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Maid Cosplay Costumes

The maid cosplay costumes are one of the outfits most popular among Japanese cosplay. Cosplay or Costume Play among the young Japanese are very popular and it includes dressing up in various costumes in private or public. The various cosplay costumes include the manga style, video games and animated styles. But among these the maid costumes have become more popular due to the popularity of the ‘Moe’ characters.

Originally the maid costume was a term that referred to dresses or maid clothes that were made in imitation of the clothes worn by the late 19^th century maids and housekeepers of Britain. Today, this dress type is known as ‘Classical Maid Costumes’ and they are not mainstream maid outfits.

The maid cosplay costumes are a combination of the traditional French maid costumes and the apron. This costume’s length is generally above the knee, not much clingy, navy blue or black coloured and sophisticated, separated or one piece dress. These dresses mostly have a frilled apron which is shortened in the length and a pleated skirt area. The petticoats and knickers worn with these dresses are mostly ruffled and sometimes the dresses are very short to display them.

The maid cosplay costumes come in various types which include.

i) The Long Maid Costumes- These costumes mostly look like classical maid outfits worn by the maids and housekeepers in the western countries in the late nineteenth century. The long maid costumes which are somewhat business-like and very austere are in high demand among the cosplay people in Japan for their snobbish demands and rare value.

ii) The Short Maid Costumes- These are another style of maid costumes of Japanese cosplay, and are an altered style of classical French maid costumes. These costumes which come with short skirts are quite popular among the Japanese youngsters. The style of these dresses are based on the 19^th century maid uniforms of France, but also many Kawaii refinements are added to their original shapes.

iii) The Mini Maid Costumes- These kind of maid costumes have skirts which are very short and above the knee. Along with these dresses, often the girls wear petticoats or knickers with the mini skirts which are short enough to display them.

iv) The Lolita Maid Costumes- These costumes which are like Lolita costumes are sometimes worn by the Japanese ladies instead of the apron dress to look like ‘Moe’. Also, along with these costumes, they behave in a cute ‘Moe’ like manner.

v)The Modern French Maid Costumes- These costumes are the strongly modified styles of the black and white uniforms worn by the French maids of the nineteenth century. These costumes, depending on their designs can sometimes be also classified as lingerie.

vi) The Walloli Maid Costumes- This type of maid costume is the combination of the Lolita fashion and the traditional Japanese clothing. The costume consists of a yukata or a kimono with an apron dress.

Among all the above maid cosplay costumes, the most common accessories worn by all Japanese maids are petticoats and maid socks.

Yuko Ogura Lolita Maid Cosplay

Maid Cafes in Japan

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Since the year 2000, many cafes called Maid Cafes have opened in the Japanese cities of Akihabara, Osaka and Shinjuku. These cafes are referred in Japanese as ‘Meido Cafes’ or ‘Maido Cafes’. The Japanese Maid Cafes are mostly like the regular cafes serving teas, coffees, cakes, etc, with their waitresses dressed up in the costumes of French maids. Sometimes the costumes also include bunny ears or cats to increase their cuteness.

The maids in the Maid Cafes use honorific languages towards the café’s customers, like those used by the servants towards their master. Customers are greeted by saying, ‘welcome home, Master’, than a wipe towel is offered and a food or drink menu is shown. Some of the popular dishes include, ice-creams, cakes that sometimes are baked by the maids, spaghettis, omurice, drinks like milk, tea, coca-cola, alcoholic beverages like beers and sometimes even champagnes.

Generally, all the Japanese Maid Cafes charge regular prices for serving drinks. They charge extra for the extra time the customers are present that is for every 30 minutes, 400 yen. Some of the cafes offer other services like, grooming services, ear cleaning and shampoos, or fully clothed massages. Other options include, taking polaroids of the maids together, or single, or with the customer. These polaroids are than decorated with stickers or coloured markers. In one of the unusual option, the customers can get themselves slapped by one or more girls. In some of the Maid Cafes, the customers on paying an extra 900 yen can chat with a maid in a private room which are cluttered with animation DVDs, character figurines and comic books.

Nowadays, due to their increasing fad, the demand of women in Japan wanting to become maids in these cafes has been on the rise. In the country, where many adults have nostalgic dreams of their childhood fun, this offers a rare opportunity to role play by dressing up in various costumes and transport themselves away from the tough daily life. Also, many of these Japanese women are devoted fans of animation videos, comics, video games that portray maids as heroines, and thus these women enjoy themselves immersing into these characters. Patronage of these Maid Cafes among the young women are also on the rise as they hope to turn a geek into a Prince Charming.

Recently, a latest form of Maid Café has come up in Japan known as the ‘Princess Restaurants’. Here the waitresses wearing maid outfits treat the customers like royalty and show them to their ‘throne chairs’. These cafes mainly target the female customers between the age of 20 and 40. in Tokyo Ginza, the ‘Princess Restaurants’ have become very popular, providing service only to couples and women.

Thus the Maid Cafes in Japan, dispersed in their various cities add a new charm to their already interesting places.

Christmas in a maid cafe

Cute Maids Singing!