Spanish Court strike two! This time it is not a tent, it is a suit of armour. The skirt is so heavy and stiff that it needs a special indent to bend (see that horizontal crease?). The torso is pushed into a narrow cone of a bodice, quite unanatomical and very rigid. No tits, no cleavage, no rounded shoulders, no bum… no natural shape at all! And a few heavy chains wrapped around it just in case the poor girl gets too comfortable (NOT). This bodice is supposed to imitate men’s clothing at the time – hence the large basque etc. But it reminds me of war armour or insect shell more. And to top it all off – the enormous ruff. Not one but three! As if she wasn’t content with just the monstrosity around her neck! She looks like someone sawed off her head, replaced it with a ruff and then put the thing back, good 20 cm higher than it was before. The head looks, well… served, like a dish on a big plate. Keeping your neck in that position all day must have been a nightmare! But, as ruffs were at the height of their fame back then (1620s) you get two extra ones on the wrists. This is an armour also in the mathaphorical sense. It was meant to ooze (I love this word) and repel. Ooze grandeur, status (the highest, of course), wealth (not power obviously – these women rarely got such a treat). Repel any kind of… well… invitation? It read “I am grand and unattainable and so vastly uninterested – admire and get lost”.