History Series / Velvet

* ImportantHaircut: Ana starts with a practical ponytail, then switches to a shoulder-length bob, and then finally, a chic pixie cut before the start of the fourth season. It's a sign of her transition from a humble seamstress to a successful and famous fashion designer, and also that the show is now set in [[Main/TheSixties the 1960s]].

* 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:Although they almost elope and later have a child together, Ana and Alberto never officially marry onscreen in the series.]]

* SuddenlySexuality: Humberto was a playboy with many girlfriends. Then all of a sudden, Raul gives him a celebratory platonic kiss--and all of a sudden Humberto thinks he likes men in general, not just Raul specifically!

* AdorkAble: Rita. And how.

In February 2017, it was confirmed that pay operator Movistar+ had acquired the ''Velvet'' brand from Atresmedia to launch a SpinOff titled ''Velvet Colección'', following the Velvet employees (both current and new) as they open a second Velvet branch in Barcelona in the 1960s.

* AccidentalHarem: Barbara and Cristina each use Victor as part of plots against their estranged husbands. Clara leans on him after her breakup with Mateo. Poor Victor just wants to do his job and not get punched in the face by a bunch of jealous significant others.

* 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.]]

* BabiesEverAfter: The end of the third season has [[spoiler:Ana going into labor, and Pedro and Rita finding out Rita is pregnant.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't try to tell Raul half truths. Also don't insult Ana in front of Alberto.
* BrainyBrunette: Ana. The most talented of the seamstresses.

* 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:Although they almost elope and later have a child together, Ana and Alberto never marry in the series.]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: Due to various circumstances, Blanca becomes kinder and more tolerant as the series progresses.

** During Franco's regime, the only recoginzsed 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'' from Cristina 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.]]

** [[spoiler: Alberto, unintentionally so. Ana found out she was pregnant just after Alberto leaves Spain and he is later presumed dead.]]

* DumbBlonde: Played with. Platinum blonde Patricia is far from being dumb, but knows when to play dumb to get her way.
* EekAMouse: Clara starts shrieking when she sees a mouse. Rita does not even flinch. Eventually, Rita catches it while Luisa and Ana shriek.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Lucia refused to be a mole for Oxford, a rival fashion house, and was extremely disappointed when her father turned out to be the mole for Oxford.]]

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Ana gets an ImportantHaircut when she decides to stop living meekly and adopt a more serious image as she works to become a fashion designer. Cristina's starts wearing PeekABangs after she learns the truth about Ana and Alberto and does her FaceHeelTurn. Clara also changes hairstyles, but mostly to keep up with changing fashions.
* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler: Crisitna fakes being pregnant in an attempt to keep Alberto from annulling their marriage in season 3. She cheats on Alberto and finally gets pregnant for real, but far too late for Alberto to plausibly be the father, so she fakes being further along than she actually is]].

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Played straight with Luisa- until she [[spoiler: has an abortion, which she is very torn and heartbroken about]]. Subverted with Patricia, and Lucia, who can be quite devious when they want to be. Played with Rita and Clara, who are generally kind-hearted but not tremendously pure hearted, altruistic, or selfless either.

* IconicOutfit: Ana's burgundy halter dress. It is featured prominently in the opening credits and its appearance heralds a highly dramatic moment in Ana and Alberto's love story [[spoiler:even when it is worn by someone other than Ana]].
* ImportantHaircut: Ana starts with a practical ponytail, then switches to a shoulder-length bob, and then finally, a chic pixie cut 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 the 1960s]].

* InformedFlaw: Raul is described as having a bad temper but is not particularly mean to anyone, while multiple other characters had gotten intro brawls and screaming matches. The only times Raul has gotten really angry are when [[spoiler:in season 3, he angrily chews out Cristina for sabotaging the Velvet collection because Ana was involved with it, and even that was more of a TranquilFury]] and when Humberto called him a nasty homophobic slur in Season 4.

** BetaCouple Clara and Mateo have elements of this - she's from a small rural village and he's from an upper class family like Alberto, although they don't encounter as many problems.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Blanca. Very bossy and strict- but would do anything and everything for her employees.

* LongingLook: Ubiquitous.

* OpenSecret: Pretty much everybody in the store knew Ana and Alberto's history, except for Cristina [[spoiler:and Raul]]. Obviously, no one would tell Cristina since her family's money was going to rescue the store from bankruptcy and [[spoiler:Raul and Ana have a multi-episode rift once he finds out. Partially he's angry because he's friends with Cristina and hates seeing her hurt, but he's also angry because not being told the whole truth is a BerserkButton for him.]]

** Luisa left to become a singer 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.

* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: A [[Main/GenderInverted gender inverted]] example. Ana is a seamstress working in his store, and Cristina is the daughter of a prominent banker.
* RomanticRain: [[spoiler:after believing Alberto dead for years, he and Ana reunite in a downpour. One [[TheBigDamnKiss big damn kiss later]] they finally achieve the HappyEnding that eluded them all series.]]

