Velvet 4x8 "Prêt-à-porter" / "Ready-to-Wear"

Thanks northbound and BK thank you so much for the translations! So the seed has been planted for Marco to get rid of Velvet! Good news because it means the wheels are in motion to get him out of Velvet, but does he have the authority to sell is the question? I don't know how Emilio and some of the others are still hanging on to their jobs after all this.

This episode belonged to Mateo! Damn I love him as much as Alberto now. I am getting sucked in to him and Clara, who I seem to have a love/hate relationship with lol I like them together when Clara is mature. They were great tonight!

The Carlos scene caught my attention!!! He did not seem interested at all. I was wondering if maybe he would stand up Ana. I always thought it was equally insane that he would want to attach himself to a woman who doesn't love him and who he seemingly doesn't love either. I just don't know if they would stop it this way after coming this far with it. the actress who plays Cristina did say in an interview that Carlos is a victim of Cristina, pushing him into this is the only way I can see him being a victim. I didn't see this third wedding coming but Ana is not wearing the short haired wedding dress but rather the one she is tried on in the trailer. I was hoping Ana would stop the wedding but it seems like Rita or Clara will, unless Carlos just doesn't turn up. It also now seems like Ana will know Alberto is coming back. I thought she would probably not know so it would be more suspenseful. I sort of do have a problem that she was actually going to go through with the Carlos wedding to be honest.

It really did feel somewhat like the old Velvet this ep. I am concerned that we will barely see Alberto next ep, if at all. It's not what I expected to be honest.

Oh yeah, I am so happy for Raul. Humberto's looks are growing on me too. They make a lovely couple and I hope Humberto doesn't break Raul's heart.


I've never found the actress physically appealing. I think the teeth, eyes and overall facial expressions makes her character even worse. She looks like a troll doll to me. Marco and Cristina wouldn't surprise me, they deserve each other and if it gets her sent off to Italy and out of Velvet, I'm all for it. I'm at the point where I don't even care if she's punished, well I do, but more importantly I just want her gone. Oh, I just remembered Marco has that fiancée waiting for him, who hasn't been mentioned since the first or second ep. Which brings up another point, Cristina should be persona non grata due to her history. Marco seems the type to have an advantageous marriage, so one wouldn't think she'd have a prayer. Yet, they seem to be overlooking Cristina's past entirely, she still has good connections according to the last ep and was able to organize the show because of them. That really bothers me because the show put such an importance on social status and then seemed to forget all about it.

At the beginning of the season, Marco was supposed to return to Italy, but then his father Enzo asked him to stay longer for the pret-a-porter line. Maybe with its release they are just moving forward again with his move and now we know of some next steps. There is a theory in the spoilers thread which I won't mention here that is likely related to all this.

On the Marco front, never did understand some elements of his character this season. He had a fiancé back home and Clara, and I suppose him too, kept their relationship on the down low, so it couldn't have been serious. So then why did he say in front of Mateo 'so you told him about us' or say to her in the last episode that they are merely boss and employee because she chose for it to be that way. That makes it seem as though it was serious even though it never could have been. I just never understood why she was with him at all because it also reflected very negatively on her character in the first place.

Marco also never seems to bring his experience from the fashion industry nor ideas from fashion-forward Italy to Velvet. He also doesn't seem to have great business skills in that he doesn't create allies except a few which he can't really trust completely.

I finally got to watch the part of Christina and Carlos together in Pausa and I'm wondering if Carlos feels guilty. Christina is so enthusiastic about the whole wedding. Maybe Carlos realizes that he's way in over his head and if Ana ever found out, she's never going to forgive him, especially because he was in cohoots with Christina. It must strike him odd how involved Christina is in the wedding. He may feel since no one can trust Christina, that in the end Ana is going to be really hurt if she ever finds out or hurt some how by Christina. He really can't be that stupid that this isn't going to come back on him in some way. Let's face it, Alberto is alive whether he likes it or not. It could also be that the wedding isn't his main concern and like all men just isn't into it.

I can't get Christina's enthusiasm. Wow, how deplorable eh? Although I watched it in spanish and won't get the context until it comes out in subtitles, but just watching her face, she's just beyond belief! Those eyes of hers. Just madness beneath them. Absolutely no moral compass at all. She just seems so pathetic in her lust for control.

I find it odd that while Ana is in Italy she wouldn't have a meeting with Enzo Caffiero? No mention so far of that?

Just remember she's not at the collection of her Pret-a Porter line because she doesn't know that it's happening! Marco took advantage of her absence by springing the show so he could take credit.

In the next episode E9, It just says she resigns from Velvet which then brings me to this if she resigns, does her store remain with her? Isn't that part of Velvet?

Usually we don't get to see the version with english subtitles until possibly next Monday or Tuesday of the following week. The wonderful person who does this for us also has a website called Gran Hotel and Velvet. You can find the link for the subtitles here or on that website. It comes in Part 1 than Part 2. I watch it in spanish to get the jist of it, only because I can't wait that long and then patiently wait for the version with subtitles.

Hope this helps.

The more I think about Marco, the less I understand his motivations. First of all, another plothole. At the beginning of the ep the girl came into the store holding the magazine asking about Ana's collection. Ana and her collection were featured in a major magazine, everyone knows she created the designs. She is the designer on record for Velvet and one would think her name is a huge selling point. So what the hell us Marco thinking with this power play? Once again, it goes against his own financial interests. Ana even got them (foolishly) a second store at a bargain rate and he's still trying to destroy her. It makes zero sense!

Cristina's thinking that she is the most beautiful, smartest, perfect person continues. I remember they kept saying in season 1 that she was the perfect woman and that's what she grew up believing of herself. Sadly, she still doesn't realize by now she was sold a pack of lies all her life. She was strutting around like a peacock at the shown as if she created the collection herself. She has always been the biggest narcissist, this season is more in line with season 1 and 2 personality, but it just proves this was always who she really was, a controlling, pushy, delusional, spoiled, evil witch. She definitely believes that once Ana's out of the way she will have no problem winning back Alberto. Like there's not 1000 better looking, smarter, non insane women out there. I can't stand her! I bet we will confirm what her full intention was with her scheme with Carlos.

I'm glad they mentioned Manolito!

ladyfromcanada, you're absolutely right. Cristina never really cared about Velvet, she only went there to be close to Alberto and because she was jealous of Ana. Remember when she told Barbara that they have to prove that they are more valuable to Velvet than Ana? As if they could ever be! She's totally delusional. I really hope we see Cristina go into total meltdown mode when she sees Alberto with Ana and their kid. Ana getting everything Cristina always wanted. I am afraid it will be glossed over though and she will quickly will be at peace with it 🙄

It's definitely odd seeing Patricia drink and smoke while pregnant, but I think they did that in the 1960s. If not drinking, smoking for sure. Patricia doesn't seem to have maternal bone in her body.