. Those two words embody my personality, and anytime I have to lift myself up and use my brain to conjure up a costume around Halloween time, I either reach for a sandwich or drift off into a snooze or a combination of both. Read more...
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Lacey Chabert, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried star in the 2004 film “Mean Girls,” which yielded a famous Halloween costume scene. (MOVIE PICTURE DATABASE)
Janss Steps on a Thursday night is silent compared to the muddled roar of Westwood North Village. Read more...
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Claire Wang, a third-year physiological science student, lifts the lion head above her own during lion dance practice. Members of the Association of Chinese Americans Lion Dance team meet at Janss Steps to learn and perfect the traditional moves.
For UCLA alumna Jessica Anderson-Gwin, the pole is another form of the ballet bar. Anderson-Gwin began taking pole dancing classes while simultaneously enrolled in the world arts and cultures program at UCLA and saw the moves on the bar as a form of balletic expression and, most notably, as an art. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Jessica Anderson-Gwin founded JAGGED, a contemporary pole dancing company. (courtesy of Isaac Suttell)
The Victorian era may not have much in common with 1970s; yet when an 1835 Victorian corset is paired with a well-worn pair of Levi's jeans, the unlikely age difference makes the combination for a perfect vintage match. Read more...
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The annual Vintage Fashion Expo brings old styles back to Santa Monica this weekend. Students are admitted free with a student ID on Sunday. (courtesy of Elisabeth Normoyle)
I knew the meat dress became passe when Bruce Willis decides to pay homage to Lady Gaga by wearing a hat made out of beef on "Late Show with David Letterman." The same man who took out terrorists with his bare hands as detective John McClane in the explosion-happy film "Die Hard" is now resorting to marinating his head with the beefy and bloody token shock value of the present, all the while making lukewarm jokes. Read more...
In the damp evening air, the orange-tinted glow of Parking Lot 7 is less of a concrete parking structure than it is a dance studio. Read more...
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The NSU Modern dance team uses campus parking lots as its practice studios. The team features student dancers from varied academic and dance backgrounds to create choreography inspired by contemporary, modern, jazz and hip-hop dance styles.
