#hotd costumes

[ride-thedragon]

"Hotd costume design was fine, you can't still be angry."

This is how they had Laena and Her daughters dressed in ESSOS?!

It's not the worst thing in the world, and thankfully, face cards carry house Velartarg, but the language of Essos isn't communicated. You can make the arguement that Laena wants them to feel like Westeros girls but that doesn't make sense because Daemon says their home is in Pentos sho to communicate that, them looking Pentoshi or calling back to Daenerys fashion in Essos would make the most sense for this disconnect and establish Essos at this point in history.

Rip Dany and Missandei. Mothers didn't live and die by the cloth to be represented in this light.

[houseofpendragons]

New Ideas for HOTD Alicent Fashion pt.2

So technically the last one I did for Alicent was apart of a Rhaenyra one, but for continuity sake this is my second outfit redesign for a younger Queen Alicent Hightower.

The dress in question we’re changing is one that will be changed in both scenes it’s worn. One will be a new dress entirely but the other will be just mentally recreating it to look more like the concept art.

The scenes are the dismissal of her father as Hand & The confrontation between she and Rhaenyra about the rumor that had her father dismissed:

I actually love this❤️❤️❤️ it’s just missing a little something, so when comparing these two pics:

If you notice these look exactly the same, except the black is darker, perhaps a velvet, the gold embroidery is more in the form of a design and brighter. The necklace is also more regal looking, bigger than the ones we saw her wear in her girlhood as a noble Lady. Those are the things they should’ve kept for the design of the dress in this scene, she’d look more like an actual Targaryen royal of the time. No offense but the dress that made the cut is kinda bland in tone.

The hair as well, she went for a jeweled hairnet to back to her girlhood hairstyles, precisely why I wish they would’ve kept the braided jeweled crown. It makes her seem more mature (despite her not being but jewelry can be a mask just as much as makeup sometimes) and more royal. She could even still keep it in this half held up hairdo just with the jeweled braided crown/twist added into it:

And the last thing about it the to want to say, the cape would’ve been awesome to see and it would’ve fit the scene. It was raining and she had a man carrying an umbrella for her, I think she’d have that cool ass cape too. Again makes her look more regal, more queen like, more mature.

The next time she wears it that I’d like to change, when she confronted Rhaenyra. A tense scene.

However at this point in time is when she is the most conflicted between her marriage to her husband and her “duty” to her house. I feel she’d reflect that in a representation of both houses. More so red, almost as if adding green was an afterthought, bc I rather think it would be a last minute decision for Alicent to add a green sash or piece of fabric to her usually Targaryen adoption in appearance. A way to feel close to her father by wearing the colors of the house she was born from (just like I headcanon she wore blue as a child to feel close to her mother; Helena Cuy, look it up where I go on a whole rant).

That in mind, imagine something similar to this:

The green being held in place at her neck, Targaryen dragon scales but in gold (perhaps a subtle nod toward Sunfyre/Aegon), it comes to wrap around her waist like a belt, tied at one side the remainder of the green fabric falls free on her left side of her hips down side by side the red dress. Also from the neckline, a half cape of green coming to cover her right side, thin gold chains reaching out from the neckline to hide beneath the half cape.

The red dress underneath would suit the summer climate/warmer climate of the time in the Red Keep, it’s just the right shade of Targaryen red, not to mention the red dress isn’t what really makes the dress but really what is meant to catch ur eye is that she’s wearing green for the first time in a long time. It meant to be hinting at her internal battles. Ofc her cleavage wouldn’t be exposed as depicted so it’s have a higher neckline, perhaps some simple gold and/or black embroidery to enhance it a bit.

Her hair would be something else to consider, thinking back to how we want it to be more mature and queen like. So perhaps a head peace or a jeweled net?

A mixture of these two would suffice:

The first picture is my favorite one and the main inspo for how I’d have done her hair, the pearls, the way her hair is twisted at the top with her bun being kept nice and beautiful in a net. The only thing I’d add from the second photo is the gold lace around the edges of the net, as well as the braid surrounding that as a whole. I’d also take the bands and add them loosely to the bottom part of her hair left down.

As for jewelry, they could’ve taken inspo from actual royal jewels. Something like this for Alicent:

Like I said the look starting originally as her traditional Targaryen Queen attire, with her Hightower symbolism added as an afterthought. Some small pearls could be added between diamond to go more with the pearls in her hair (although I think I might see some pearls in there but I might be dumb).

As for the earrings they could be something like this:

Again incorporating pearls into them or straight up replacing the diamonds entirely.

It’s just Queenly. It’s appeasing to the eyes. And it’s what I expect people to design royal fashion as to look like in period/historical dramas when you’ve proven yourself not concerned with accuracy or if it is a style fantasy gown.

[atopcat]

"(...) there were always rings on her fingers. Whenever she was anxious, she would turn them compulsively around."

— George R.R. Martin about Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen.

Look at the colour of her rings:

A black stone for Jace, he’ll be crowned King Jacaerys I Targaryen and continue the Targaryen dynasty.

Turquoise stone for Luke, he’ll be Lord Velaryon, Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark.

A plain gold band for Joffrey because unlike his older brothers his future hasn’t been set in stone, he can choose his own destiny.

When Rhaenyra’s anxious she holds her sons close, maybe out of reassurance that as long as she has them everything will be alright.

