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Talking to a girlfriend here, I was reminded of my French Maid days, when I would dress up and serve my wife. In uniform with garter belt and stockings, with frilly panties and petticoats underneath. My wife found it amusing. but she did like the housework getting done. Have any other girls here ever gone though such a phase?
@maureen76 I do possess a maid outfit which does get worn with very fluffy petticoats, stockings with bows and super high heels. Mine is an off the shoulder number with separate sleeves and a cap that will not stay on my head.
Anna x
@annaredhead It sounds delicious --- of course those caps never stay on --- I also splurged on some long opera length gloves
I had one of those outfits decades ago and got a thrill out of wearing it once in a while. In fact, I think I made a fool of myself a few times dressing up in it when I had too much to drink.
I wore it a couple times for Halloween too.
The last time I wore it was in the mid 1980s when I made Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. Back then, new chiefs went through a weeks-long initiation process. One Friday afternoon my sponsor decided I would dress up as a female waitress at the chief's club and take beverage orders from the chiefs. He was delighted, when I told him I owned a French maid-type costume.
It was fun for all, with one catch, a female member of the regular wait staff pulled me to the side and asked me a question concerning how is it that I was so skilled at walking in stiletto heels and for several hours too?
@catgurl women notice things like that more than men---because they know how hard it is to learn to properly walk in heels
@catgurl A common occurrence Peggy Sue! Girls like us are often outed at Halloween or other events like you just described and for the reason you were pulled off to the side by a GG. Too feminine in one’s manner, gestures, etc, or things like being too comfortable in heels, being too detailed in our presentation, examples, painted toes, coordinated earrings, necklace and bracelets. Only another woman would notice these things but notice them they do! 😉
@maureen76 I don’t have a French maids outfit but my wife did say she was going to get me one for when I clean the house I don’t wreck my hood clothes. lol. But she has watched me clean the whole house while fully dressed with heels and keep them on the whole time. Her and my sister in law can’t believe I do it with ease.
@cdashley your wife is a lucky woman to have a thoughtful housewife like you who can even clean in heels---most women can't/won't---but you do
I don't have a maid outfit at all, but the style I would really like is the type worn at a manor house.
In fact I would love to be a maid.
Lynne
@maureen76 Maureen, very much so. I love dressing in my French maid outfit…generally worn with stockings, suspenders, lacy bra and heels to do the house work (coincidently pleasing my wife). It’s the only way to do house work. I say always dress appropriately and fench maid outfits is appropriate for house work! However, as time passes, I have started finding that simple casual jean skirts and loose fitting strappy tops are easier to wear….either way, the house work is done!
Hugs Christine
@christineth Hi Christine---yes the most important thing is pleasing your wife! and I'm sure she doesn't mind whether it is as a french maid or casual housewife---as long as you are dressed in a feminine manner----that is what matters to her---also that the housework is done---Hugs Maureen
@maureen76 always wanted the outfit. Have not found the right fit. Might end up in a Victorian ears long one. I help my wife cook and go for the June Cleaver look ( see photos) with white frilly apron.
@maureen76 always wanted the outfit. Have not found the right fit. Might end up in a Victorian ears long one. I help my wife cook and go for the June Cleaver look ( see photos) with white frilly apron.
@missylinda Hi Lorraine, like I said to Christine --- the important thing is pleasing the wife--LOL -- whether as French Maid or June Cleaver ---Hugs Maureen
@maureen76 I'm surprised so many like this style. Personally I always thought it was just a bit silly but obviously that's just me. Even in my early dressing up days I never really went for what I would call costumes. I preferred real clothes from the outset & now they are just my clothes, whatever I am doing. If anything, my male clothes are now the costume, funny how things change isn't it?
X
Sasha
@sashabennett Spot on for me as well. i don't judge anyone but for me it's just my normal attire.
@maureen76 I have a French Maid costume that I occasionally wear to do housework because it makes it more fun. I think I'd rather have something more useful than a costume, but haven't found it yet. My wife thinks it's a hoot, too. Harmless fun!
@maureen76 My wife and I went to a Halloween Party both dressed as maids. i had painted toes and earrings and faint lipstick. Our friends were most amused. Best, Marlene.
@maureen76 Certainly!! Over the years I’ve had a couple of maid outfits that were fun to play in.
