I don’t know, i just loved so much how they used the Capitol fashion to highlight the difference between the social class, position and political relevance of each character. It is refreshing to see how they are now acknowledging that they were not the same people. Unlike in the first two movies (where every Capitol citizen was portrayed the same way, with no class markers whatsoever), the way Effie, Plutarch and Drusilla dresses themselves in SOTR actually says a lot about where they came from and where they are heading to, and this addition is extremely rich if we want to individualize the characters into actual singular creatures, with different backgrounds and life experiences—instead of just reduce them to the generic stereotypes of an unethical society, by throwing them all into the same bowl of expensive couture, without taking into consideration how their realities and professional roles would affect how they could afford to present themselves publicly…
Personally, the way Plutarch and Effie’s outfits being reduced in gaudiness portrays how the Capitol was not living through the same generalized flashy and extravagant lifestyle that Katniss and Peeta had to live through, but rather a very militarized society, is actually very, very genius. Drusilla was the one to explore her possibilities in style, cuz her role was to represent the wealth of the Capitol, and all the glory the Games provides. But everyone else was working through the civil perspective of fighting for a better cause —the prosperity and safety of their nation. The Games were not seem as a glamorous opportunity yet, but rather an honorable social duty. And the void between the way the two eras portrays themselves fashionably and how it’s directly reflected in what perspective they have for the Games is so good…
And Effie…well, she is the only middle class Capitol girl we have ver seen in a post-tbosas world. It should be expected she wouldn’t be that gaudy.
