Saturday, July 14, 2018

Sylvari Fashion Ideas #4- The Lady of the North (GoT Inspired Outfit)

The Lady of the North- a Game of Thrones Inspired Outfit for LOTRO


As stated on the titles of this post, this is a 'Game of Thrones' (GoT) inspire outfit I created. I am quite a big fan of the series and the book lore, just like with Tolkien's world. Since GoT nor A Song of Ice and Fire has no MMO games, I decided to make an outfit on LOTRO instead because I found a few items of clothing that almost match with some of the character's costumes in the shows. Of course, I couldn't fully follow the costumes piece by piece authentically, but I tried to make the closest adaptations as much as possible for each component.





My design board for this outfit...
Base on the first glimpse of the outfit, some of you may already know who character inspiration is. But for those who didn't catch, or it may be quite hard to identify, I used Lady Catelyn Stark of Winterfell, Widow of Lord Eddard Stark and Mother to Robb, Sansa, Arya and Bran. She is one of my favourite characters in the game, but others may not like her for the hatred she holds for Jon Snow. But her courage, motherly love, matriarchal prowess and knowledge of politics are what truly caught my attention and I honestly think that she could have been an amazing queen if she ever had to chance to be one until her death during the Red Wedding.

The Dress and Circlet


The Lady of the North takes charge as regent...

This was a very simple outfit to make as I couldn't really actually go too much in detail (not with the number of resources I have, and due to the rarity of outfits that resemble the actual costume itself). But even with such limited clothing choices, I have managed to keep it as sophisticated and as authentic to the real costume of Catelyn Stark in my perspective. Now the whole outfit is wholely dominated with a dark blue colour concept from top to bottom. For this, I used Catelyn Stark's formal costume which was also dark blue which represents her Tully heritage as she is the daughter of the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands, Hoster Tully. I was originally going to use Evendim or Ered Luin Blue, but I found that Steel Blue fits in quite well with the actual colour concept. I made her hair also more orange/auburn colour.

I used the Dress of Anorien Summer Autumn for this outfit because these are one of the only dresses in LOTRO that actually do down below the ankles of women characters and most ladies in Westeros have ankle's down dresses. This dress clearly suits a 'Lady' theme, similar to the gowns the wives of thanes in Rohan wear. It almost gives a barbaric look, with the fabric texture and the belts with circular ornaments which can symbolise the nature of House Stark descending from First Men which were a quite barbaric society.  


(Bow down to the Lady of the North! Hahahaahahaha xD)

It also gives a very nice 'cone' shaped lower side profile, which shows elegance and the poise of a lady plus foldings too, which almost looks like it has a petticoat as a foundation. It makes the character look for royal and bold. The sleeves of the dress also loosen in the wrist areas which is give a very nice look into it and makes it look medieval.

The Circlet makes her look more royal (although Catelyn did not wear a circlet.) The whole outfit is simple because The North is not a wealthy region therefore, there was no need to be all elegant and luxuriant with the main body and I tried to keep it this way.  

The Cloak

The Lady of the North giving battle tactics for war.... Just like when Catelyn gave her opinion to her son Robb.

This is where I get a bit out of concept with the true costume itself. Widely due to that fact that she only uses a plain cloak which had a dark blue dye into it. But as a fashionista, I couldn't use the Plain Cloak outfit in LOTRO because it's just too boring and dull in my opinion. But even though this cloak doesn't truly follow the costume, it still fits in quite well with the outfit. The glowing aura on it is one of the amazing features of the cloak which can represent the white snow of the North. The fine silver patterns on it also make it look astonishing and bright whilst still being simple.


The Shoulders

For the North!
The shoulder piece for this outfit I used is a scarf. Now usually Catelyn Stark wear a veil/scarf around her neck and I wanted to represent this in on the outfit. I couldn't really find a veil in LOTRO but this was ok as long as it worked well with the outfit.

I tried the scarf with other colours such as Moria Silver and Grey, which also works well with the outfit if you want to represent more of her Stark heritage.

Other Features

The Lady watching ever so closely across the distance with a knife on her belt... Waiting for her husband and children to come back.
I included a small dagger to this outfit because a lady also needs to protect herself. This holds true because in the shows Catelyn Stark had a dagger she used to defend herself such as the time when she was ambushed by wild men or to threaten others like Petyr Baelish. I thought it was could to include this to the outfit.

The Lady's Direwolf companion....
If you have a cosmetic pet such as Farmer Maggot's Dog or any dog cosmetic pet, don't be afraid to use them. It almost looks like a direwolf companion which represents her Stark side, even if she didn't have one in the shows.

Overall:


This Outfit Consists of:

Head- Circlet of Men (Bartered at Skirmish Camp)
Cloak- Cloak of the Many Worlds dyed Steel Blue (can be found in Auction House)
Shoulder- Yule Scarf dyed Steel Blue or Moria Silver or Grey (Choose depending on personal preference) (bartered during Yule Festival)
Dress-  Dress of Anorien Autumn dyed Steel Blue (bartered during Fall Festival but sometimes pops in Auction House.)
Weapons- Boot Knife (bought at Bree One-Handed Weaponist) and Lantern Weapon (Preferential)


Thank you all for reading this outfit idea. I hope that you found it interesting. My sister will be coming up with her outfit design, which may surprise you :) so stay tuned~~ Celondess Sylvari

Also special thanks to our amazing friend Duriron (Member of Second Breakfast Guild) for allowing us to use his incredible and beautiful house for the setting of the photo shoot and for becoming one of my loyal 'bannerman' 💖

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