* SiblingRivalry: Alberto and Patricia are half-siblings and often competed for their father's approval. In earlier seasons, Patricia often aids her mother in her schemes to wrest Velvet from Alberto's control. After Patricia leaves her mother's side and commits to seriously helping Velvet, Alberto does not trust her and the two still bicker when they work together.

* SleepingWithTheBoss: Blanca and Max, Mateo and Clara, [[spoiler:Cristina and Victor]]. More indirectly, Ana and Alberto.

* SpoiledBrat: Lucia Marquez. She refuses to acknowledge or greet anyone and thinks is above everyone else. It is a nightmare for Rita, Blanca, and Raul to train her when Lucia becomes a seamstress at Velvet. That is, until her HeelFaceTurn.

* StarCrossedLovers: The core of the show, Ana and Alberto's romance.
* SuddenlySexuality: Humberto was a playboy with many girlfriends. Then all of a sudden, Raul gives him a celebratory platonic kiss- and all of a sudden Humberto thinks he likes men in general, not just Raul specifically!

* 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.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Barbara encourages Cristina's worst impulses.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lucia, Alberto and Patricia's cousin, does not show up in the 4th season at all.

* YourCheatingHeart: Alberto is still very much in love with Ana despite having married Cristina. [[spoiler:He just married her to save Velvet from financial ruin. He seemed to like her enough to feel remorse at not reciprocating her feelings, having a fling with Sara, and knowing he devastated Cristina.]]

** [[spoiler:Patricia, for that matter, doesn't seem to be very concerned about sleeping with Jonás, or Enrique - after she's married Valentín.]]
** [[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.]]

* AmicableExes: Clara and Pedro, after they break up and he dates Rita. Not so much with Clara and Pedro, whenever they are in the "off" part of their RelationshipRevolvingDoor.

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 ran for four seasons between February 2014 and December 2016; currently, it's available in Netflix for USA, Canadian, Latin American, and UK audiences.

In February 2017 it was confirmed that pay operator Movistar+ had acquired the ''Velvet'' brand from Atresmedia to launch a SpinOff titled ''Velvet Colección'', planned to premiere sometime in 2017 and with Clara as the main character.

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* AmicableExes: Clara and Pedro.

* BerserkButton: Don't try to tell Raul half truths.

* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: [[spoiler: Alberto's reason for leaving Velvet and Spain is to save Ana's dream of being a fashion designer from being smothered at the outset by scandal. She succeeds, but other forces conspire to keep them apart for far longer than intended]].

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Raul. Eccentric and very innovative, but with a clear head and vision.
** TheWonka: Since he is in charge of the collection, he can be interpreted as this.

* 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.]]

* CryingWolf: Enrique has lied, schemed, and done so many dirty tricks that no one believes him when he says that he didn't steal Raul's designs.

** 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.]]

** 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.

** Pedro had a son with his ex-girlfriend. Manolito does not return to Pedro's life until he is at least 6 years old.
** [[spoiler:Alberto to his son, since he left before Ana found out she was pregnant and is presumed dead.]]

* EekAMouse: Clara starts shrieking when she sees a rat. Rita does not even flinch. Emilio thinks it is strictly a mouse- but the crew still hunts for the mysterious rodent. Eventually, Rita catches it while Luisa and Ana shriek- and it turns out to be just an adorable little mouse.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Lucia refused to be a mole, and was extremely disappointed when her father turned out to be the mole for Oxford.]]

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Cristina's starts wearing PeekABangs after she learns the truth about Ana and Alberto and does her FaceHeelTurn.
* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler:A cornerstone of Cristina's revenge plan in season 3. Later she gets pregnant for real, but far too late for Alberto to plausibly be the father, so instead she fakes being further along than she actually is]].
* FakeRelationship: Ana and Mateo briefly to keep Cristina from learning about Ana and Alberto's relationship. No one is happy about it.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: For the female employees: Rita is Sanguine, Clara is Choleric, Luisa is Melancholic, and Ana is Phlegmatic.
* 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.]]

