Blessed with a show that takes place over extremely different regions of an imaginary world, Game of Thrones’ costumers are free to take their costumes in virtually any direction they choose. For the most part, they seem to stay close to the tale’s medieval roots. However, every so often, the costumers take a chance, get a little bit crazy, and create a style that would seem more at home on Lady Gaga than on Lady Stark. Here are a few of my favorites:

Number Five:  Renly Baratheon’s Alien-Antennae Stag-Antler Crown.

Yes, I get it, it’s supposed to represent Renly’s stag sigil, but am I the only one that thinks that the two main prongs look more like strange extraterrestrial head-tentacles than antlers? Also, we’ll just ignore the fact that he seems to have tied his favorite childhood security blanket to his armor. Typical.

 


Number Four: Sandor Clegane’s Dog Helm

To be clear, I have no problem with this and I think it’s quite badass (as well as a faithful rendition of the books’ description), but is it practical? I can’t help but notice that his entire face is exposed, and there are no visible eyeholes for when he has it shut. That said, perhaps actual face protection is redundant when you’re walking around looking out from between the jaws of a snarling dog. Who’d have the guts to swing at that face?

 


Number Three: Jaqen H’gar’s Hair

In fairness, Jaqen’s punky red and white hair is another crazy style that is explicitly mentioned in the books.  In fact, the show has toned it down! It’s supposed to look something like this:

I’m quite glad they stuck with just a single white stripe. It suits him, no?

 

 Number Two: Loras Tyrell’s Oh-So-Fabulous Helm

Down there on the jousting field! Is it a Stark? Is it a Lannister? No! It’s ONION MA—wait… No folks, this is just the famous Knight of Flowers wearing his trademark silver onion helmet. What makes this even more confusing is that there is a different character, Davos Seaworth, who aside from being Stannis Baratheon’s right-hand man, is also commonly known as the Onion Knight. Is he aware that somewhere in the deepest, darkest reaches of Westeros there is a man who fashions helms in this most suitable of shapes?

 


Number One Craziest Fashion: Anything Worn By Margaery Tyrell

 

My oh my, those Tyrells are a fashion-forward bunch! On the left, we have Margaery’s signature I’m-being-slowly-devoured-by-a-gigantic-fish look. Caught somewhere between dog-cone and giant sock, this dress has to be one of the show’s most Gaga-esque. Meanwhile, on the right, we have more of an I-forgot-to-put-on-undergarments-today-but-it’s-fine-because-I-brought-my-shoulder-protecters look. This dress just screams “make me queen.” Also, “costume malfunction.”

 

And that concludes our foray into the wild outfits of Game of Thrones. Which one do you think was the most outrageous?