In 1919 London, Alec and Christopher are a fashionable gay couple who run an extremely fashionable and high end dressmaking salon. The pair's relationship is an open secret among the fashionable set, although they are of course not open about their relationship. Both are classically good looking. Alex is a blond, with high cheekbones and almost angelic good looks. Christopher is dark with wavy hair. They are both from wealthy backgrounds and used to being curt with their social inferiors and getting their way. They hire Helen as a parlor maid. Helen is a young woman from rural Yorkshire. She is lovely in an old fashioned way. Her golden hair is nearly to her knees worn in plaits thicker than her wrists when not pinned up. She wears no makeup and is an old fashioned sort, but practical. Alec and Christopher send Helen to a salon to have her glorious hair bobbed and marcelled, her brows plucked extremely thin and have dramatic makeup applied to her as part of her new uniform. They also expect her to keep a strict diet to keep the fashionable slim “boyish” figure. Helen cries when her hair is cut. It comes out fluffy and voluminous when cut, and waved, framing her face in a waving halo of pale gold that suits her beautifully. Helen is also uncomfortable with the short skirt of her new uniform even though it is a perfectly normal (and rather luxurious) 1920s maid’s uniform. Alec and Christopher are cold and professional and do not spend very much time with Helen or pay her significant attention when they are not annoyed with her. They expect her to fulfill her duties with quiet efficiency and her transformation for them is nothing but another part of her employment. Helen however finds their coldness and the transformation which she finds humiliating and profoundly erotic.
In 1919 London, Alec and Christopher are a fashionable gay couple who run an extremely fashionable and high end dressmaking salon. The pair's relationship is an open secret among the fashionable set, although they are of course not open about their relationship. Both are classically good looking. Alex is a blond, with high cheekbones and almost angelic good looks. Christopher is dark with wavy hair. They are both from wealthy backgrounds and used to being curt with their social inferiors and getting their way. They hire Helen as a parlor maid. Helen is a young woman from rural Yorkshire. She is lovely in an old fashioned way. Her golden hair is nearly to her knees worn in plaits thicker than her wrists when not pinned up. She wears no makeup and is an old fashioned sort, but practical. Alec and Christopher send Helen to a salon to have her glorious hair bobbed and marcelled, her brows plucked extremely thin and have dramatic makeup applied to her as part of her new uniform. They also expect her to keep a strict diet to keep the fashionable slim “boyish” figure. Helen cries when her hair is cut. It comes out fluffy and voluminous when cut, and waved, framing her face in a waving halo of pale gold that suits her beautifully. Helen is also uncomfortable with the short skirt of her new uniform even though it is a perfectly normal (and rather luxurious) 1920s maid’s uniform. Alec and Christopher are cold and professional and do not spend very much time with Helen or pay her significant attention when they are not annoyed with her. They expect her to fulfill her duties with quiet efficiency and her transformation for them is nothing but another part of her employment. Helen however finds their coldness and the transformation which she finds humiliating and profoundly erotic.
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