RIP Heather Menzies. She was positively bright, kind and gorgeous! Married to another of my all time favorite actors - Robert Urich - who played Spenser in Spenser for Hire..

I agree, the fit is SO MUCH better in season two!

19:58 well… there were a lot of major time skips…

The use of synthetic fabric was not due to COVID failures... Bertha's costumes indicate the new-money-brash-industrial-age...

Absolutely loved the costumes, for accuracy, consistency of character, and subtle modern touches of colour and fabric. This was a good, well-researches video.

Out of all your reviews, these costumes are the most difficult and expensive to reproduce. Also, this wardrobe designer was ALL OVER THE PLACE, and you have been quite restrained in your comments about her work. A chimpanzee could've done better 😅😅😅😅

Excellent video. Short and sweet!

Very generous to credit Bettina....

This was really well thought out and detailed.

Catherine de Demici? Really? Megan Fellows?

Bad move to have no budget, then use expensive designer clothes. Hope they borrowed them, not bought them.

Pretty loose video: research has been done, but not really an articulate script, and she couldn't be bothered watching the series. Good suggestions, though....

Im sure this show will do well at the Emmy,s.

5000 gowns and suits? How is that even possible? Especially on a dead line. The amount of hand work that goes into just one of those dresses is pain staking. I hope they do a gilded age dress tour in the museums

Not HoTD related, but have you seen the Mongolian Olympic costumes? The embroidery is fantastic

One point thats interesting to consider about cohesiveness (a complain of which i actually mostly agree) is that the world of ice and fire is seemingly eternally medieval, and some fans argue maybe even post apocalyptic (since there are monuments, castles and general architecture that they have no actual technology to build, like the wall and the titan of bravoos) so its a special challenge to conceive what would come 200 years before game of thrones while society is still mostly the same, i did get the feeling that the time period of house of the dragon felt more grand and the costumes helped with that even though it varied a lot…

Amazing video! Thank you so much for this!

Really enjoying this season's costumes, they finally look cohesive. I love how Rhaenyra's gowns always have similar v-neck necklines whilst Alicent wears rounded off-shoulder ones, all with distinct enough variations.

Enjoyed this discussion so much! Especially when Amy was discussing the part about ballet and the history of that form of dancing and how it contrasts with powwow regalia. I'm Hunkpapa Lakota from Standing Rock in South Dakota but my adult kids also have relatives on their other parent's side in Oklahoman. They're cousins with Tafv Sampson through their paternal grandmother. My son's daughters (who are elementary age) are currently training in ballet and being sponsored by the Maria Tallchief Foundation. It's fine for now but I'm hoping that they will eventually be able to participate in powwow dancing instead of ballet because that takes them away from their culture with the ballet influence despite Maria and Marjorie Tallchief being ballerinas. Their mother was not Native so that is where they connected via her influence with ballet, imo.

Everything is so dark and dull (i miss flamboyant arts of Carragher)

W character 🖤

The head piece for Rhaenys armor I'd be more inclined to think of it as a battle tiara. Because it just screams warrior princess and gave her a very regal look. I realize this is just my humble opinion, but there you go.

I would love to see all examples of embroidery in better detail. I’m certain that the deadline/pay scale pressure is immense, but it is a bit of a bucket list dream to stitch for such remarkable costumes. ❤

Simons drip is mighty impressive considering its Westeros in medieval times 😅😅😅😅

Really enjoyed Rhaenys’ outfits this episode. The detailing on the lapel was nice. I thought the bead work on her French Hood (?) was interesting. I felt like it might have just been in lieu of a helmet. But the hat pins she’d need to secure it on during dragon flight must be made of Valyrian steel 😂

Ser Simon was very well-dressed, we need more distinguished gentlemen like him! Hadn’t noticed that Aemond’s ambush outfit was dark green - it’s beautiful. The fact that it’s so close to black, associated with Rhaenyra, reminds me of his comment to Cole about Alicent blaming him for starting a war when they had already usurped Rhaenyra’s throne. Aemond is clever, I think he sees things as they are and knows that, yes, he’s fighting for his family but is he also uncertain that it’s the right thing? I think a standout look for me was Rhaenyra’s simple, beautiful braid when she returns to Dragonstone. We rarely see her look so simply put together. Rhaenys’ riding coat is simply exquisite!

Please will you comment on where to get the boots that many of the characters wear. They seem to be a common style within the GOT universe. I have searched but cannot find anything similar

I loved Rhaenys’ head thingy! I thought she looked awesome and powerful since it reminded me of super hero-y kind of characters like She-Ra, or the Scarlet Witch.

I’d love to have my own versions of Daemon’s pajamas, and Rhaenys’ dark grey outfit. ❤️

Rhaeny's headpiece seemed a bit of a call back to young Rhaenera's headpiece from her oath of fealty scene. I know there's differences in shape and materials but I feel like it ties them together as two women who could be queens.

My main complaint with the crowns and armor, was that none of them are aged which only further highlights the cheap and plastic-y look of those pieces. Some basic weathering would have done wonders to combat that problem

Absolutely loved Alys Rivers's and Simon Strong's outfits. Perfect for a dilapidated haunted castle IMO.

I think rhaenys not only looked beautiful but fierce and comfortable. I feel like last season Rhaenys always looked uncomfortable and stiff in her armor

you pronouncing gombíky was the cutest thing ever :D the word literally translates to buttons, so when you said gombíky buttons I was taken aback because you basically said "buttons buttons" ahaha (I´m from Slovakia btw, similar language)

Heidi, thank you for another excellent video! The end of this destroyed me, too soon to lose such an incredible character 😢

I just thought Rhaenys was wearing that head piece to keep her hair out of her face. I could use a fancy headband like that when I'm doing my makeup in the morning! :D

Thank you for this video Heidi & Justin! I really think Daemon´s two shirts/nightgowns are the same and it is amazing! But really, I screamed when I saw Simon Strong´s attire. We finally see some rich fabrics and color on the men! I also loved Rhaeny´s headpiece and you are right, it looks like a new interpretation of those period pieces. I like that it looks kinda different to the rest of the armor but at the same time fitting enough to the details of the rest. I laughed when I saw young Rhaenyra in that familiar looking gown, like they said we can take something old and do it kinda better. I love it. My honorable mention goes to Aegon - his armor looks more complete and more fitted now and still kinda wrong on him and I think that is intentional. All in all I am really happy about the improvements in the costuming department. The fitting is better, there are more subtle details that fit the characters, the embroidery is to die for (as always) and the structures in the fabric choices are complemtenting the cuts and the embroidery and also the jewelry.

The hand on Simon Strong's chain is part of House Strong's sigil, I think.

I really liked the shape of Rhaenys‘ headpiece, but I thought its texture clashed with the one of her armor.

Isn'tthe palm for the order of the greenhand secret society ? the sign of house gardener?

You guys were able to see through the tears? 😅

it was fourth not third episode. simon may be wearing an open hand( and all that it implies as you describe ) but in his castle in same scene there are black goats and dogs that look like rugs.

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The red dress 🤗🙏♥️

People mistake why I love that costume on her. I wanted to "be" her. Desirable. Beautiful. That dream died hard.

I love how there seems to be so much more variety of materials for costumes this season.

his grace looked princely😂 nice😂

Also : aren't the most talented people the nicest ?