Spring may still be a few months from now, but fans of HBO's legendary series "Game of Thrones" are already counting down the days until the show returns on screen in 2015. As one of the well-loved TV series over the last four years, avid viewers of "Game of Thrones" are always on the lookout for spoilers and teasers regarding their favorite book-to-TV series adaptation. They rely on leaked photos and scripts to find out what's in store for the fifth season of the hit HBO series based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling books.
Recently, the costume design department of "GoT" became involved in a controversy as fans of the show expressed their displeasure over the attire that the Sand Snake characters will wear next season. Leaked photos show that the Sand Snakes, or the warrior daughters of the late Prince Oberyn Martell, will be wearing nippled breastplates. This drew harsh criticisms from avid viewers of the show. It seems like viewers are not fond of seeing people wear nippled armors. When George Clooney's Batman costume in 1997's "Batman and Robin" came out, the public was not very fond of it ether.
But award-winning "Game of Thrones" costume designer Michele Clapton explained the reason behind the tasteless nippled armors worn by the Sand Snakes. According to Clapton, the costume got that look because of "an accident." In an interview posted in New York Magazine, Clapton said that the nipples on the breastplate was not really intended, and it was only a result of a wrong structured mold that are utilized to create the armor.
"I was surprised when I saw the picture. But I didn't notice them when I was there. And sometimes you can't go back and change things," the costume designer said.
She also shared that her armory team, who are mostly from Italy, overlooked the problem, saying, "They're like, 'No, it's fine! Don't change it!'"
"They sand it off to an extent, but they didn't do it as much as I wanted them to," she explained.
"Game of Thrones" season 5, loosely adapted from Martin's "A Feast for Crows" and "A Dance with Dragons," is expected to air in 2015.
