# Cat Keyhole Lingerie
Cat Keyhole Lingerie is a Nonori-designed bra set with a cat-face cutout across the chest that turned into a Japanese fanart fad in January 2016. Anime artists on Pixiv and Twitter drew hundreds of characters wearing it within days, and Sankaku Complex and RocketNews24 both wrote it up that month.
## Overview
Cat Keyhole Lingerie (Chinese: 猫咪镂空刺绣荷花边抹胸, Japanese: ねこランジェリー, literally "Cat Lingerie") is a bra and underwear set with a cat-head shaped cutout across the chest, designed by Nonori and sold through Taobao[2]. The full set includes a cat paw print on the back of the underwear and a small bell choker, and shipped in black and white variants that Sankaku Complex jokingly labeled "chocolate" and "vanilla"[1].
It turned into a fetish fad in late January 2016 after Japanese Twitter users started sharing anime fanart of characters wearing the outfit[1]. The cat-face cleavage window drew immediate comparisons to the Keyhole Turtleneck sweater trend that had gone viral in late 2014[3].
## How It Spread
Attention exploded on January 21, 2016, when Japanese Twitter user @pomupome1 [4] posted about the lingerie with an invitation for artists to draw their favorite girls in it. Know Your Meme reports the tweet pulled in over 13,000 retweets and 12,000 favorites during its first three weeks[3]. By January 23rd, more than 100 fanart illustrations of anime characters in the outfit had appeared across Pixiv, Twitter, Tumblr and DeviantArt[3].
English-language coverage arrived quickly. Sankaku Complex published a write-up on January 26, 2016 covering the design and the flood of illustrations it inspired[1]. RocketNews24 also picked the trend up, and its article became one of the site's most-read pieces that week[3]. Illustration counts kept climbing, passing 450 on Pixiv and 250 on both Danbooru and Gelbooru by January 27th[3].
The bra set also went up for preorder that month on the international Japanese fashion website Pocket Tokyo, giving buyers outside China a way to order it without going through Taobao directly[3].
## How to Use
The fanart format typically shows an anime or manga character wearing the cat-cutout bra, often with the bell choker and paw-print underwear from Nonori's original set as matching accessories[1]. Cat-coded characters were the common early pick, with Touhou Project's Chen among the first subjects[3]. Actual wearers are rare in the meme itself, which lived mostly as illustration and photo shares rather than cosplay.
## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is Cat Keyhole Lingerie?
A bra and underwear set by designer Nonori featuring a cat-head shaped cutout on the chest, a paw-print on the back of the panties, and a bell choker, sold on Taobao[2].
### Where did Cat Keyhole Lingerie come from?
Nonori first listed the set on Taobao, and the earliest fanart appeared on Pixiv in July 2015 featuring Touhou Project characters Chen and Rin Kaenbyou[3].
### What does Cat Keyhole Lingerie mean?
The Japanese name ねこランジェリー literally translates to "Cat Lingerie" (translated from Japanese), and the cat-face cleavage window was quickly framed as a follow-up to the Keyhole Turtleneck sweater trend from December 2014[3].
### How do you use Cat Keyhole Lingerie?
As a fanart template, artists typically draw an anime character wearing the cat-cutout bra with the matching bell choker and paw-print underwear[1].
### Is Cat Keyhole Lingerie still popular?
The main fad ran for a few weeks in January 2016, with Pixiv illustrations crossing 450 by January 27th before attention faded after the initial burst[3].
## References
1. [https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2016/01/26/naughty-cat-keyhole-lingerie-exposes-serious-pussy/]()
2. [https://world.taobao.com/item/526518909687.htm]()
3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cat-keyhole-bra]()
4. [https://x.com/i/status/690301705083191296]()
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