He was a cuirassier, an officer, and even an officer of considerable rank;a large gold epaulette peeped from beneath the cuirass;this officer no longer possessed a helmet.
The clerk then felt the lowliness of his position; he longed for epaulettes, crosses, titles. All that would please her—he gathered that from her spendthrift habits.
The epaulets and signature necklace echo Stark armor, while feathers represent her time with Baelish, reflecting the Stark family's prestige and the cunning she uses to govern the North.