Milady Maker

Milady Maker is a collection of 10,000 generative neochibi-style profile pictures (pfp) NFTs inspired by the street-style tribes of Y2K Japan and it is hosted on the Ethereum blockchain.^[1]​^[21] Launched in 2021 by the Remilia collective led by Charlotte Fang, it has expanded into a broader ecosystem that includes companion NFT collections, social and cultural experiences, and associated fungible tokens.^[5]​^[22]​^[21] As of 2025, it remains one of the more prominent and controversial Ethereum NFT collections.^[22]​^[21]​^[23]​^[1]​^[3]​^[2]​^[4]​

Overview

An online collective called Remilia whose CEO was Charlotte Fang (“Charlie” or “Charlemagne”) launched the Milady Maker avatars in August 2021. Initially, the idea was to give holders access to a “​​highly customized Minecraft server”. The Milady NFT project soon expanded its ecosystem to involve NFT banners, mixtapes, VRtube, a bootleg merch store, and more.^[5] Over time, Milady has developed into a broader cultural community on Ethereum that spans multiple NFT collections, in-person events, and internet culture spaces, and it has remained both influential and controversial within the NFT sector as of 2025–2026.^[21]​^[22]​

Milady's generate a variety of accessories, and their overall stylishness is rated with a drip score, which helps tie value to aesthetics over pure trait scarcity.^[6]​

The art for Milady NFTs is created by a digital artist named Sprite Bonkler,^[7] who has a childlike take on anime illustration and produces all of the art for Milady Maker.^[6]​

Alongside the core NFT collection, the wider Milady ecosystem now includes both unofficial and official fungible tokens. Community members launched Milady Memecoin (LADYS), a self-described meme token inspired by the collection but unaffiliated with Remilia or the official Milady team.^[15]​^[23] In 2024, Remilia introduced CULT as the official ecosystem token for Milady, positioning it as a community and loyalty token distinct from both the NFTs and fan-created tokens such as LADYS.^[22]​^[21]​^[23]​

Drip Score

The Drip Score is a rating system used in the Milady Maker NFT collection to assess the overall stylishness of each Milady. It takes into account the rarity of each cosmetic item, the prominence of each slot, and any theme or costume complete badges earned. The Drip Score is designed to help tie value to aesthetics over pure trait scarcity, and each Milady is given a letter grade for their Drip Score, ranging from D to SS.

Some have criticized the decision to use “SS,” rather than just “S,” given the shared initials with the Nazi paramilitary organization, however, CEO Charlotte Fang denied any such connection.^[8]​

Collectors may use the Drip Score to assess the value and uniqueness of a particular Milady and determine its potential as a collectible asset.^[6]​

Controversy

Milady, That B.I.T.C.H.

On September 6th, 2021, Milady launched a project titled 'Milady, that B.I.T.C.H' which claimed to use AI to generate an anagram T-shirt using the capital letters B I T C H and fill in the rest of the word automatically.^[9]​

Soon after its launch, many collectors found that a spin-off collection featured avatars wearing t-shirts with the word “Treblinka”, a major Nazi concentration camp. The project denied this claiming that they randomly generated the phrases using text from multiple sources.^[5]​

Kaliacc

In March 2022, Some Twitter users alleged that Remilia, the online collective behind Milady was linked to a now-defunct, white supremacist collective called Kaliacc.^[11] Kaliacc is short for “Kali Yuga Accelerationism”, which refers to the Vedic Yuga Cycle.^[5]​^[8]​

“…the miłady maker/remiłia team is a neo-nazi grooming cult that has been exploiting and coaxing underage girls into self harm + worse for years under the name kaliacc,” — dexter (@planet_nerf) March 13, 2022.^[10]

Miya

In May 2022, the pseudonymous decentralized finance (DeFi) developer 0xngmi alleged that Charlotte Fang, Milady’s creator, was “Miya” – a pseudonymous online entity that allegedly spread hatred against Blacks, homosexuals, and Jews.^[12]​

There were also unconfirmed reports on Twitter that accounts related to Miya apparently urged young girls toward being anorexic and that the persona was involved in "systemspace," an alleged online cult popular on bulletin site 4chan.

In the tweet thread, Fang wrote the Miya profile had “nothing to do with” the Milady Maker and added: “Unequivocally, my real views hold no room for hate, and I detest abusers & groomers – trolling about it was juvenile, but in reality, I’ve never harmed a fly.”^[8]​

This confession by Fang started a downward trend in the NFT value, from late May until mid-June, 2022, when it started to decrease significantly, losing over two thousand dollars in floor price in a week.^[9]​

Security Incidents and Treasury Hacks

In March 2024, Remilia reported that its hot wallets and multisignature treasury had been compromised and drained of funds, including stablecoins, in a hack targeting the organization’s on-chain holdings.^[22] According to Remilia’s statements at the time, the security breach affected treasury assets but did not impact the Milady Maker NFT smart contract or ownership records for existing NFTs.^[22] In August 2025, Milady’s experimental Bonkler project was involved in a separate incident in which a developer allegedly embezzled around $1 million in revenue and briefly gained control of several Remilia

• and Milady-related social media accounts, prompting warnings for users to treat posts from those accounts with caution.^[24] Remilia stated that, despite the misappropriation of funds and account hijacking, its reserves, core contracts, and the Milady Maker NFTs themselves remained unaffected.^[24]​

Milady Maker's Response

On November 17, 2022, Milady Maker released an article debunking allegations against Milady Maker lead Charlotte Fang and their team.