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. [[spoiler:Luisa goes through with the abortion; obviously, it doesn't end well for her]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Played straight with Luisa- until she [[spoiler: has an abortion, which she is very torn and heartbroken about]]. Averted with Clara, Patricia, and Lucia, who can be quite devious. Subverted with Rita- while idealistic and not malicious, is not tremendously pure hearted, altruistic, or selfless either.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Cristina tries to [[spoiler: set the galleries on fire...yet she ends up getting injured herself. Nobody else does.]]
* IconicOutfit: Ana's magenta dress. It is featured prominently in the opening credits and its appearance heralds a highly dramatic moment in Ana and Alberto's love story [[spoiler:even when it is worn by someone other than Ana]].
* 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]].
** Luisa gets a shorter style after becoming a famous singer as well.
* InformedFlaw: Raul is described as having a bad temper. But he does not even punch anyone till the fourth season- and that is because Humberto called him a nasty homophobic slur. Multiple other characters had gotten intro brawls during the first 3 seasons. Raul had not even used profanity or being particularly mean to anyone.
* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:Esteban claims to be this regarding Blanca]].
* InterclassRomance: Ana, a working class seamstress, and Alberto, heir to a fashion empire, f had been in love since they were children, but their class differences kept them apart for years.
** BetaCouple Clara and Mateo have elements of this - she's from a small rural village and he's from the same class as Alberto.

* LocalHangout: Pausa

* OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: In the first half of the series, Ana and Alberto endured a broken engagement, being [[RunawayBride left at the altar]], and a marriage to someone else before getting together. Then the second half of the series happens...

* OnlySaneMan: Emilio
* OpenSecret: Pretty much everybody in the store knew Ana and Alberto's history, except for Cristina [[spoiler:and Raul]]. No one thought to tell Cristina and [[spoiler:Raul and Ana have a multi-episode rift once he finds out. Partially he's angry because he's friends with Cristina and hates seeing her hurt, but he's also angry because not being told the whole truth is a BerserkButton for him.]]

* PlayingSick: Mateo pretends he has a severe cold [[spoiler:in order to prevent Clara from coming to his house and finding out he's been letting Barbara live with him.]]

** 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.

* RichBitch: Bárbara is as wealthy as she is classist and mean.

* SiblingYinYang: Awkward Rita vs. suave Clara. Outgoing Cristina vs. reserved Enrique.

* SmugSnake: Enrique brags about how he can ruin someone's career in just one try. Has no qualms whatsoever about cheating on his wife right at the store.
* SpoiledBrat: Lucia Marquez. She calls other employees "Lucifer" and accuses Raul of having a short temper. She refuses to acknowledge or greet anyone and thinks is above everyone else. That is, until her HeelFaceTurn.

* TheOneThatGotAway: [[spoiler:Isabel, for Emilio]].
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Mateo takes pity on Barbara and invites her and her infant daughter to stay at his house until she finds her own place. Barbara spends the next several episodes making herself at home and guilt-tripping Mateo whenever he tries to kick her out. [[spoiler:Then there is the matter of his [[LiarRevealed lie to Clara]] about the situation]].

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Downplayed, given the time and place. But Rita is outspoken, bold, not afraid of rodents, and very awkward when it comes to romantic relationships. Contrast with the more emotionally savvy Ana. And with quiet, religious Luisa.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lucia does not show up in the 4th season at all.
* 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.

* YourCheatingHeart: Alberto is still 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.]]

** BetaCouple Clara and Mateo have elements of this - she's from a small rural village and he's from the same class as Alberto.

* LukeYouAreMyFather: Max claims to be Blanca's long lost son that she had given up for adoption. [[spoiler:After he falls in love with her, he reveals the deception and begins building a [[MayDecemberRomance very different relationship with Blanca]].]]

* 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.]]

* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: [[spoiler: Alberto's reason for leaving Velvet and Spain is to give save Ana's dream of being a fashion designer from being smothered at the outset by scandal. She succeeds, but other forces conspire to keep them apart for far longer than intended]].

* FakeRelationship: [[spoiler:Ana and Mateo briefly to keep Cristina from learning about Ana and Alberto's relationship. No one is happy about it.]]

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Cristina's starts wearing BlindingBangs after she learns the truth about Ana and Alberto and does her FaceHeelTurn.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Cristina's starts wearing bangs that obscure her eye after she learns the truth and Ana and Alberto and does her FaceHeelTurn.

* CannotSpitItOut: Ninety percent of Pedro's problems in the first two seasons would have been resolved if he could have just told Rita he loved her with five minutes of nervous babbling.

* IconicOutfit: Ana's burgundy dress. It is featured prominently in the opening credits and its appearance heralds a highly dramatic moment in Ana and Alberto's love story [[spoiler:even when it is worn by someone other than Ana]].

* IconicItem: Ana's burgundy dress. It is featured prominently in the opening credits and its appearance heralds a highly dramatic moment in Ana and Alberto's love story [[spoiler:even when it is worn by someone other than Ana]].

* VillaniousFriendship: Barbara may be a devious, snobby troublemaker but she's the only one who is willing to point out the obvious regarding Ana and Alberto to Cristina. And when Cristina's marriage falls apart, Barbara is the only one who is wholeheartedly on Cristina's side. Cristina reciprocates by fully supporting Barbara against her husband Enrique, even though Enrique is Cristina's brother.

** BiTheWay: When we first meet Raul, he seems to be VERY into 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.