Winter Has Come

On November 1st my new collection, Winter Has Come, was released to my Etsy shop, Lively Loops (www.etsy.com/shop/livelyloops). On top of my collection, SevenSeas Productions created my fashion film for it, seen below. 

http://vimeo.com/78321809

Now here's a little back story, and my thought process in creating these items.

Margaery Tyrell

Margaery's gloves were inspired by the left picture's long sleeves, as well as some fan art that had a long sleeve with a yellow stripe close to the hand. Since her dress has that amazing pattern on it, and her family is so associated with flowers, it seemed only right to have an intricate cabled pattern on these cuff gloves, like a trellis.

Arya Stark

Arya's hat is modeled after her helmet and fur collar.  It is knit with two strands of yarn instead of one which makes the whole piece warmer and more wind resistant.

Tyrion Lannister

This pocket square was particularly challenging to design. I was trying to incorporate the mesh in his vest (picture on the left) and the colours of his house to create a pocket square that fully represents the Lannister name, plus it was crucial to design something that despite using double the yarn, did not look bulky.

Daenerys Targaryen

The key element to her hood was the colour, and I lucked out in finding the perfect hue on my first shopping trip. The rest of the hood was fairly straight forward. She has no design, however her unique feature is that the hood is held together with a celtic broach.

John Snow

It seems as though he's never seen on the show without his furry cape. This scarf mimics the wild fuzz by using two different types of yarn. One is a subtle loose looking wool, while the other is more predominately shredded. This not only creates more realistic layers of faux fur, but makes the piece thicker and warmer.

Hogwarts Scarves Based Off Of Cho Chang, Cedric Diggory, Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter

I've seen many variations of the Hogwarts scarves, but I hadn't seen one as an infinity scarf. I decided this was the route I wanted to take and I knew that instead of keeping the stripes evenly throughout, I wanted to emulate the scarves from the later films, where the stripes are small, in groups of two and far apart from each other (which is why I decided to only have two stripes off to one side).

The Dementor

The Dementor plays such a crucial role in the series that I thought it would make a great fifth item for the Harry Potter half of the collection. As someone who wears a black, hood-less pea coat, I always find myself wishing I had a hood during the winter. Similar to a Dementor's hood, I knew I wanted it to be deep, simple and have a scarf portion that not only creates a seamless transition between one's coat and the hood, but also could be pulled up over your face, emulating the dark, faceless Dementor.