Lolita Maid
I'm a Lolita Maid.
Maid cafés were originally designed primarily to cater to the fantasies of male otaku, fans of anime, manga, and video games. The image of the maid is one that has been popularized and fetishized in many manga and anime series. Maid cafés are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan. In these cafés, waitresses dressed in maid costumes act as servants, and treat customers as masters. The first permanent maid café, was established in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan [2001], but maid cafés are becoming increasingly popular [& most cons have a maid cafe].
The maid costume varies from café-to-café but most are based upon the costume of French maids, often composed of a dress, a petticoat, a pinafore apron, a matching hair accessory, and stockings.
I know I used a pic of Akiyama Mio K-On for the cover, but this is just me wearing my own designed dress, not based on any reference pic. I wanted to make this because after finishing off my latest spooky Silent Hill costume, I wanted to make a cute one to balance it out. And I am so darn cute! Plus, a kinky circus party event [12/2014] was coming up and, it was a perfect excuse for me to finally make one.
I made it from scratch. It's a circle skirt, with a basic bodice over a petticoat. The ruffles really pull it together, they were my favorite part. There's also a darling little heart detail on the back. See the Workshop for a WIP. I got really good at using my serger machine to ruffle up the fabric. The hardest part [believe it or not] was the sleeves. I hadn't planned on putting on sleeves, but my roomies insisted. So fitting them in as an afterthought was challenging. Since I'm sewing primarily on a serger for this one, it was only using 1/4" seam allowance, and my costumes have NEVER FIT BETTER. I'm going to make all my costumes a little baggy from now on.
Costume consists of: Maid dress with apron, headband, petticoat, stockings, shoes
Pictures were taken at FurCon 2015, and Fanime 2015. Photos by Candace, Eric V, Jeff C, Toshi, and others.
Maid cafés were originally designed primarily to cater to the fantasies of male otaku, fans of anime, manga, and video games. The image of the maid is one that has been popularized and fetishized in many manga and anime series. Maid cafés are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan. In these cafés, waitresses dressed in maid costumes act as servants, and treat customers as masters. The first permanent maid café, was established in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan [2001], but maid cafés are becoming increasingly popular [& most cons have a maid cafe].
The maid costume varies from café-to-café but most are based upon the costume of French maids, often composed of a dress, a petticoat, a pinafore apron, a matching hair accessory, and stockings.
I know I used a pic of Akiyama Mio K-On for the cover, but this is just me wearing my own designed dress, not based on any reference pic. I wanted to make this because after finishing off my latest spooky Silent Hill costume, I wanted to make a cute one to balance it out. And I am so darn cute! Plus, a kinky circus party event [12/2014] was coming up and, it was a perfect excuse for me to finally make one.
I made it from scratch. It's a circle skirt, with a basic bodice over a petticoat. The ruffles really pull it together, they were my favorite part. There's also a darling little heart detail on the back. See the Workshop for a WIP. I got really good at using my serger machine to ruffle up the fabric. The hardest part [believe it or not] was the sleeves. I hadn't planned on putting on sleeves, but my roomies insisted. So fitting them in as an afterthought was challenging. Since I'm sewing primarily on a serger for this one, it was only using 1/4" seam allowance, and my costumes have NEVER FIT BETTER. I'm going to make all my costumes a little baggy from now on.
Costume consists of: Maid dress with apron, headband, petticoat, stockings, shoes
Pictures were taken at FurCon 2015, and Fanime 2015. Photos by Candace, Eric V, Jeff C, Toshi, and others.
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