Although
The Hunger Games didn’t win any awards in the costume department wen it as
released, this year The Hunger Games: Catching Fire costumes are sure to raise a
few eyebrows and with the extra marketing to the costume department, all the
judges and juries from all the different awards are going to take notice.
In The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire, actress Jena Malone plays Johanna Mason a former
Hunger Games winner from District 7 that gets a profile done in the “Capitol Couture”. Check out
the profile bellow as well as the dresses.
Here is the description:
The
young District 7 victor takes glamour to new heights.
Johanna
Mason may hail from the lumber district, but this slip of a victor is anything
but green. Don’t be swayed by her
cinnamon sprinkle of freckles and delicate, doll-like features. She was one of
the youngest tributes ever reaped in Hunger Games history and her agility with
an axe resonates throughout Panem. Sly. Savage. Sangfroid. These are just a few
of the adjectives tossed around to describe Mason, who’s known for disarming
her victims by feigning weakness.
Mason
arrives at her photo shoot for Capitol Couture looking anything but meek. She
has a reputation for being snide with her prep team. District 7’s stylist has been dressing
tributes like oak trees and firs for the opening ceremonies ever since the
first Hunger Games. Clearly, Mason prefers a more conceptual take on lumber and
paper. “My stylist’s the biggest idiot
in the Capitol. Wish I’d gotten Cinna,” she has been known to mumble.
During
make up, Mason doesn’t fidget as her artist adheres three-inch eyelashes to her
lower lashline that only intensify her disarming gaze. (It’s telling that she
doesn’t flinch once, even when dots of hot glue are applied.) A palette of
golden metallic eyeshadow brings out the greenish brown of her up-slanted eyes
and extended wings of copper cream shadow add depth. For her lips, a trace of nude liner is filed
with a matte soft sienna lipstick and then overlaid with bronze gloss. Her lustrous chestnut locks, upswept into a
coronet of curls, lend an organic majesty to the look. The effect is futuristic
forest queen. It’s almost as if this petite tribute has been gilded by a nymph
from her very own district.
But
it’s her custom gown—a graceful collaboration by Capitol costume designer Trish
Summerville and couture designer Jan Taminiau—that transforms her from
gladiator to goddess. Constructed of artfully shredded and ruched chiffon and
rags, the confection feels like flutters of paper in a gentle breeze. The use of bark tissue or sculpted cork for
the bodice, one sleeve and plumed collar is a nod to the natural resources of
District 7. “I love creating a fantasy
around a woman’s body,” says the Dutch designer Taminiau of his creative
process. The asymmetry suits Mason and allows us a glimpse of her bold bracelet
of bronze nails. The gold ear cuffs by jewelry designer Eddie Borgo supply just
the right amount of glint.
Mason
poses for a few shots and then slips off her four-inch platform Camilla
Skovgaard jagged-wedged sandals. She suddenly looks smaller, even younger—but
hardly weak. Clearly, the odds are ever
in her favor and this victor doesn’t need to knock on wood.
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