gremlin child

“Whilst Princess Rhaenyra misliked her stepmother, Queen Alicent, she became fond and more than fond of her good-sister Lady Laena”

And another dress redesign for young Alicent, and the wonderful Emily Carey. I mostly like this dress, it’s just a little plain for the joust that’s supposed to celebrate the new child of the king and all. I do really like the colour, it looks gorgeous on Emily Carey and contrasts Rhaenyra’s dress very nicely.

So, I do actually love this dress, in fact I think it’s my favourite of milly Alcock’s dresses in season 1, however I still wanted to take a go of my version of it, again keeping it relatively similar. I really like the sleeves of this dress, which surprised me at first, and I love the fun collar, but the embroidery isn’t entirely my style, it’s well done but I think I’d prefer something a bit different. And again, giving the princess of the realm an actual crown, unlike the show runners for some reason.

So having rewatched the show recently I realised that Rhaenyra’s wedding dress in the show was really a betrothal dress of sorts as the banquet was the welcoming banquet and was supposed to be followed by a weeks worth of jousting and the like and then the wedding, which was then forgotten when Criston Cole decided murder was a good idea, so the dress she wore was not supposed to be her wedding dress in all likelihood (thank fuck) and was probably one of many she would wear leading up to the day, so I decided to have a go at designing an actual wedding dress for Rhaenyra, complete with a crown for the heir to the throne and a dramatic over the top hairstyle and jewellery.

Hi, if was to somehow end up in charge of costuming a show like this I probably would do them completely differently, however what I’m mostly doing now is just mostly altering the pre-existing costumes more to my liking.

So I’m having another go at this dress of Alicent, as I wasn’t entirely happy with the first go round, and I stand by what I said originally about it. The fabric is pretty and the dress having two matching accessories gives it a sense of luxury, though I much prefer the cape, partly because it covers those weird split sleeves, which in general are pretty but they feel out of place here and I don’t like the fabric, and I also still don’t much like the belt they gave her here, though I do like the belts in general. And I do like how this dress ties back to the one we were introduced to Alicent in in S1 E1. And as always Olivia Cooke is amazing. They also need to actually give the royal family crowns or tiaras and the like, I mean. Honestly it annoys me.

And I’m back onto descendants, and have decided that the atrocity they put Audrey in needed fixing so here we are. Because frankly the costumes for the Auradon kids, especially in the first film, were beyond awful. I mean Sarah Jeffery is a gorgeous woman and they out her in a multitude of costumes that varied from questionable to ridiculous to hideous.

so, I wasn’t entirely happy with the first redesign, and I wanted to give Aemma Arryn a dress that was primarily blue. And u stand by what I said originally about that travesty of a dress being ugly ill-fitting and frumpy and that Aemma deserves far more screen time because, again, Sian Brooke is amazing. So here’s another redesign.

So I had a go at drawing the dress Rhaenyra wore in the books to the tourney celebrating Viserys and Alicent’s 5 year wedding anniversary partially because of this ask and partially because I just wanted to. In the book it says she wore a dramatic Targaryen red and black dress so I really went heavy with that. And I also wanted to put the crown princess in an actual crown, because they really fell short with that in the show.

Ok, while I know this dress is the one she wore to her mother’s funeral, it is still unusually plain. Especially because there are several other funerals in the show where everyone, Rhaenyra included, wear much nicer clothes. I like the sleeves, and I don’t hate the neckline. But the weird belt this bugs me. It’s also the only black dress that’s actually a dress they put young Rhaenyra in, the dragon riding gear is black and the coat dress thing she wears at the hunt is too but neither of them are court dresses really. This bugs me because not only did the show runners give the iconic dress moment that was originally rhaenyra’s to Alicent, they also barely put her in black and got rid of her fashion sense.

And back onto young Rhaenyra, and while I do actually mostly like this dress, one of the grand total of three of the dresses they put Milly Alcock in that I like, I have some mild criticisms. I don’t particularly like the gold wrist cuffs and the hints of it at the shoulders, especially the fact that they are under the sleeves. It just looks a tad odd. It also looks as if the band at the shoulders go around the entire neckline, under the dress, which makes it look strangely bulky and to me makes the neckline look slightly out of place. I actually like the belt for this dress, though I didn’t at first, but it grew on me, however as usual I hate the necklace. I do really like how, while similar, the fabric of the dress and the sleeves are different, which adds subtle detail to the dress. I also just like how the sleeves are open.

And on to the other of the 2 dresses they put Helaena into for season 1. Again, I don’t hate it but I don’t like it. It looks like a background dress more than anything. I don’t like the colour particularly and the fit could be better but there are worse dresses in the show. But at least they didn’t include tulle or organza. I’ll be entirely honest and say it looks more like one of the nightgowns Alicent or Rhaenyra wore than it does an actual dress. It does however look relatively comfy.

And on to the wonderful Helaena, who while I don’t hate either of the dresses they put her in for season 1, I don’t like them either, they don’t fit the best and they look much more like the costumes background characters and extras would be out in than one of the main characters. I like the colour of this dress, and I actually do like the fabric for once, however I don’t particularly like the sleeves, I know what they were going for, but it wasn’t executed very well. I think the neckline could work quite well on a different dress and I like the inclusion of a belt. I also just love Helaena and I love how Phia Saban plays her, she is a truly amazing actress.

And now into the dress they put Olivia Cooke in that I genuinely hate the most, the only nice thing I can say about it is the fabric is pretty, everything else about it is awful. The shoulders look strange, it mimics the dress Rhaenyra wears at the family dinner and when Vaemond dies, but it is clearly a very poor imitation. Again with the fucking sheer fabrics. It looks like the prom dresses you get if shein and wish that look nothing like the photo and only cost a tenner. It has a weird double princess seam thing going on and I hate it. The embroidered lace appliqué that starts on the bodice and creates the neckline looks like it was cut out from an embroidered fabric that is mostly sheer organza and then sewn on top of the already questionable dress. And on top of all that, the dress doesn’t even fit her properly. I do however like this belt, mostly, I like how the centre of it at least looks to be a butterfly, which if it is, is sweet because it links her to Helaena. I also just really like that bts photo of Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans, so enjoy.