Month: October 2018

On Tuesday, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin posted the first significant news about the series prequel on his blog. It will be titled The Long Night, and one of the first cast members is two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts.

Long Night, set set 1,000 years before the events in Game of Thrones, will likely soothe the broken hearts of Thrones fans, as will learning more details about Watts’ character, who will play “a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret,”.

Here’s the most informative part of Martin’s blog post:

I could not be more excited. Welcome to Westeros, Naomi.

Jane Goldman scripted the LONG NIGHT pilot and will be running the show. She and her team are busy in London right now, neck deep in casting, and I expect some more names will be announced soon.

Meanwhile, there are still a couple of other possible prequels in active development. I can’t tell you the subject matter of those projects, no, sorry, wish I could. The readers among you might want to grab a copy of FIRE & BLOOD when it is released on November 20, though.

Fire & Blood is Martin’s Game of Thrones history, which will launch on November 19.

Variety also reports that The Long Night will be about “the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour,” and that it’s just one of several prequels in development. 

The good news for Thrones fans is that the new series is definitely a reality. The bad news is that the end of the first series’ run is just around the corner, and the premiere of The Long Night won’t be on HBO’s schedule anytime soon.

Last week, London-based skatewear label Palace announced that a collaboration with Ralph Lauren was underway, and now, the first images for the highly-anticipated collection is here for us to eyeball. 

First of all, the Palace x Ralph Lauren line features a pretty awesome twist on the classic Polo bear sweater — The bear is perfectly executing a kickflip. Siiick. An iconic sweater indeed, and I would wear it every single day if I had one. 

The other pieces in the collection include a cool Polo jacket, shirts with horses printed on them, retro Ralph Lauren graphics, loafers, and corduroy pants, among other things. 

And as you can see, there’s a lot of tartan prints and Buffalo plaid, and the entire collaboration is just a whole lot of Americana, consistent with the classic Ralph Lauren theme.

In an interview with Business of Fashion, Palace founder Lev Tanju and co-owner Gareth Skewis said that prices will be similar to Palace’s usual prices — around $60 for a t-shirt, and $230 for a jacket. 

Now, please note those incredible loafers in the picture above. I. want. those. loafers. They scream Ralph Lauren while being funkier than the brand’s normal footwear. 

You can check out the full lookbook right here. It’s no wonder noted skateboarding aficionado Jonah Hill is such a huge fan of Palace.

The buzzy collaboration between an upstart skatewear brand and an all-American fashion giant is making at least some fashionable heads spin, and Twitter has a lot of feelings on it, per usual.

The Palace x Ralph Lauren collection drops November 9th, but with pieces this cool, everything is probably going to sell out real quick, so you might want to act fast if you’re feeling these looks.