Domestic Services

The Lady’s Maid

What is a Lady’s Maid?

A Lady’s Maid is a personal attendant dedicated to the lady of the household. The role is highly individualized and centers on presentation, wardrobe care, and daily personal support.

Responsibilities often include:

Assisting with dressing, grooming, hair, and wardrobe selection

Maintaining fine clothing, footwear, and accessories

Keeping private spaces such as dressing rooms or studies impeccably arranged

Coordinating personal shopping and managing elements of a social calendar

Some Lady’s Maids have nursing backgrounds and can provide discreet support to an elderly principal, while others focus exclusively on wardrobe management and personal presentation. In larger residences, a Lady’s Maid may also guide junior staff in standards of formal service, including presentation, table setting, and protocol.

If a Lady’s Maid feels like the right next step, we invite you to share a few details so we can understand your needs and help you move toward the right hire.

Lady’s Maid Salary:
$100,000+

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Questions and Answers

  • Not at all. While the title is certainly traditional, the function remains highly relevant in modern private households.

    Today’s Lady’s Maids combines wardrobe expertise, personal presentation support, schedule coordination, and discretion, tailored to the lifestyle of their principal.

  • Yes, they often do.

    For principals who attend formal engagements, seasonal residences, or international travel, a Lady’s Maid may accompany them to ensure garments are properly prepared, packed, pressed, and presentation ready. Travel expectations are typically defined in advance and structured according to the principal’s schedule and lifestyle.

    In some households, travel is occasional. In others, it is a regular and anticipated part of the role.

How to Hire a Lady’s Maid

At The Anti-Agency, the process begins with a conversation. We’ll guide the process from there, delivering candidates suited to your unique needs.

The Anti-Agency places Lady’s Maids across major residential, metropolitan, and resort destinations:

  • Southern California, Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Newport Beach, and surrounding communities

  • Northern California, San Francisco, Atherton, Palo Alto, Woodside, and the greater Bay Area

  • Florida, Miami, Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and neighboring coastal areas

  • New York City and New York State, the Upper East Side, Upper West Side, SoHo, TriBeCa, Chelsea, Brooklyn, the Hamptons, and the greater Tri-State area

  • Connecticut and nearby regions, Greenwich, Stamford, Westchester, and surrounding communities

  • New England, Boston and surrounding areas of Massachusetts, as well as Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard

  • The Midwest, Chicago and surrounding areas

  • Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Maryland and Virginia

  • Texas, Houston, Austin, Dallas, and other major cities

  • The Pacific Northwest, Seattle and Portland

  • Resort destinations, Aspen, Colorado, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming

  • The Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu, Maui, and the North Shore

  • Nationwide, with select international placements

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