10 days and counting! Winter is coming …well, Game of Thrones Season 6 is coming. Here at First Scene we are preparing to meet the demand, as fans of the show besiege us with prop and costume requests for their GoT watching parties.
Brushing the fur on the Nights Watch cloaks, plaiting our Daenerys wigs and polishing the swords of the iron throne – we’ve got our hands full! Out back, something beautiful is taking shape in the lair of our seamstress, Jacqui Harrison . She’s working on a dress inspired by the burgundy and gold robe worn by evil-queenius Cersei Lannister.
Red cotton drill and gold crepe-back satin form the basis of the simple cross-over gown. More red cotton is painstakingly cut into a rampant lion sigil and hand tacked to the side panels in blue thread. “Blue thread?” I ask. Yes – so that the stitches are easy to see for removal after machine sewing the delicate pieces to the dress. Yikes! Heraldry is not dead!
Come April 25th this beautiful dress will be ready for some lucky Lannister-lover to wear – get in quick!
For other Game of Thrones-inspired props and costumes for hire visit http://www.firstscene.co.nz
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