I made a Cersei Lannister costume  for a friend to wear to PAX.  She looked great.  Here’s a picture:

(Gone with the wind style) the red fabric is old curtain.  I bought them a million years ago, and didn’t end up using them.  The gold is new satin. It’s a pretty straight ahead version of Simplicity 1487.

I was really happy with how the neck trim turned out, here’s a super grainy phone pic:

I built it up out of a band of the gold satin, a purchased trim, and the selvage from the gold trim.