argumate:

it’s funny how “French maid” has been replaced by “Japanese pastiche of French maid” in the popular consciousness.

I assume the French maid thing got started when English aristocrats hired them as fashion consultants, and it seems fair now that fashion and food have also migrated from Paris to Tokyo.

Honestly Japan did the same thing with “girl in a bunny suit”, “attractive young nurse”, “uniformed schoolgirl” and “nun”, it’s like they’re trying to catch up