"A tale rich in color, character, and vivid historical detail, When we were strangers chronicles the tumultuous life journey of a young immigrant seamstress, as she travels from her isolated Italian mountain village through the dark corners of late nineteenth century America."--from publisher's description.

When her father is falsely imprisoned for slave trading, Catherine Newbury finds her English world turned upside down. Whisked away with trusted servants to America, she is forced to disguise her past and create a completely new life. Taking on a servant's last name, Catherine becomes an accomplished seamstress whose dress designs are sought throughout Philadelphia. Carter Danby, an architect who was touring England, met Catherine at a party in her...

"Nineteenth-century Bangor, known as the Queen City, is a city of sharp contrasts--from the elegant mansions of Broadway, built from lumber fortunes and bootlegged alcohol money to the poverty-stricken Joppa neighborhood lined with taverns and frequented by desperate men and "fallen women." To survive, Maude, a headstrong midwife, Fanny, the rags-to-riches housemistress of the infamous Pink Chimneys brothel, and Elizabeth, an orphaned, demure seamstress,...

"In London, 1939, Ada Vaughan is a young woman with an unusual dressmaking skill, and dreams of a better life for herself. That life seems to arrive when Stanislaus, an Austrian aristocrat, sweeps Ada off her feet and brings her to Paris. When war breaks out, Stanislaus vanishes, and Ada is taken prisoner by the Germans, she must do everything she can to survive: by becoming dressmaker to the Nazi wives. Abandoned and alone as war rages, the choices...

"In 1946, Millie Middleton left home to keep her heritage hidden, carrying the dream of owning a dress store. Decades later, when Harper's future in fashion falls apart, she visits her mentor Millie. When the revelation of a family secret leads them to Charleston and a rare opportunity, can they overcome doubts and failures for a chance at their dreams?"--

En la segunda temporada, abundan los besos robados y los arrebatos celosos. Si bien las mujeres m?s ricas y bellas de Espa?a siguen siendo atra?das por la sensualidad de las prendas de Velvet Galleries, la seducci?n es lo que parece impulsar la gesti?n altamente competitiva de la tienda. Alberto, heredero de la fortuna Velvet, se ha casado con una mundana en lugar de con Ana, el amor de su vida. Ella tambi?n es consciente de que su bajo rango de costurera...

En la Espa?a de 1958 hay un lugar al que todo el mundo desear?a ir de compras al menos una vez en la vida: las Galer?as Velvet. Ubicadas en el n?mero 34 de la Gran V?a madrile?a, entre sus paredes se encuentran los trajes m?s elegantes, sofisticados y caros del momento, pero sobre todo se esconde una de las m?s maravillosas historias de amor que se haya contado jam?s: la de Ana y Alberto. Ella, una humilde costurera que trabaja en las galer?as desde...

Spanish television series based on the best seller by Maria Duenas, which tells the story of Sira Quiroga, a dressmaker from Madrid. With Spain upended by civil war, she escapes to Morocco where adventure and romance takes over.