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Do French maids really dress like French maids?
Dear Matthew:
Do French maids really dress like French maids?
-- Tony Falde, San Diego
Well, yeah, Tony. They tried dressing like deep-sea divers, but it was tough doing floors and windows. In fact, that's the origin of the famous phrase, "I don't do floors and windows"; the phrase originally was, "I can't do floors and windows." But I guess what you're really asking is, do French maids dress the way we think French maids dress when we suit up for a Halloween party -- tiny black dress, tinier white apron, fishnet stockings, black heels, that little ruffled head thingy, and maybe a feather duster. That daydreamy idea is just a saucy modification of a typical turn-of-the-century housemaid's outfit in the U.S. and Europe -- plain-colored (perhaps black or gray) dress with a long skirt, white apron, white cap. Naughty vaudeville routines hiked hemlines and added sexy footgear. I guess they're French because anything French has always been hot.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Do French maids really dress like French maids?
Do French maids really dress like French maids?
Dear Matthew:
Do French maids really dress like French maids?
-- Tony Falde, San Diego
Well, yeah, Tony. They tried dressing like deep-sea divers, but it was tough doing floors and windows. In fact, that's the origin of the famous phrase, "I don't do floors and windows"; the phrase originally was, "I can't do floors and windows." But I guess what you're really asking is, do French maids dress the way we think French maids dress when we suit up for a Halloween party -- tiny black dress, tinier white apron, fishnet stockings, black heels, that little ruffled head thingy, and maybe a feather duster. That daydreamy idea is just a saucy modification of a typical turn-of-the-century housemaid's outfit in the U.S. and Europe -- plain-colored (perhaps black or gray) dress with a long skirt, white apron, white cap. Naughty vaudeville routines hiked hemlines and added sexy footgear. I guess they're French because anything French has always been hot.
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