We’ve come to the final official Game of Threads. It’s been a great ride. I want to take a quick minute to thank everyone at Watchers for this wonderful opportunity to nerd out over the costumes and flex my writing muscles in ways I usually don’t get to, and to be able contribute this small offering […]
Continue reading →Michele Clapton has never shied away from giving us heavy symbolism during important moments for the characters. Sometimes it’s visually very obvious like Sansa’s “Eyrie” dress, Margaery’s wedding gown, or Cersei’s “Tywin” homage when she takes her crown. Sometimes it’s subtler like a dagger woven into a textile, or the deeper meaning of a particular […]
Continue reading →Game of Threads is back to assess all of the beautiful costuming work featured in Season 8! Because of the nature of these final two seasons- everyone in survival mode and trying keeping warm, and the epic battles teased in the trailer- there might be less content to work with to warrant weekly recaps, but […]
Continue reading →The road to the Emmys and the looming denouement of our favorite show brings us a slate of new Game of Thrones interviews this weekend. With 22 nominations comes more campaigning and more interviews where we can glean season 8 tidbits (hopefully!) and interesting info about seasons past.
Continue reading →Last week it was announced that Game of Thrones would receive a special award at the BAFTA Craft Awards for “the craft behind the making of the critically acclaimed series and their outstanding contribution to revolutionising and pushing the boundaries within the various crafts involved in making all the 67 episodes to date”. As we […]
Continue reading →With season 7 of Game Of Thrones ending Sunday, the dust has just now settled here at the Wall from a frenzy of recaps, roundups, post-mortems, analyses and interviews from cast and crew about the epic season finale. However, despite officially entering the offseason, the news is still coming fast and thick. Here’s what we’ve rounded […]
Continue reading →The gleaming swords and daggers, the regal crowns, the intricate embroidery on gowns and robes — part of the appeal for Game Of Thrones fans is the level of detail in the costuming and the beautifully imagined world it helps to create. In a recent article from Broadly, fans got a peek behind the curtain at how some […]
Continue reading →Game of Thrones is a merchandising dream, with all us fans wanting a taste of Westeros in our own lives (the dragon bits, not the bloody wars and complicated family lives). With that in mind, the show’s Emmy Award-winning costume designer Michele Clapton teamed up last year with MEY to create a line of jewelry […]
Continue reading →Followers of Daenerys Stormborn have been waiting many years for her to proudly wear the colors of House Targaryen. And yet, she wore blues during her liberation campaign and whites during her rule of Meereen. Award-winning costume designer Michele Clapton has made us wait, and for good reason. Now that Daenerys is finally on Westeros, […]
Continue reading →This is certainly a busy awards week for Game of Thrones! The nominees for the 19th Costume Designer Guild Awards were announced yesterday, and the show made the list once again. Game of Thrones will be competing for the award for Excellence in a Fantasy Television Series. This year, two costume designers worked on GoT, […]
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