by Stowaway Magazine | May 7, 2015 | Culture, Fall 2015, Life
“That is so cute! But there’s no way I could do that because I’m too tall.” Or so Wyoming native Valina Eckley thought when she encountered lolita fashion in the Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan. Despite her initial assumption, Valina began wearing lolita. During the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Culture, Fall 2013, Life
Every child dreams of defying gravity by swinging 360 degrees around the spindle of a swing set. In 1996, Estonian engineer Ado Kosk made this dream a reality. Kosk adapted Estonia’s traditional swings, which have wooden shafts rather than chains. Kosk’s version had...