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the lace veil that lets Spanish women look devout and dangerous in one drape
means A light lace or silk veil traditionally worn by Spanish and Latin American women over the head and shoulders, often draped over a high comb.
from From Spanish mantilla, the diminutive of manta ("blanket, cloak"), itself from Late Latin mantum, a short cloak — making the word a cousin of "mantle" and "mantel." So at heart a mantilla is just a "little cloak," the language quietly shrinking a wrap into something delicate enough for lace.
- royal exemption
- Catholic women may meet the Pope wearing one
- peineta partner
- propped on a tall comb arching from the head
- color code
- black for mass, white for weddings
- Goya muse
- painted obsessively across Spanish portraiture
- bullfight regular
- worn by spectators on opening-day rituals
mantilla de sevilla — traditional spanish lace veil worn with a comb, iconic to andalusian flamenco and religious processions in seville
mantilla filipina — lightweight veil worn by filipino women during religious occasions and fiestas, especially in the philippines since colonial times