C💋
@maureen76 I'm into role play with me in the feminine role! I haven't done the French Maid thing yet but I can see how it might be fun....
@maureen76 not a phase as I am the lady of the house. Most days you will find me at home in a dress taking care of the house as it should have been long ago. Thank you for asking.
Don't have any maid outfits, I just like washing up, and vacuuming; I don't mind a bit of ironing either. I do like to do it dressed (but it's not obligatory), but oddly, I'd feel very self-conscious doing any of it dressed as a maid, even if there was no one there to see it.
@rebeccabaxter for me it was a phase---alot of work to get dolled up---now I mainly do my housework dressed as a "house wife"---LOL
@rebeccabaxter Never having worn a stereotypical French maid outfit, my guess is that the fascination would be based on something like role-playing or that it would be reassuringly feminine.
Interestingly, the French maid costume was the cause for late 19th century censors shutting down Parian can-can dance halls. It actually is a micro, fantasy version of the typical maid's clothing of that era.
@harriette you really must try one on sometime---the ultimate in femininity --- garter belt and stockings showing---frilly panties showing, and fluffy flouncing petticoats---is enough to make a girl swoon
I enjoy pretending to be a maid as well. My wife got me a lingerie type outfit and I have cleaned in it. Not practical but fun. I would really like a more durable dress to wear . I do enjoy serving and cooking and cleaning. It's a way my wife can have some fun with me dressed and get something she wants. She will ask the maid to come by when she wants the house clean but doesn't want to do it.
@cdgabrielle yes---my wife enjoys getting a clean house whether I am dressed as French Maid or housewife----for something in between French Maid and housewife----there are hotel maid uniforms you can get---still a maid but more practical
@cdgabrielle My late wife was also an active participant in my alternative life as Katherine and although I was mostly just the "junior" woman in the house, she did sometimes require me to be her maid.
However, neither of us considered the classic maid's uniform to be particularly practical (and indeed, regarded it as a cliché); instead she let me wear some of her "house dresses".
I took up the concept of a house dress easily as I grew up in an era when this is what women usually wore at home (60's & 70's) when doing chores or just relaxing.
I recenty had one custom made by a professional seamstress. It's durable, practical and comfortable.
You'll find the story here:
https://www.crossdresserheaven.com/the-house-dress/
@katherineboesemann great story---your wife is very nice to let you dress this way---Hugs Maureen
Fantasied, (like a lot of younger CD's) about the French maid thing back about the early 90's and actually wore one at a dressing service makeover in London UK about that time.
I kept thee photos for a while, but decided this look was not for me, so I burnt 'em.
Caty.
Sadly I don't have a maids outfit but would love to have one complete with petticoat and apron. I do have a couple dresses that I wear on occasion to clean house and do laundry. Those are fun days.
XOXO
Suzanne
@cdsue with petticoat and apron you may not be a french maid but most certainly are an adorable housewife!!!
I did for a fancy dress once getting the dress and pinny from a fancy dress outlet. I had the heels, stockings and appropriate wig. It was a fun party and everyone thought I looked great but the heels were a bit of a killer after a few hours but bravely got to the end of the evening.
I’ve been hinting for either a maid’s uniform or a housedress to do my housework chores but as yet my Queen hasn’t catered for my wants and why would she when she gets the ironing, laundry, dusting, polishing, vacuuming, WC cleaned, En-suit cleaned and all her meals cooked by her very own non uniformed maid (me). Oh and all the drab jobs around the house in side and out. I can fem up whenever the time is right but it is not the same as her wanting me in uniform.
@lynnsometimes yes there is something special when your mistress demands you dress en femme as a maid to perform your chores---Hugs Maureen
I told my wife is she got me a French maid outfit, I'd clean the house with no complaining. So far, I haven't received one.
@astrosteve Stephanie---all of us girls are hoping you get the present you ask for!
I prefer the 50's housewife look with petticoat, apron pearls and heels. A big June cleaver fan here. I'd much rather be viewed and treated as the traditional loving housewife than the maid.
@michellemybell Yes, I love the June Cleaver look also---also easier to clean as June than a French Maid
Hi Maureen,
I would love to tell my wife to get a French maid outfit for Brandi and for more than just housework duties.
She loaves the X-dressing side of me.
A gurl can dream!!!!
