Emelia 👸🏻 @thisismissem@hachyderm.io
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So I just realised that the "tech princess" link on my website was broken, after I made my instagram disappear.

Anyway, here's the back story: I was going to React Day Berlin in November 2019, and I was so bored of going to tech conferences in jeans and a t-shirt, and wanted to be *hyper* femme, so I bought a huge ballgown and wore that to the conference. I also tried to encourage some other femmes to join me, but didn't have much luck.

It was literally to poke fun at the fact that tech conferences are all jeans and t-shirts or like suits. I wanted to do something different.

Photo of Emelia at the conference from over the left shoulder. She is holding a coffee cup with both hands, and facing away from the camera. Emelia is wearing a black corset, with lace puff sleeves, her hair is black and up in a fancy updo with a mixture of dark red and magenta highlights. At the bottom of the photo you can see the tulle skirt of her ballgown peaking through with pops of reds and pinks through black. Behind Emelia is a man standing in business casual, his face blurred. This photo was taken by the React Day Berlin 2019 event photographers (unfortunately uncredited by name).Photo of the full ballgown Emelia wore, the description is the same as the previous photo, but shows the full ballgown skirt. The skirt is pink, orange, and black tulle in overlapping layers. It is about 1.5m across with the hoop skirt and petticoats underneath. The outfit is shown on a mannequin.
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