GAME OF THRONES

Once you manage to get past the bloodcurdling opening scene of the series' pilot you're instantly hooked on the game of thrones. First, lets face it, because Ned Stark is so unusually manly that you're drawn to his story but later on, when he's - spoiler alert! - no longer in the game beheaded, because we cannot wait for him to be avenged mercilessly in the slowest way possible. But apart from the payback back time, there is another world in the series, the world where the costumes help to create the scene and mood.

And now it looks like the fashion from the realm crossed some borders and walked into our world - if you would judge by the fall winter 2014 runaways.

The north of the Wall seems to be very inspiring - the style of both the Night's Watch and the wildlings influenced the outerwear for fall and winter 2014 more or less literally:

The Night's Watch - fur, fur, fur 

                         Vogue Paris April 2014                                                           Chanel fall/winter 2014

          Vogue Japan July 2014                                                                                                   Alexander McQueen fall/winter 2014               

Both pictures: Giorgio Armani Prive fall/winter 2014     

The wildlings - camouflage fur

All: Alexander McQueen Fall/winter 2014 

However, the residents of The Seven Kingdoms does not go unnoticed either and the style of the fancy ladies of the realm might be traced in fall/winter designs as well.

Cersei Lannister - look for the birdy motifs and rich embroidery

        Both Valentino fall/Winter 2014

                     Alberta Feretti fall/winter 2014                                                                      Rodarte fall/winter 2014

Sansa Stark - beautifully detailed, coat-like dresses made of heavy fabrics

                 Alberta Feretti fall/winter 2014                                                                     Dolce & Gabbana fall/winter 2014

Daenerys Targaryen - flowy, see-through dresses mixed with princess-warrior outfits

 

        Balmain fall/winter 2014                                                                                

                  Both pictures: Valentino fall/winter 2014                                                                             

Arya Stark and Brienne of Tarth - does super strong and inspiring female character deserve a space of their own but for the style purposes decided to put them together as they seem to combine different aspects of masculine warfare attire - one dress in leather, the other in steel and iron

            All four above: Balmain fall/winter 2014 

            All four: Dolce &Gabbana fall/winter 2014

Now it's up to you what style you want to join the game of thrones in this fall. And remember - the winter is coming .... 

Hats down

There is nothing like a hat to add sophistication, but there is also nothing like a hat to make you look stupid. With head pieces there is a very thin line between fashion and Mad Hatter and we must be careful when we choose to embark on this treacherous adventure.
My favourite period in terms of hats is the 1950s -they are decorative but not over-the-top and created to enhance the beauty of its wearer rather than trying to outshine her.

found on blog.tuppencehappeny.co.uk

       Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's 

Grace Kelly

found on lostin1950s.blogspot.co.uk

And my personal favourite - cocktail hat from 1950s you may find on display at Victoria and Albert Museum in London - just wow:

                                                                    a photo by me

The question is - can we today look as fashionable as women back then wearing such - one might think - extravagant head pieces? I think we can but we must be more wary of the occasion and circumstances. Nowadays, hats are left for the weddings, horse races or holidays at French Riviera, however, it seems like there is still a small place for hats in everyday life. And I don't mean only fedoras or panama hats.

found on zsazsabellagio.blogspot.com

found at lolobu.com via pinterest

Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl

Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl

found on thriving twenties.tumblr.com via pinterest

Lana Del Rey (pic found on Pinterest)

Me, at my friend's bday party /not my most flattering photo/

And if your hat venture does not turn out as fancy as you had hoped for you can always claim you were going for this effect:

Good luck ;)