Deconstructing the Costumes of The Hunger Games

Check out my Costume Review of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songsbirds and Snakes: https://youtu.be/UrX0vM6rlYU

Isn't it better that the tribute parade costumes don't look like they were designed by the main stylist of the film? In universe, each district has a team of two so it makes sense that the designs would be disjointed district by district. I also think the whole "not as talented" designers accentuates the superiority of the costumes that were designed well; namely, those of the richer ("Career") districts and the outlier that District 12 was that year with Cinna and Portia as their new designers. Often times, Katniss describes the previous years' tribute costumes as tacky and embarrassing, especially since they desperately attempt to tie into the tributes' districts and the stylists attempting to one-up both the other stylists and previous years costumes. I don't know if the styling designs of the movie were intentional or not, but they do tie into the narrative of the book, as well as the overall concept that, to the Capitol, these tributes are silly and cheap fodder for their entertainment (not worth much beyond a few ohhs and ahhs but mainly sacrifices so that the ultimate victor shines more).

District 12 reminded me a little of 1930s Germany, maybe because of the dystopian setting, or perhaps the attire itself wasn't too different from America in the 1940s. Sure, many photos show different attire, but those are mostly for colder weather.

I would've loved a bit more effie but these were great all the same.

as a stephen king fan, it makes a lot of sense that district 13 is apparently in New England

Yes! 👏🏼 Excited for this one! I love the Hunger Games costumes! Effie was one of my favorite characters, loved her McQueen butterfly dress even though it wasn't designed by the movie crew.

A whole Effie video please!!!!

District 13 parade costumes: Hazmat suits

Video Chapters : 0:00 Skip intro to: 1:56 ⛰️District 12 (Katniss, Gale, Peeta) 4:59 🎙️The Reaping (Katniss, Prim, Gale, Peeta, Effie) 9:27 🚄 The Train (Effie, Haymitch) 10:59 🏙️The Capitol (Cinna, Haymitch, Effie, Snow, Seneca, Katniss) 17:19 🥁The Tribute Parade (all Tributes) 20:31 🎽Training (all Tributes) 21:20 👗Talkshow Interview (Caesar, Tributes, Peeta, Girl on Fire) 25:24 🏹The Hunger Games (all Tributes) 28:13 👸After the Games (Peeta,

I'm a simple humanoid being. I see Heidi uploading a video, and I run a marathon on top of a speeding cross-country train while battling demons and evil hot guys before tripping and falling on my face, and thumping my forehead onto the phone screen, accidentally clicking on the video. Then I just brush the blood off of my broken nose and proceed to watch the video while chaos reigns around me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But seriously, the video was great. Did you know that Aaron worked in a Hunger Games film as costume assistant? Not entirely sure, but I think it was this one, I remember him telling me about working on the red dress and making Jennifer Lawrence laugh. It'd be kinda cool to do an interview and ask him about the experience, he can tell you some tales. 😁😁😁

the shoes shown for katniss and prims reaping outfits are so cute

Wow, they put a lot of thought into everything! The arena surprised me the most

Great video! I hope to see you talk about the other movies too

I’m such a huge fan of the Hunger Games and have been since the 2010s!! I’ve watched so many of these types of videos because years later I still can’t get over how strong the attention to detail was in these movies. The costumes especially are so detailed, play such a huge role in showing the contrast between lower citizens and the capitol/capitol favorites, and are one of my favorite hunger games topics to listen to! I’m also currently writing a hunger games fan fiction and this video helped so much in figuring out what the parade costumes were lol. Thank you for this in depth commentary it was so fun and interesting!

Those gold spray paint cowboy hats! What!?!

Your channel is so awesome ! I love learning about costume design - it’s such an essential part of film that too many people overlook. I love watching for wardrobe changes in characters as they grow. Thank you !!! You deserve millions of subscribers !

Loved this so much! Looking forward to the costumes in the sequels!

I just discovered your channel and I am beyond elated. I have long wondered where is content like this? Lo and behold I see your phenomenal Logan’s Run video in my feed and I subscribed so fast. Well done.

The Hunger Games is my all time fav book series. There’s a lot in it I relate to. I love the movies as well. Thanks for this video. I found it very informative!

I was a fan of the books once, thank you so much for taking the time to create this content! It's great as always. 💛