Nights Watch Cloaks Are Made From Ikea Rugs

After this fun fact went viral ikea released instructions for making your own cloak.

Nights watch cloaks are made from ikea rugs.

The night s watch may be the scrappiest military force in westeros. The cloaks look rugged on the watchmen but they re actually made from ikea rugs according to the series costume designer michele clapton. Hey you save a buck where you. Befitting a series about warring families it has recently come to light that game of thrones gets some of its costumes straight from ikea namely the cloaks worn by the night s watch.

This content is imported from youtube. The furs worn by those men banished to the cold neglected westerosi equivalent of a starter apartment are in fact just cheap ikea rugs that have been properly ravaged quartz reports picking up on a. Michele clapton who s worked on all but the sixth season of the series prompted laughs from an otherwise austere audience as she gave away one trick to her trade. All you need is a black skold rug 79 and scissors.

The ratty cloaks on the night s watch members aren t made of mammoth pelts but sheepskin rugs from ikea that are dyed roughed up and shorn to look like they ve been to the fist of the. A game of thrones costume designer has revealed the cloaks worn by the night s watch brothers are actually just beat up ikea rugs. Apparently their fuzzy cloaks are made from ikea rugs. Jon snow s costume from game of thrones is made from a 79 ikea rug experts speculate published mon aug 21 2017 10 45 am edt updated fri apr 12 2019 4 40 pm edt emmie martin emmiemartin.

She also spoke about the level of detail that goes into creating the costumes adding. You can also distress the rug for further authenticity. By now we ve all learned that the rustic cloaks of the night s watch on game of thrones are really provided by furniture store big meatball cabal head ikea. Among the many incredible costumes on game of thrones are the cloaks worn by the brothers of the night s watch.

A costume designer for game of thrones revealed that members of the night s watch are actually wearing rugs from ikea as they take on the winter.