#redesigning HotD

[artist-ellen]

Rhaenyra and Alicent over Season 1

I got a lot of questions over the course of this series over the "opposites" I was talking about in Alicent and Rhaenyra's costumes, so hopefully this sort of side by side makes their fashion decisions more dramatic. Not all of these outfits are worn in literally the same scenes but they are lined up to the ones they match on the time-line.

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[jbtbas]

Redraw of one of Rhaenyra's dresses. It's similar to the actual dress but I feel like they really should've made things richer. I dismiss the gown's simplicity since it's just the two of them hanging out and they're not attending any official court functions.

Got the idea from nataa.draws!

[amoratearte]

Eve Best serving till the very end, you deserved so much better with your Rhaenys. All her moments of being a true dragon.

“Princess Rhaenys, five-and-fifty, her face lean and lined, her black hair streaked with white, yet fierce and fearless as she had been at two-and-twenty.”

[chic-beyond-the-wall-oc-acct]

Rhaenyra Targaryen s1 ep1 potato sack dress redesign 💛❤️

(my friend said I should call this bookifying the show's costumes so that's what this is now)

[anonymoushuman2]

another redesign of another one of the awful dresses they put Milly Alcock in. I’m trying not to change them too much and keep the colour palette as similar as possible but oh the urge to just come up with something completely different is hard to resist.

[gromlyn]

Elaboration on my Tully/Targaryen dress from this piece! This was supposed to be a quick warmup but the embroidery wound up taking way longer than I expected. Details on the bodice below :)

[floelu]

the gods punish us. they punish me

[brother-genitivi]

had to see her smile

[gothgleek]

Rhaenyra deserved a Black Dress moment so I propose a scene at Viserys and Alicent’s wedding where she arrives late in one of her mother’s old gowns from the Vale, which she dyed black and red. Her dramatic entrance and rejection of her father’s marriage widens the rift between her and Alicent. Viserys obviously recognizes it as well so it is as if he is seeing Aemma on his wedding day, plaguing his guilty mind further. For Rhaenyra, it is an act of defiance and act of mourning.

[elin-moon]

My beloved Helaena<3

A redesign of her yellow dress because that dress just wasn't it. It simply didn't look like something a princess would wear.

[fruitageoforanges]

psychotic babygirl redesign time <3

[artist-ellen]

The Wedding of Rhaenyra and Daemon

I need all the love for this one because I super-focused on it for over half a day without pause. What sleep schedule? I had the unstoppable urge to draw these two menaces. If you want me to make more things like this the endorphin rush of positive feedback will need to be stellar XD. Second bird with this stone is that I actually drew an unprompted man for the HotD series. Can’t be getting too predictable with only pretty ladies.

For this redesign I wanted to reference and build off of Rhaenyra's Heir outfit. So while it's not exactly the same they should feel like they are pulling more from the "ancient Valyerian" (Byzantine-esque) fashion than the styles that Alicent is currently wearing in court. Extra points if you an spot the references to Empress Theodora (again + her Emperor). Oh and because I make the rules in these redesigns: Corlys is Black and Rhaenyra isn't Hollywood sized. I can pull from the books and the show as I please! So I wanted to include her long single plait (styled after a previous Queen) and her generous curves in these post-time jump illustrations.

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[jbtbas]

Some more redesigns!

Details Below The Cut

Trying to keep things consistent, of course in early/mid medieval times depending on the occasion or type of dress the cut/style/collar could be pretty fluid. I love the idea of the Targs inspired by Byzantine era fashion and ofc GoT introduced asymmetric elements in their design. I generally want them to have straight/slightly curved or v necklines but my canon for the Jaehaerys-era dynasty is that the royal family were trying to align more with the Westerosi elite so dressing more like them and picking up a bit of their prejudices *cough cough Jaehaerys looking at you* Anyways

My favorite, I think she just looks so pretty in this redesign. The absence of chemises is terrible ofc and puffs really make things look more sumptuous. The collar is iffy cause we never see anything like it again even though it could've worked if they stayed consistent. Had to add the Visenya braid of course!

The ladder dress is so anachronistic like even though it's cute all of Ali's mother's dresses look too modern and the bandage bodices look too different. No chemise or puffs, I'm just going to say the 'adult' ladies show a bit more skin and leave it at that since I still wanted the dress to seem 'mature' and with the puffs it wasn't working. Also my canon is that the open flowy sleeves was the style that Aemma introduced to court as queen.

Not enough jewelry, some of their choices look really out of place and I wish we got to seem more crowns/circlets but I get it since they like to save them for their epic moments of crowning. Since they keep young Rhaenyra's hair sooo simple I wanted to add some pizazz. Also had to dress her in Arryn blue at least once in something other than a nightgown, fitting for an episode where she misses her mother.

Alicent’s dress stood out a bit too much because of the contrast of the black and red, it’s also so dissimilar to anything else she wears. I’d like to think this is Alicent trying to fit the appearance of a Targ queen since she’s just been wearing red lately. She’s taken the V neckline from Rhaenys and added the flowy sleeves she remembers from Aemma and her mother. Also gave her a tiny crown-like headpiece. Rhaenyra’s dress is iffy I based it off her red one she wears with Laenor but I was too lazy to add more details. Added a cute little circlet. The dress she wears this scene looks so washed out but it could’ve worked out if it was a different color way/pattern or perhaps if they were more consistent with the style especially since she’s supposed to be hunting for a husband now.

Laena’s dresses all look so awkward on the actresses but ofc who knows how much time the costume department had. The fit of this dress was just a bit awkward around the bust so I just raised the neckline and made it more similar to the other dresses.

[amoratearte]

Queen Aemma Arryn (at time Princess, and Queen Rhaenyra in her belly)

Brunette Aemma redesign

[chic-beyond-the-wall-oc-acct]

Rhaenyra Targaryen s1 ep1 Funeral Dress redesign

I honestly really like the original more than mine lol. It's one of my favorite young Rhaenyra dresses in the show.

[anonymoushuman2]

Another redesign of one of the awful dresses they put Milly Alcock in for season 1 of hotd. This is one of my least favourite of young Rhaenyra’s dresses, I really struggled to not change it more than I did.