But we know it won’t be 💔

[owlsnotes]

A bit of aesthetic of Daemon's costumes

[mejcinta]

Helaena's green patterned funeral dresses.

[sellingdreams]

Saw someone on twitter posting a collection of details from Alicent's dresses and almost all of them have some kind of chain adornment and it got me thinking about how it could represent her status, seeing as she's been practically enchained all her life by doing Otto's bidding, and even as queen she's still strongly under his influence, and coupled with the scene when Aemond loses his eye when the chain on her dress breaks and it's the only time she ever revolts about her injustices...

Yeah, I'm unwell. And then people have the audacity to say HOTD costume department is lacking like,,

Anyway, I'll add some screencaps and stills for reference

[videodrme]

Otto Hightower 3/?

[she-s-a-shy-one]

I JUST LOVE COSTUMING DETAILS LIKE HOW ALICENT HAD THE STONE IN THE NECKLACE RESET TO AN EMERALD AS SHE GETS OLDER, THAT SHE CONTINUES TO WEAR IT AS AN ADULT, THE ONLY PIECE THAT COMES WITH HER AS SHE TRANSITIONS.

[slayer-of333lies]

Rhaenyra Targaryen

*Absolutely gorgerous

Rhaenyra Targaryen (House of the Dragon episode 10)

[lemonhemlock]

What was your favourite outfit from hotd

It's this beauty!

I fell in love with this gown ever since I saw it. If I could get one like this made, maybe with a mid-calf skirt length, I'd be so happy! The fabric, that stunning blue, the little openings on her neckline and down her arms! Such a grown-up dress for young Alicent. It's a little suggestive, but without being too racy.

I'm also partial to her first Hightower dress, of course. Young Alicent really rocked that boat neckline. This stunning shade of green compliments the brocade v well.

Rhaenyra's petition dress has some amazing details, too.

I also really enjoyed a lot of young Rhaenyra's fugly kirtles, actually. :)

^ I have no excuse for liking these, but I really do, as whacky as they look to the modern eye.

This one is really delicate and has that wallpaper/couch/curtain pattern that I shamelessly love (also check out those sleeves! I'm in love!):

I actually really like how adventurous they were with Rhaenyra's wardrobe overall. The gown she wore for the heir investiture ceremony goes without saying - that whole outfit is so on point. But also her horse riding attire from Ep. 3 and the overcoat she's wearing on the journey back from Driftmark. 👌

Not to ignore some of Alicent's greatest hits, as well - her Targaryen dress with the flowy sleeves is to die for! As is the red gown she wears while pregnant with Helaena + the overcoat + the hairnet.

Even the night robe she wears in Viserys' quarters is very pretty (couldn't find a better image).

Bonus her sweet baby blue dress from the pilot, I love how simple & adorable this is. I love that she's wearing a chemise underneath (v historically accurate), the little embroidery details and the billowy sleeves. <3 She looks like such a doe. It reminds me of Sansa's earliest outfits.

[writingsofwesteros]

[houseofpendragons]

New Ideas for HOTD Rhaenyra Fashion pt.6

This is another one where I like the idea, but I wish they’d stuck more with concept:

As you can see they’re aren’t identical but you can see where they pulled from what. I just wish they’d pulled a bit more.

Number 1) I wish they’d kept that piece around her neckline a yellow shade, and more pointed like a dragon. The yellow represents her dragon Syrax, I repeat DRAGON. Like you could put a little symbol in there, a little reference to their bond. I know it states after she had children she rarely rode, but I feel like that implies she rode a lot before hand.

Number 2) I like golden flower embroidery around the neckline, however, from there they could’ve had the dangling chains we see across her chest in the concept art and also trailing down the front of her dress. It would’ve just been a nice simple added design, they could even be scale in design. Also, I imagine them still being small, not something that’s going to make you stare at them, you’d have to really look to see the design pattern of them.

Lastly Number 3) I would’ve kept the white sleeves. Not get rid of the red sleeves we saw in the show but instead of the fabric we see under her sleeve in the above picture, I’d have the white sleeve from the concept art come from up under the red to peak out and hang down beside her waist:

And I’d the last thing I’ll say is I don’t mind the original belt piece but I would’ve added the chain around the seam where the sleeve meets the shoulder or if they’d gone with the belt piece in the concept are I would do the same just with that same embroidery.

Oh, wait, the hair, the hairrr. Believe it or not but I actually loved this hairstyle, it might’ve been my favorite one that we saw on younger Rhaenyra. It’s just royal, is the only word I can think to describe it. It’s kept out of her face, but not by a simple braid, but nothing so out there that people would stand and stare. Just a hairstyle I think I’d like to admire and keep as it suited the outfit, particularly due to the neck piece that frames her.

[maria-taiwin]

Rhaenyra Targaryen in episode 8

[owlsnotes]

Can't stop thinking about their costumes.

Lines of Daemon's costume go up and wide, shoulders are accentuated, it all looks very masculine.

Jace's silhouette, in contrast, looks sloping. The most of his figure is under the cloak. And the fabric seems more soft, Daemon's really looks like the scale.

Daemon is a daddy going to protect his family. Jace feels like bastard son.

But their poses are literally the same.

[alicentdeservesbetter]

[filmmarvel]

Dresses from House of the Dragon that I Would Actually Sell my Soul to Wear

side note: I also like Alicent’s dress from episode 1 but couldn’t find a good photo