Hugs,
Brandi
@brandicd11 Well, if your wife is OK with your CDing then order one yourself. Best, Marlene. PS I take it that, what you wrote, "loaves" means "loves"and not "loathes"!
Hi Marlene,
I miss-spelled the word in-correctly.
Re-stated my wife despises my crossdressing part of me.
Hugs,
Brandi
@brandicd11 Sorry your wife does not approve of your CDing. Maybe she will cone around. Best, Marlene.
@marleneroberts well she could always "cone around" as well as we learned from watching Saturday Night Live---LOL
Definitely, it really puts the fun into house work, 😍
No but sounds fun !!! Just need to find a wife to dress up and do the chores for her!!
@coloradog1 yes, having a wife to do housework for while all dressed up--doubles the fun
Not only do I have one, I have 3. The first one is in pink, and was so short that I think I have tee shirts that are longer. But with a tutu petticoat it becomes an acceptable height (even if it is still very short). This one locks on at the neck and through the zipper. I have since modified it by adding ribbon with loops to lock it on at the wrists, and put a lock on the apron and added belt loops so the locked-on apron couldn't just be slid down my non-existant hips. More on this one later.
The second one I got was a long black ankle length dress. It locked on at the neck, wrists, waist, and below the knees. The problem was that the lock at the wrist was so loose as to be useless. I removed and resewed the wrists so it would be tight enough to not be able to remove. The same thing happened with the waist; having no hips means even if it is locked on I can slither in and out of it. I also tightened the waist belt and the below the knee belt so that at least with the waist belt locked I could not remove the dress. I also bought a trumpet petticoat to go with this dress.
The third dress I got from my friend as she was closing up her transformation business. It is short sleeve black dress with lace at the hem, on two ruffles on the bodice, and at the sleeves. It has a lacy applique with sequences on the chest. It also has two lock loops and a high neck. The apron is also lacy and is sewn on. When I got it, I was unable to close the neck, but having lost weight I can now close the neck. The zipper doesn't lock shut (it can slide down too easily) so I added a ribbon to the zipper and two ribbons to add a second lock to the zipper.
The best time I had was one of my friend's parties (she was the one who ran the transformation business) when I came dressed in the pink outfit. I had the dress locked on at the waist (via the apron), neck, and wrists, and my heels also locked on. Each lock was keyed seperately, and had two keys. I separated the pairs of keys and put them into a small zip-lock bag. When my friend was through with makeovers, I handed over the keys (we actually posed for a picture where she was pointing to her hand demanding I hand them over - my idea for the photo) so I was locked into the dress with no access to the keys.
I did have a chance to rest, but I was also helping out at the party. I brought the garbage out to the can outside her home, helped serve or clean up, or just be available. Later we played a game where we handed out the keys and I would go around the room while people had to guess which lock their key fit (and remember, because there were two for each lock, after one was opened, the other key was useless). The locks and keys are not numbered or identifyable in any way, so it really is a matter of luck.
I did stay after everyone left and helped wash and dry the dishes, and my friend was appreciative of the help. It was really a lot of fun.
@alison-anderson Alison, I must say that you have the locked on maids dress thing down to a tee. Such care with making sure the locks work in order to play a fun game of find the key! Well done.
When I was single and lived on my own (30+ years ago), I had a maids uniform - I did my household chores wearing it. At that time it was one of my favourite outfits.
I don't own one but I think I would rather like to try one. I love the 'sissy' style of dresses, with lots of frills, bows, shiny satin, frothy petticoats and so forth. I've looked at various ones online but sadly (and typically) the ones I like always seem to the ones I can't afford! lol
Mind you, like some of you girls have already said, I tend to wear more 'normal' (sorry, it's too early in the morning for me to get my head round a more descriptive term!) clothes. I can't help thinking that I might feel just a little too self-conscious in a French maid's outfit.
@caroline2k Hi Caroline--- I own a couple of maids dresses with a wide assortment of frothy petticoats and frilly panties. I think much of the purpose in wearing them is to be self conscious about the very exaggerated image of femininity being projected---when wearing them one tends to mince around---LOL---Hugs Maureen
@leslienix yes it does---also it puts the wiggle into the giggle that comes from your wife---LOL----Hugs Maureen
Haha, well I don't doubt it Leslie!
I know I have a lot more fun doing the housework even in 'normal' clothes than I ever did in drab 😁
