The fashion Easter eggs in House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones

The fashion that Game of Thrones established as a signature is among the most anthological of all time, with brilliant work by Michele Clapton, who took our breath away with the details. Each house had its colors and messages in its clothes, with four spectacular fashionistas: Sansa Stark, Cersei Lannister, Margaery Tyrell, and, of course, Daenerys Targaryen.

The reverse order: we talked about Daenerys, but she imitated Rhaenyra

Being the most beloved character in the entire saga, Daenerys Targaryen is also the most elegant, but her evolution has always been communicated by the clothes she wears. Something thought out in detail. When we meet her, it’s no surprise that the dress is almost transparent: Dany took a while to find herself and her outfit is proof of that. We see her transparent, pastel, lost, and little by little she changed, adopting the colors and clothes of the cities and people she conquered, even though she always kept a Targaryen element – a dragon – present.

From Dothraki’s clothes to plunging necklines and blues mixed with gold, Daenerys’ transformation from girl to woman, from scared to leader, from dominated to conqueror was always reflected in her hairstyles and dresses. All stunning.

“Her costume gradually turns a much darker color to reflect the growing darkness within her,” reveals Michele. “I also wanted it to subtly bring her closer to wearing the black and red of House Targaryen.”

“Daenerys’ dramatic evolution from powerless outcast to fearsome tyrant is one of the most radical transformations in all of Game of Thrones, and I knew it was vitally important that her outfits signal each step of her journey,” Michele Clapton explained in her book about the series.

“When we first meet Daenerys, she is under the control of her abusive brother. It’s almost impossible to imagine the woman she will become. Viserys III wants to marry her off to anyone who can help him win the Iron Throne. In her eyes, her only value is her body, and he dresses her accordingly,” the designer contextualizes.

And it’s true, as she approached her goal of recovering the Iron Throne and reinstituting Targaryen rule, Daenerys did adopt the colors of her House, black and red, but without us realizing it, the dark tones already signaled a change in her behavior.

“Ultimately, Daenerys takes on a very different style, wearing simple black and red fabrics with only the slightest surface texture,” Michele commented. “I also gave her a more aggressive silhouette that brings her closer to Viserys’ [her brother, not Rhaenyra’s father] outfit. I wanted the transition she makes in the final season to be gradual, almost as if Daenerys was drawn to her brother’s style without realizing it, until, in the end, she fully adopts his look. Her final costume is a black-on-black overcoat with dragon scales etched into the fabric. Seeing her dressed entirely in the color of death represents the culmination of her journey from an innocent young girl to vengeful conqueror,” she said.

Viserys III, the elegant one who imitated Daemon Targaryen

Well, folks, elegance in Game of Thrones generally seemed to be among the bad guys. Besides Viserys III, Joffrey Baratheon might be a monster, but no one can deny that he had good taste in fashion.

And if he had made it to King’s Landing, Viserys III would have kicked the hell out of the Lannister bastard. Yes, Viserys’s stay was brief, but even in the desert he never failed to impress us with his good taste and was the biggest influence on Dany throughout her evolution.

But, if we look closely, who did he look up to?

Yes, Daemon Targaryen.

Designer Jany Temime came into House of the Dragon with the challenge of maintaining the continuity of what Michele Clapton created, but still being creative. As the audience saw the story in a reversed timeline – Game of Thrones takes place almost 200 years after House of the Dragon – the pieces had to have continuity, but appear earlier.

So yes, Daemon Targaryen was more than a historical reference of heroism and courage among the Targaryens, his clothes were iconic. “I love men’s tailoring,” Jany explained at the time of the series release. “The inspiration for Matt [Smith] was a Samurai skirt that I found and that we cut as her tunic using his shape. The first fitting was a huge success and he moves brilliantly in the costume. I was happy because he loved it!”, she told MiscelAna.

In the second season of House of the Dragon, more quotes than we saw in Game of Thrones

The first images of the second season of House of the Dragon have provoked nostalgia among Game of Thrones fans with direct quotes from the clothes that we first saw with Daenerys and which prove that our Queen also closely explores his family’s history.

The red cape thrown over one shoulder that we saw on Daenerys in season six is being worn by Rhaenyra Targaryen in the season’s poster (alongside her enemy, Alicent Hightower), as well as by Baela Velaryon (Daemon’s daughter) and Jacaerys ( son of Rhaenyra).

The model was one of the mother of dragons’ most striking outfits because it was the outfit she wore for the first time in years in Dragonstone and which she wore for the first time in front of Cersei Lannister and in the final attack on King’s Landing. Every detail of this piece was thought out by Michelle Clapton.

“For this sequence [Dany’s arrival at Dragonstone] I designed a fur-lined overcoat in an even darker gray that borders on black. The fabric I chose was printed silk which has an interesting herringbone effect – in certain light, it looks like dragon scales,” she detailed in the book. “I added a pleated red silk curtain at the shoulder, which is held in place by a silver dragon brooch and a chain that crosses the chest to denote status. I thought she needed a symbolic, heavy piece of jewelry that showed her strength and intention, and I wanted to use the three sigil dragons in the chain design,” she revealed.

What’s more, the cover had another symbolic purpose: “Now leading a vast army of Unsullied soldiers and Dothraki warriors, she needs to look like a military commander,” Michelle explained. It fits with Jany’s adaptation of Jace and Baela, who will be fighting for Rhaenyra in epic battles.

Daenerys’ tormented soul in Targaryen colors

Although Black and Red are the Targaryen signature, there were times when a young Rhaenyra opted for gold (the blue tones used occasionally were in honor of House Velaryon, her first husband, and her mother, Aema Arryn). And Daenerys, who since returning to Westeros has opted for dark gray as an alternative to black, enchanted us with an unforgettable white and red coat.

Once again, Michele Clapton teaches us: “After meeting Jon Snow, she briefly sets aside her quest for the throne and is drawn into the fight to save the living from an imminent attack by the Night King.

When Jon is trapped beyond the wall, she flies to his rescue, a selfless act that costs him one of his beloved dragons. I wanted her to have a dramatic look at that sequence. I chose white because it denotes purity and her motivations for helping Jon are quite pure. She fell in love with him.

I always thought there was something insidious about the pattern on the sleeves. It reminded me a little of the White Walkers and perhaps means that Daenerys can be as cold and formidable as the Night King and his lieutenants.”

In the second coat version, which has more red tones and is what Daenerys wears to enter Winterfell, the designer deliberately leaves the model less white so that it is “a sinister foreshadowing of the blood she will shed in her quest for the throne”.

Were the signs all there?

Could we have more Easter eggs?

If it depends on Daenerys’ wardrobe, there is room for many more Easter eggs in House of the Dragon. After all, Rhaenyra is the Black Queen, so we’ll see her with all Targaryen shades from now on.