intelligentcollector.com: One doesn’t need to know anything about fashion or fantasy to know that Michele Clapton’s designs for Game of Thrones are closer to couture than costume. Her pieces look as though they were meant to be worn to the Met Gala, judged with nodding approval by Anna Wintour as they strut down runways, adored and imitated. From the moment they arrived at Heritage to be photographed for their star turns in Game of Thrones:
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It’s insane to see the amount of advertising that goes into a major motion picture like the Wicked movie! Joint brand deals like this are very popular to help promote something. I remember my sister going CRAZY in the early 2010s when the Pretty Little Liars clothing line came out at Aeropostale. There’s an important balance to strike when it comes to designing these clothes. You want the advertising to be subtle enough that people buy the clothes and wear them on the regular, but still have enough of an association with the source material that other people who see them being worn are motivated to either buy them or see the movie themselves. I wonder how Paul Tazewell went about designing streetwear, considering his experience is specific to costume design. The design and manufacturing processes for streetwear and costumes are completely different, so it must have been an interesting task to take on for him.
Costume design is something that has always interested me, and the costumes in game of thrones were always gorgeous. They seemed less like costumes and more like real clothing that could be worn at the time. They were always super detailed and I know a lot of thought was put into the design of clothes for each individual character and it did a wonderful job portraying their personalities and status in the world. Tv costume design is a lot more detailed than theater because it’s gonna be scrutinized by the eye a lot more, so every detail needs to be perfect or else viewers would notice pretty quickly. I’ve also said this in a previous post, but I think auctioning off pieces of a show instead of letting them collect dust is a great way to raise money and maintain Engagement with the fans.(the costumes must’ve auctioned off for a lot)
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