"These allegations were made on hearsay without actual evidence, by a co-founder of Milady Maker’s largest rival in an attempt to cancel Milady and crash its price. - debunking article^[17]

The article was prompted as a result of "old allegations uncritically cited by journalists who jumped on the initial drama and never corrected their reporting."

In the article, it was stated that #KALIACC originated as a right-wing Twitter ideology, before being co-opted by Miya and satirized in a series of trolling operations that tarnished its reputation.^[17]​

"These controversy generating operations were common with Miya, and helped blow up the account into notoriety; everything from entering and winning an “E-Girl Tournament” while catfishing as a transgender to faking the over-the-counter sales of human blood for “rituals”.

• debunking article

The article further stated that the final troll with Kaliacc before the Miya project was closed was blowing up as a ‘pro-anorexia neonazi cult’ which was done through a series of Instagram accounts purporting to reveal the inside details of a cult that coached girls into anorexia over a 2 week expose that went viral among Instagram’s eating disorder community as they tried to piece together the pre-existing rabbithole around Kaliacc as a far-right ideology. It was stated that the cult suddenly rebranded as Kaliacc and announced it was a “sociological study”.^[17]​

As regards the allegations by decentralized finance (DeFi) developer 0xngmi that Charlotte Fang, Milady’s creator, was “Miya” – a pseudonymous online entity that allegedly spread hatred against Blacks, homosexuals, and Jews, it was stated that Miya was a satirical performance art with evidence that the project was well understood and appreciated as performative in its time and in retrospect.^[18]​^[19]​

It was also stated that Miya was collaboratively written and the Miya project was well-noted for its practice of post-authorship, sharing unattributed and collaboratively produced (or outright stolen) content, as described by Charlotte Fang. Lastly, it was stated that Miya was an ‘open secret’ in the Milady community.

"it was a widely known open secret that Charlotte was previously leading the Miya project, many of the fans of which made up the initial Milady community" - debunking article^[17]

According to the Milady-authored article, nearly all the initial accusers had retracted their allegations following its publication, a characterization presented as the project’s own account of events.^[17]​ The article further characterized the situation by stating that "It’s safe to say Milady has beat the allegations," reflecting the project’s view of the controversy’s outcome.^[17]​

Elon Musk and Milady

On May 11, 2023, Milady NFT collection floor price increased by over 57% within 24 hours after the CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk tweeted a meme using the imagery of a Milady NFT which caused an increase in the price of the collection. The message on the image, says, “There is no meme. I love you.” ^[16]​

On May 11, Milady (LADYS), a self-organized memecoin not affiliated with the official Milady team but based on the Milady (NFT) collection, surged by over 5,250% within 24 hours. ^[15]​

Milady Memecoin (LADYS)

Milady Memecoin (LADYS) is an ERC-20 meme token launched by community members on May 7, 2023, as a tribute to the Milady Maker NFT collection.^[23] It is explicitly described by its promoters as community-made, unofficial, and unaffiliated with Charlotte Fang or the Remilia Collective, and it does not confer ownership of Milady NFTs.^[15]​^[23] LADYS has a stated total supply of 888 trillion tokens, with the majority sent to liquidity pools and the token contract renounced, and a small portion reserved in multisignature wallets for exchange listings and ecosystem purposes.^[23] While it often trades in response to attention around the Milady brand, it remains a separate community token rather than an official Milady Maker asset.^[15]​^[23]​

Milady Secures $5M Investment From DWF Labs

On June 3, 2024, Milady Meme Coin (LADYS) announced a US$5 million investment from DWF Labs. According to statements from the Milady Memecoin team and DWF Labs, the funds were intended to support the development of LADYS and the growth of its surrounding ecosystem.^[20]​

In their joint announcement, Milady Memecoin and DWF Labs indicated that the collaboration was expected to fund future product development, strategic collaborations, and community initiatives related to LADYS and other meme-focused projects in its ecosystem, framing the partnership as a step toward expanding Milady Memecoin’s reach within the broader cryptocurrency space.^[20]​

CULT Ecosystem Token

In June 2024, Remilia announced CULT as the official fungible token of the Milady ecosystem, distinguishing it from earlier community-created tokens such as LADYS.^[22]​^[21] The project described CULT as a community and loyalty token for Milady participants rather than a token with a defined utility or governance role.^[22] Following a presale in mid-2024, CULT was officially launched in December 2024, with a large allocation airdropped to Milady holders, including prominent Ethereum community members, as part of its initial distribution.^[22]​^[23] CULT is issued and endorsed by Remilia and is therefore treated as the primary official token of the Milady ecosystem, in contrast to unofficial fan tokens.^[22]​^[21]​

Market and Cultural Developments (2024–2026)

From 2024 through early 2026, Milady Maker remained one of the more culturally significant and higher-priced Ethereum NFT collections, despite broader volatility in the NFT market.^[21]​^[22] In early 2025, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin purchased a Milady NFT and used it as his profile picture on platforms including X and Farcaster, an act that was widely interpreted within the community as signaling support for Milady’s cypherpunk-leaning culture and that coincided with increased trading activity and price appreciation for the collection.^[22]​^[23] Milady Maker has generally remained among the higher-priced Ethereum NFT collections by floor price over this period and has continued to see active trading and cultural visibility within NFT and crypto communities.^[23]​^[1] Analysts and commentators have described Milady’s community as maintaining an outsized cultural presence relative to collection size, driven by its distinctive aesthetics, online meme culture, and endorsements or interactions from figures such as Elon Musk and Vitalik Buterin.^[21]​^[22]​