Tokyo Fashion Trends - Maid goes street style

Written by: Sven Kilian on June 11, 2006 at 12:30 am | In 03 Fashion & Lifestyle Trends |

Just a short update on the maid trend in Japan. After the maid cafes sprung up in Tokyo a bit more than a wek ago and got worldwide extensive press coverage, everybody would have thought it will be old stuff in a year or so. BUT…not so at all. Not only are the maid cafes popular as ever with waiting hours up to 1 hour. Also many other places sprung up, from foot massage to drinking bars with the staff all dressed up. Shops offer maid costumes not only for party goods but also as a regular fashion. So you don`t need to be real lucky to find girls running around in full dress-up like this girl in the picture below spotted in harajuku…

Also refer to previous article:
Japan Trend Maid Cafe 2005

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  1. I love cute gilrs in cosplay (As anyone), and maid-con is one of my favorites.
    And though the idea of runing into a girl like the one on the picture in my way to work seems like a dream, I cant help but wonder, if girls just started to dress up like maids as regular street clothes, would the maid outfit loose its alure?

    Comment by Toshi — August 1, 2007 #

  2. Condomania? WTF

    Comment by BK — March 23, 2008 #

  3. This must be a Tokyo thing. I’ve been working in Nagoya for about a year and been to Osaka several times and seen nobody dressed up as a maid.

    That said, there are an unsettling number of men dressing as women, lately.

    Comment by ジェイソン (Jason) — March 23, 2008 #

  4. Wow!!! And only 5 years too late!!!

    Comment by CosplayX — March 23, 2008 #

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