Michele Clapton



Michele Clapton is a British costume designer.

Among other awards, she won an Emmy Award for the costumes in Game of Thrones in 2012, 2014, and 2016. In 2016, April Ferry took over Clapton's duties as the new costume designer for a majority of the sixth season of the show. Clapton later returned to the show as costume designer for the seventh season.

In 2021, Fabergé announced a partnership with Game of Thrones; Michele Clapton was invited to co-design a one-of-a-kind Fabergé x Game of Thrones egg objet, symbolic of Daenerys’ dragon eggs, while intertwining subtle nods to her stand-out costumes which celebrate the landscape around her and her evolving story arc. The design choices are informed by Daenerys’ journey from orphaned exile to conquering monarch and her ongoing quest for the Iron Throne. The Egg sold to a private buyer for $2.2 million USD. Following the success of the egg objet, Fabergé and Game of Thrones continued to work with Michele on a new limited-edition high jewellery collection, which launched at an exclusive event in Dubai.

Film

 * The Secret Garden (2020)
 * Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
 * Ali and Nino (2016)
 * Queen of the Desert (2015)
 * Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
 * Blood (2012)
 * Love and Other Disasters (2006)
 * My Family and Other Animals (2005)
 * Separate Lies (2005)
 * Chromophobia (2005)
 * Miranda (2002)
 * Chica de Río (2001)
 * The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)
 * Women Talking Dirty (1999)
 * Simon Magus (1999)
 * Dust Devil (1992)
 * Visions of Ecstasy (1989)

Television

 * Sense and Sensibility (2008)
 * The Crown (2016)
 * Game of Thrones (2011–2019)

Notable Awards

 * British Academy Television Craft Awards:

2009: Best Costume Design, for The Devil's Whore

2017: Best Costume Design, for The Crown

2018: Best Costume Design, for Game of Thrones


 * Costume Designers Guild Awards:

2014: Period or Fantasy Television, for Game of Thrones

2015: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television, for Game of Thrones

2016: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television, for Game of Thrones; shared with April Ferry

2016: Period Television, for The Crown

2017: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television, for Game of Thrones

2019: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television, for Game of Thrones, "The Iron Throne"


 * Emmy Awards :

2012: Outstanding Costumes For A Series, for Game of Thrones, "The Prince of Winterfell"; shared with Alexander Fordham, Assistant Costume Designer, and Chloe Aubry, Assistant Costume Designer

2014: Outstanding Costumes For A Series, for Game of Thrones, "The Lion And The Rose"; shared with Sheena Wichary, Costume Supervisor, Alexander Fordham, Assistant Costume Designer, and Nina Ayres, Assistant Costume Designer

2016: Outstanding Costumes For A Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series Or Movie, for Game of Thrones, "The Winds of Winter"; shared with Chloe Aubry, Assistant Costume Designer, and Sheena Wichary, Costume Supervisor

2017: Outstanding Period/Fantasy Costumes for a Series, Limited Series, or Movie, for The Crown, "Wolferton Splash"; shared with Alexander Fordham, Assistant Costume Designer, Emma O'Loughlin, Assistant Costume Designer, and Kate O'Farrell, Costume Supervisor

2018: Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, for Game of Thrones, "Beyond the Wall"; shared with Alexander Fordham, Assistant Costume Designer, Emma O'Loughlin, Assistant Costume Designer, and Kate O'Farrell, Costume Supervisor

2019: Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, for Game of Thrones, "The Bells"; shared with Emma O'Loughlin, Assistant Costume Designer, and Kate O'Farrell, Costume Supervisor

Notable Nominations

 * British Academy Television Craft Awards:

2020: Best Costume Design, for Game of Thrones


 * Emmy Awards:

2011: Outstanding Costumes For A Series, for Game of Thrones, "The Pointy End"

2013: Outstanding Costumes For A Series, for Game of Thrones, "Walk of Punishment"

2015: Outstanding Costumes For A Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series Or Movie, for Game of Thrones, "The Dance of Dragons"; shared the nomination with Sheena Wichary, Costume Supervisor, Nina Ayres, Assistant Costume Designer, and Alex Fordham, Assistant Costume Designer