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Seville, weeping Madonna and flying corsetry

11/3/2016

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A first visit to Seville. We were bowled over. Magnificent museums, friendly people, good food.  It was Lent.  We encountered a number of weeping Madonnas. And this rather retro 'corseteria': straightforward, nothing risqué (at least in the window - I didn't venture inside) and geared, it seemed, to the Spanish equivalent of Hyacinth Bucket.  I liked the way the items appears to be levitating. All very no-nonsense and barely a hint of eroticism, against a backcloth of winceyette.
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Levitating corsetry in Seville
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Rebecca
4/7/2016 02:17:24 pm

A follow up trip to the latest underwear exhibition at the V&A may be more of an eye brow raiser...

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