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* BrainyBrunette: Ana.

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* BrainyBrunette: Ana. The most talented of the seamstresses.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Blanca. Very bossy and strict- but would do anything and everything for her employees.
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** NoBisexuals/BiTheWay: When we first meet Raul, he seems to be VERY into Cristina. He even tells Alberto that he is the luckiest guy in the world because Alberto would be marrying Cristina.

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** NoBisexuals/BiTheWay: BiTheWay: When we first meet Raul, he seems to be VERY into Cristina.Cristina. He wants her to wear sexy lingerie under her outfits. He even tells Alberto that he is the luckiest guy in the world because Alberto would be marrying Cristina.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer/TheWonka: Raul. Eccentric and very innovative, but with a clear head and vision.

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* BunnyEarsLawyer/TheWonka: BunnyEarsLawyer: Raul. Eccentric and very innovative, but with a clear head and vision.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer/TheWonka: Raul. Eccentric and very innovative, but with a clear head and vision.


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* OnlySaneMan: Emilio
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* AdorkAble: Rita. And how.


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** Rita does not even blink an eye about Pedro having had a child with his ex-girlfriend. May not have even been a consideration the other way around.


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** Pedro had a son with his ex-girlfriend. Manolito does not return to Pedro's life until he is at least 6 years old.
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** NoBisexuals/BiTheWay: When we first meet Raul, he seems to be VERY into Cristina. He even tells Alberto that he is the luckiest guy in the world because Alberto would be marrying Cristina.
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In February 2017 it was confirmed that pay operator Movistar+ had acquired the ''Velvet'' brand from Atresmedia to launch a SpinOff titled ''Velvet Colección''.

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In February 2017 it was confirmed that pay operator Movistar+ had acquired the ''Velvet'' brand from Atresmedia to launch a SpinOff titled ''Velvet Colección''.
Colección'', planned to premiere sometime in 2017 and with Clara as the main character.
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In February 2017 it was confirmed that pay operator Movistar+ had acquired the ''Velvet'' brand from Atresmedia to launch a SpinOff titled ''Velvet Colección''.
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The main storyline of the show is the [[Main/StarCrossedLovers love story]] of Alberto, heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana, who works as a seamstress there. It debuted in 2014 and its fourth season (which has been confirmed as the last one) is currently airing as of October 2016; currently, it's available in Netflix for USA, Canadian, Latin American, and UK audiences.

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The main storyline of the show is the [[Main/StarCrossedLovers love story]] of Alberto, heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana, who works as a seamstress there. It debuted in ran for four seasons between February 2014 and its fourth season (which has been confirmed as the last one) is currently airing as of October December 2016; currently, it's available in Netflix for USA, Canadian, Latin American, and UK audiences.
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* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Alberto to his son.]]

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* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Alberto Mateo's father is a philanderer who left his family for another woman.
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to his son.son, since he left before Ana found out she was pregnant and is presumed dead.]]



* RichSuitorPoorSuitor:

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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor:RichSuitorPoorSuitor: A [[Main/GenderInverted gender inverted]] example. Ana is a seamstress working in his store, and Cristina is the daughter of a prominent banker.

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Since the focus of the show is [[Main/StarCrossedLovers Alberto and Ana's love story]], it's very easy to forget it's set in ''very'' conservative Francoist Spain. [[spoiler:Which explains why policemen are hunting down one of Raúl's friends: police considered homosexuality a "moral danger" and LGBTQ people were harassed, detained, and imprisoned well into the 1970s.]]

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Since the focus of the show is [[Main/StarCrossedLovers Alberto and Ana's love story]], it's very easy to forget it's set in ''very'' conservative Francoist Spain. [[spoiler:Which Spain.
** During Franco's regime, the only recognised form of marriage was the Catholic sacrament; meaning civil unions and divorces were non-existent. [[spoiler:This is why Alberto constantly talked about getting an ''annulment'' in the third series. He meant ecclesiastical nullity, not civil or legal nullity.]]
**[[spoiler:It also
explains why policemen are hunting down one of Raúl's friends: police considered homosexuality a "moral danger" and LGBTQ people were harassed, detained, and imprisoned well into the 1970s.]]
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Carlos, but he seems to get better and genuinely want Ana to be happy. [[spoiler:He doesn't.]]

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Since the focus of the show is [[Main/StarCrossedLovers Alberto and Ana's love story]], it's very easy to forget it's set in ''very'' conservative Francoist Spain. [[spoiler:Which explains why, near the end of the third series, Raúl helps a friend (implied to be a former lover) escape to France: police considered homosexuality a "moral danger" and LGBTQ people were harassed, detained, and imprisoned well into the 1970s.]]

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Since the focus of the show is [[Main/StarCrossedLovers Alberto and Ana's love story]], it's very easy to forget it's set in ''very'' conservative Francoist Spain. [[spoiler:Which explains why, near the end why policemen are hunting down one of the third series, Raúl helps a friend (implied to be a former lover) escape to France: Raúl's friends: police considered homosexuality a "moral danger" and LGBTQ people were harassed, detained, and imprisoned well into the 1970s.]]



* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:Cristina, to the point of spending the following years in and out of psychiatric treatment.]]

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* ImportantHaircut: Ana turns her shoulder-length bob into a chic pixie cut some time before the start of the fourth series. It's a sign of her transition from a seamstress to a successful and famous fashion designer, and also that the show is now set in [[Main/TheSixties 1960]].
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:Cristina, to the point of spending the following years in between the third and out fourth series in some form of psychiatric treatment.]]


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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor:
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Raúl is flamboyant and dramatic and his closest friendships are, for the most part, with seamstresses or women. This could easily be dismissed as part of his job as a fashion designer. [[spoiler:Late in the third series, while helping a friend avoid being arrested and escape Spain "for being who he is", their interactions heavily imply he ''is'' gay.]]


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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Since the focus of the show is [[Main/StarCrossedLovers Alberto and Ana's love story]], it's very easy to forget it's set in ''very'' conservative Francoist Spain. [[spoiler:Which explains why, near the end of the third series, Raúl helps a friend (implied to be a former lover) escape to France: police considered homosexuality a "moral danger" and LGBTQ people were harassed, detained, and imprisoned well into the 1970s.]]

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* BreakTheCutie: Poor [[spoiler:Cristina. Finding out about Alberto's fling with Sara and love for Ana really did a number on her]].
* BreakTheHaughty: When [[spoiler:Bárbara]] finds out about [[spoiler:her husband's affair]]

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* BreakTheCutie: Poor [[spoiler:Cristina. Finding out about Alberto's Alberto had a fling with Sara and Sara, was in love for with Ana really did a number on her]].
all along and would be leaving her, then his death and Ana's pregnancy drove her insane]].
* BreakTheHaughty: When [[spoiler:Bárbara]] finds out about [[spoiler:her husband's affair]]long-term affair with Patricia.]]



* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Alberto to his son.]]



* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:Cristina, to the point of spending the following years in and out of psychiatric treatment.]]



** [[spoiler:Bárbara eventually leaves Ernesto for "a man she met in the country club".]]



* TheTopicOfCancer: [[spoiler:Rita's storyline in the fourth series. She's diagnosed with breast cancer; after telling Doña Blanca, we find out her mother died of the disease when she was young.]]
* TimeSkip: There's a five year jump between the third and fourth series.



**[[spoiler:When Mateo comes back to Galerías Velvet in the fourth season, Clara faces working with him again.]]



** Also Enrique. He's married to Bárbara but doesn't have much of a problem in cheating on her [[spoiler:with Patricia]].

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** Also Enrique. He's Enrique is married to Bárbara but doesn't have seem to feel much of a problem in remorse for constantly cheating on her [[spoiler:with Patricia]].her, [[spoiler:not even when he had a long-term affair with Patricia]].
**[[spoiler:Patricia, for that matter, doesn't seem to be very concerned about sleeping with Jonás, or Enrique - after she's married Valentín.]]
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The main storyline of the show is the [[Main/StarCrossedLovers love story]] of Alberto, heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana, who works as a seamstress there. It started airing in 2014 and has been renewed for a fourth season (which has been confirmed as the last one); currently, it's available in Netflix for USA, Canadian, Latin American, and UK audiences.

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The main storyline of the show is the [[Main/StarCrossedLovers love story]] of Alberto, heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana, who works as a seamstress there. It started airing debuted in 2014 and has been renewed for a its fourth season (which has been confirmed as the last one); one) is currently airing as of October 2016; currently, it's available in Netflix for USA, Canadian, Latin American, and UK audiences.
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The main storyline of the show is the [[Main/StarCrossedLovers love story]] of Alberto, heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana, who works as a seamstress there. It started airing in 2014 and has been renewed for a fourth season; currently, it's available in Netflix for USA, Canadian, Latin American, and UK audiences.

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The main storyline of the show is the [[Main/StarCrossedLovers love story]] of Alberto, heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana, who works as a seamstress there. It started airing in 2014 and has been renewed for a fourth season; season (which has been confirmed as the last one); currently, it's available in Netflix for USA, Canadian, Latin American, and UK audiences.
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** [[spoiler:Cristina's cheating, even if it was while separated and out of loneliness, is treated as "bad" because she was looking for someone to get her pregnant so she could ghave an excuse to hold on to Alberto]].

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** [[spoiler:Cristina's cheating, even if it was while separated and out of loneliness, is treated as "bad" because she was looking for someone to get her pregnant so she could ghave have an excuse to hold on to Alberto]].
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* EthicalSlut: Sara, from Airsa Airlines, and her husband seem to have an open and very happy marriage.

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* BabiesEverAfter: The end of the second season has [[spoiler:Ana going into labor, and Pedro and Rita finding out Rita is pregnant.]]



* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Ana and Alberto's romance is treated as this, because they've been in love since they were young and are "meant to be". [[spoiler:On the other hand, his one-night stand with Sara is frowned upon since he was married when it happened.]]
**[[spoiler:Cristina's cheating, even if it was while separated and out of loneliness, is treated as "bad" because she was looking for someone to get her pregnant so she could ghave an excuse to hold on to Alberto]].



* {{Nephewism}}: Emilio raises Ana after her mother, his sister, dies and leaves her an orphan.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Luisa was offered her own tour at the end of the second season. She accepted, returning only once during the third series - presumably so there would be closure for her and Jonas' long-distance relationship.]]



* YourCheatingHeart: Alberto is still pretty much in love with Ana despite having married Cristina. [[spoiler:He just married her to prevent the closure of the galleries. He seemed to like her enough to feel remorse at not reciprocating her feelings, having a fling with Sara, and knowing he devastated Cristina.]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: Alberto is still pretty very much in love with Ana despite having married Cristina. [[spoiler:He just married her to prevent the closure of the galleries. He seemed to like her enough to feel remorse at not reciprocating her feelings, having a fling with Sara, and knowing he devastated Cristina.]]
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* RichBith: Bárbara comes from a wealthy family, married a businessman wealthy in his own right, and is incredibly dismissive of Ana.

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* RichBith: RichBitch: Bárbara comes from a is as wealthy family, married a businessman wealthy in his own right, as she is classist and is incredibly dismissive of Ana.mean.
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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: towards the end of the first season, there's a very cute flashback of Ana and Alberto pretending to get married when they were children. [[spoiler:This never happened.]]


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* RichBith: Bárbara comes from a wealthy family, married a businessman wealthy in his own right, and is incredibly dismissive of Ana.


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* WorkingWithTheEx: For Ana, this is more a case of ''for'', at least until she gets a chance to work as a designer in the second season.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Alberto is still pretty much in love with Ana despite having married Cristina. [[spoiler:He just married her to prevent the closure of the galleries.]]
** Also Enrique. He's married to Bárbara but doesn't have much of a problem in cheating on her [[spoiler:with Patricia]].

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* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Cristina]], and how!
* YourCheatingHeart: Alberto is still pretty much in love with Ana despite having married Cristina. [[spoiler:He just married her to prevent the closure of the galleries. He seemed to like her enough to feel remorse at not reciprocating her feelings, having a fling with Sara, and knowing he devastated Cristina.]]
** Also Enrique. He's married to Bárbara but doesn't have much of a problem in cheating on her [[spoiler:with Patricia]].Patricia]].
** [[spoiler:In the second season, it's revealed Don Rafael's marriage to Isabel was still valid, since he was never really widowed. Isabel also mentioned that as she waited for him in Cuba, she had no idea he was planning on marrying Gloria.]]
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* StarCrossedLovers: The core of the show, Ana and Alberto's romance.

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* StarCrossedLovers: The core of the show, Ana and Alberto's romance.romance.
* YourCheatingHeart: Alberto is still pretty much in love with Ana despite having married Cristina. [[spoiler:He just married her to prevent the closure of the galleries.]]
** Also Enrique. He's married to Bárbara but doesn't have much of a problem in cheating on her [[spoiler:with Patricia]].
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----''Velvet'' (also known as ''Galerías Velvet'') is a Spanish television series produced by Bambú Producciones for Antena 3.

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----''Velvet'' (also known as (originally titled ''Galerías Velvet'') is a Spanish television series produced by Bambú Producciones for Antena 3.



* BreakTheHaughty: When [[spoiler:Barbara]] finds out about [[spoiler:her husband's affair]]

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* BreakTheHaughty: When [[spoiler:Barbara]] [[spoiler:Bárbara]] finds out about [[spoiler:her husband's affair]]
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* BrainyBrunette: Ana.


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* BreakTheHaughty: When [[spoiler:Barbara]] finds out about [[spoiler:her husband's affair]]
* DumbBlonde: Played with. Platinum blonde Patricia is far from being dumb, but knows when to play dumb to get her way.


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* MissingMom: Alberto's mother, Isabel, died in childbirth. [[spoiler:Except not really, Alberto was taken from her by Rafael and she was placed in a mental institution in Cuba. [[Main/KilledOffForReal She does truly die towards the end of the second season, though]].]]
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----''Velvet'' (also known as ''Galerías Velvet'') is a Spanish television series produced by Bambú Producciones for Antena 3.

The main storyline of the show is the [[Main/StarCrossedLovers love story]] of Alberto, heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana, who works as a seamstress there. It started airing in 2014 and has been renewed for a fourth season; currently, it's available in Netflix for USA, Canadian, Latin American, and UK audiences.

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* BreakTheCutie: Poor [[spoiler:Cristina. Finding out about Alberto's fling with Sara and love for Ana really did a number on her]].
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. [[spoiler:Luisa goes through with the abortion; obviously, it doesn't end well for her]].
* StarCrossedLovers: The core of the show, Ana and Alberto's romance.

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