Game of Thrones Season 8: From Daenerys Targaryen's Different Attires to Jon Snow's Heavy Cape, Here's Elaborating on the Costumes That Play a Vital Role in Every Season

HBO's very popular Game of Thrones is returning with his next and final season on April 14. The new season will answer all the unanswered questions and end our quest to wonder who will sit on the Iron Throne. From Daenerys Targaryen to Cersei Lannister, Jon Snow and the Night King, all the prominent characters in this popular series will fight for one last time to achieve the glory and win this battle for the coveted throne. While the characters and their evolution has been drastic throughout its seven seasons, it's the storyline that has kept us hooked throughout. Game Of Thrones Season 8: Longest Episode of the Series Will Premiere On the Opening Weekend Of Avengers: Endgame.

Among the different peculiar factors that had gotten us intrigued for each season, one was constant throughout. Yes, we are talking about the costume department that played a crucial role every time. From Daenerys Targaryen's evolving fashion to Cersei Lannister's authoritative change, each season had a dedicated range of attires that revolve around its narrative and were designed keeping the hierarchy and minute detailing in mind. As we gear up to witness the last chapter, let's go back in time and unearth some of the crucial information that went unnoticed in the characters' costumes. Emilia Clarke On Shooting Her Last Scene in Game Of Thrones 8: I Got Three Words In Before I Just Completely Broke Down.

Jon Snow's cape had a story

The costume department designing attires for Jon Snow was in two minds about him wearing that long and heavy cape. The cape is a tribute to his father, Ned Stark, whom he respected immensely. However, the department decided to keep it occasional. "There are times when we removed it because we wanted him to be more vulnerable. Especially I think, when he saw Dany, and he went to see her for the first time in her chamber. We decided to remove it, but then when he went to see Cersei, we put it on," said costume designer Michele Clapton to Uproxx.

Those capes are anything but royal!

How will you react if we say the capes you saw on different characters are ordinary rugs? The ones that you find in the usual furnishing shops. In one of her interactions, Clapton was heard narrating how she shops the usual rugs from Ikea and turns them into capes. “Those capes are actually IKEA rugs. We take anything we can; we cut and we shave them and then we added strong leather straps.”

There's a special team who makes the costumes look worn! 

Special care and attention is given to show costumes look worn! According to Clapton, she hired a breakdown team, just to give the desired wear and tear effects to the attires. “(We hired) breakdown team, consisting of painters and textile artists whose job is to destroy and repair the costumes in order to make them appear to be old and worn, giving them a more realistic feel.”

Sansa Stark's wedding dress took 14 days! 

Clapton suggests that they have no scope to make duplicates of any attire as designing one itself is a consuming task. Since the costume department is needed to focus on detailing, it's difficult to make copies of the same outfits. So the artists, in fact, are adviced to wear them carefully.

CGI plays a vital role while designing the attires 

"We are aware of other departments, such as visual effects. If costumes move too much, they are difficult for them to work with. We all try to work together to achieve the best result we can, said Clapton when asked if she has to keep CGI in mind while designing the attires.

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