Tessa - OCP'16 Round 2

For Round 2 (historical outfit)!

I think I decided on Tessa's time-travel destination in less than a minute - the time of first-wave feminism, specifically 1897, London, when National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was founded. I thought it would be the point in time she'd like to visit. Weeeell, it was either that or joining Jemima Niclas in the Battle of Fishguard, and it seems she was doing fine on her own...

Similarly to Kevin's entry I decided Tessa should keep the wheelchair (that she uses occasionally instead of crutches) and glasses from her own time. The historical part of her outfit was based on cycling outfits of Victorian women (from the point where they decided they had enough of cycling in dresses and skirts and went with bloomers). It seemed really fitting for Tessa - she usually wears trousers, and if Victorian cyclists can get away with it there's no reason wheelchair users shouldn't.

I honestly didn't expect this picture to end up so... cheerful. History in general seems to be one big frustratingly slow process of humans learning not to treat other humans (and living beings in general) like crap. And sometimes you look at it and it seems that nothing really changes and life really is a flat circle, and sometimes you think how much everything improved and how awesome it is. So I think for Tessa it's about tryin' to do right and in that sense looking back at history can be about hope - hey, look, we've made it this far!

And that's it with Round 2 for me! I'll try not to take so long next time (if there is a next time)!

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