Wear
The costumes are frequently worn to costume parties, and also used in drama/theater. They are sometimes worn for sexual roleplaying or by BDSM practitioners, either on brief occasions, or as a routine form of servitude to the dominant partner.
Among cross-dressing female-dominated men, there is also an extensive Sissy subculture with men roleplaying as submissive "sissy maids" wearing a feminine French maid costume.
French maid costumes also feature in mainstream media from time to time. Notable films include:
- Joanne Whalley in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
- Colleen Camp as a French maid in Clue (1985), a murder mystery spoof in which she becomes a suspect, and later, a victim
- In Friends with Money (2006), Jennifer Aniston dresses as a French maid for her boyfriend
- Aniston played the maid seductress again in a guest role on the 3rd episode of the 3rd season of the NBC TV series 30 Rock.
- On the Desperate Housewives series, Lynette (Felicity Huffman) wears a French maid outfit she bought at a lingerie store to spice up her marriage.
- Lumiere's girlfriend in Disney's Beauty and The Beast, depicted in enchanted form as a feather duster with a resemblance to a French maid
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Famous quotes containing the word wear:
“If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater ... suggest that he wear a tail.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1951)
“I don’t want to smoke cigars or go to stag parties, wear jockey shorts or pick up the check.”
—Shelley Winters (b. 1922)
“Look on beauty,
And you shall see ‘tis purchased by the weight,
Which therein works a miracle in nature,
Making them lightest that wear most of it.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)