![]() It’s not oversized, as specified in the book, where it is described as a hand-me-down from her father. Her caramel-colored leather jacket was modeled after 1940s styles plucked from costume houses for inspiration. “We took the basics from that, the simple shapes of the clothes and the colors.”Ī pair of striped pants Katniss wears to hunt were made from an 1870s Levi Strauss pattern. She started her research by looking at photographs of working-class people from the turn-of-the-19th century to the 1960s in Appalachia and other places in America, particularly images by Lewis Hine and Mike Disfarmer. Makovsky put as much thought and consideration into the low-key costumes for District 12 as she did for those in the Capitol. In the last decade, styling has become an industry unto itself. There’s also the legion of “Hunger Games” stylists - led by Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) - who help the Tributes, as the Hunger Games contestants are known, dress to impress. And the outrageous clothing in the Capitol brings to mind the see-and-be-photographed blogger culture that thrives on peacockish personal style and celebrates the kookiest among us, from Nicki Minaj to Bryan Boy. The simple beauty of the clothes in District 12, for example, recalls fashion’s never-ending fascination with vintage work wear, authenticity and Americana, which is seen in “heritage” brands such as RRL and L.L. The costumes in the film are wonderful to look at, but they are also an interesting study because of how they reflect today’s fashion world. And the “show” is broadcast live, watched by everyone in the land with the same fervor real-life viewers have for reality TV. The annual Hunger Games require 24 participants, a boy and a girl from each district who fight to the death until only one is left. She needn’t worry with this film, which depicts a dystopian universe of haves and have-nots, with a glittering Capitol that is the seat of “let them eat cake” power and the outlying districts, including the drab, impoverished District 12 that is Katniss and Peeta’s home.
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