The main body of this ensemble has a wet-leather look and is cut in a stunning high-waisted fitted style. Mansion owners better treat the help well because French maids know everything about their employers.
No, not for those glove wearing ladies and gents, for those twenty house servants that worked about thirteen hours a day. Yeah, that's right. Traditional Plus Size Maid Fancy Dress Costume for Women When is the last time you polished your staircase? Next time you're daydreaming about living in a beautiful Edwardian manor straight from a Jane Austin novel think about all the hard labor that went into it.
When you're rocking this powerful ensemble, people are sure to assume that you know a few secrets about the master of the manse. The middle has a lace trimmed peplum with tulle underneath. Maids get to know all the secrets of the upper class.
They would get up before the sun rose, started the fires in the main rooms to warm them up for the spoiled occupants, then started on their excruciating cleaning regiment.. In a grand manor it would be expected that you would be able to see your embarrassed expression if you slipped on the polished marble steps.
Traditional Plus Size Maid Costume for Women When is the last time you polished your staircase? Next time you're daydreaming about living in a beautiful Edwardian manor straight from a Jane Austin novel think about all the hard labor that went into it. Those maids had a lot of gumption.You'll look the part with the full length black dress, tidy eyelet lace trimmed apron, and the ruffled cap. In a grand manor it would be expected that you would be able to see your embarrassed expression if you slipped on the polished marble steps.
Those maids had a lot of gumption. In a grand manor it would be expected that you would be able to see your embarrassed expression if you slipped on the polished marble steps..
. No, not swept or even mopped, polished. After you dress up for that costume party you can use this costume as a ghost of that maid to convince the occupant of a manor to leave so you can get a good price on a kingly estate, they're hard to come by these days! Thirteen hours a day for a little over a pound a month. While it would be nice to get room and board with your salary we'd have a hard time getting paid only sixteen pounds a year.
You'll look the part with the full length black dress, tidy eyelet lace trimmed apron, and the ruffled cap. After all, the dukes and duchesses couldn't enter through the dramatic double doors, climb the shiny grand staircase, and enter their multi-roomed suite only to find some dust on the bedroom mantle. Those maids had a lot of gumption. While it would be nice to get room and board with your salary we'd have a hard time getting paid only sixteen pounds a year.