Game of Throws! Cape is Ikea rug

LIKE many fantasy dramas, Game Of Thrones is brimming with elaborate costumes.

But designers use an everyday hack which means we can all afford to make the furry cape worn by ‘King in the North’ Jon Snow, played by Kit Harington, 30.

It’s fashioned out of an Ikea rug — cut, dyed, and distressed to give it an authentic look.

Three-time Emmy-winning costume designer Michele Clapton revealed the truth at a talk at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

‘The budget is never enough. So it makes you more clever about what you’re doing,’ she said.

Author: Tom Stichbury