--- title: Gucci Debuts Baby Dragons, Game of Thrones Style on Runway description: If Gucci has their way, the fashion flock will be trading in designer handbags for accessories that are more well-suited to Westeros canonical: https://time.com/5168555/gucci-baby-dragons-runway-trend/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-21T23:13:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:47.783Z og:title: Gucci Calls Baby Dragons Next Big Trend at Fashion Week og:description: Mother of Dragons meets Milan Fashion Week og:url: https://time.com/5168555/gucci-baby-dragons-runway-trend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7476c8aed682451/69892868e76ad2027b63120b/gucci-baby-dragons-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Gucci - Runway - Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018/19 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gucci Calls Baby Dragons Next Big Trend at Fashion Week twitter:description: Mother of Dragons meets Milan Fashion Week twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7476c8aed682451/69892868e76ad2027b63120b/gucci-baby-dragons-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gucci Makes a Case for _Game of Thrones_ Style By Putting Baby Dragons on the Runway > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Pietro D'aprano/Getty Images) MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 21: A model walks the runway at the Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018/19 on February 21, 2018 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pietro D'aprano/Getty Images) Pietro D'aprano—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 21, 2018 11:13 PM UTC If [Gucci](http://time.com/4101631/the-gucci-effect/) has their way, the fashion flock will be trading in designer handbags and purses next season for accessories that might be more well-suited to the inhabitants of Westeros — at least, that’s the conclusion that we came to after seeing the looks that creative director and [_TIME_ 100 honoree Alessandro Michele](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736178/alessandro-michele/) sent down the runways of their Milan fashion show on Wednesday. The Gucci looks for next season lived up to Michele’s whimsical and colorful aesthetic, but what stole the show were the [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/)_–_esque accessories that models carried as they strutted down the runway. Many of the models held severed head replicas of themselves in an eerie parallel to the Hall of Faces, and one model was charged with carrying a baby dragon that would have looked just as at home in the arms of [noted fashion icon Daenerys Targaryen](http://time.com/4908828/game-of-thrones-daenerys-winter-coat/). This isn’t the first time that [fashion from the Seven Kingdoms](http://time.com/4871641/game-of-thrones-season-7-fashion/) has manifested itself in real life — just ask Jon Snow about his Ikea outerwear chic — but seeing as how _Game of Thrones_ fans will [have to wait until 2019](http://time.com/5089700/game-of-thrones-final-season-delayed-2019/) for the series’ final season, it looks like Gucci’s accessories of dragons and heads may be the trend that _GoT_ fans need. > [](https://twitter.com/VVFriedman/status/966317114763235331) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5168555/gucci-baby-dragons-runway-trend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5168555/gucci-baby-dragons-runway-trend/"},"headline":"Gucci Makes a Case for Game of Thrones Style By Putting Baby Dragons on the Runway","datePublished":"2018-02-21T23:13:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:47.783Z","description":"Mother of Dragons meets Milan Fashion Week","url":"https://time.com/5168555/gucci-baby-dragons-runway-trend/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7476c8aed682451/69892868e76ad2027b63120b/gucci-baby-dragons-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7476c8aed682451/69892868e76ad2027b63120b/gucci-baby-dragons-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gucci - Runway - Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018/19","caption":"Gucci - Runway - Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018/19","creditText":"Pietro D'aprano—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5168555/gucci-baby-dragons-runway-trend/","name":"Gucci Makes a Case for Game of Thrones Style By Putting Baby Dragons on the Runway"}}]}] ```