The Hunger Games is garnering worldwide attention as the movie is set to hit the theaters on Friday, and the fashion world is no exception.

The visualization of Suzanna Collion's young-adult trilogy comes with a big excitement to see how the film would bring to life the characters' elaborate garments.

"I tried to stay as close to the descriptions in the book as I could," costume designer Judianna Makovsky said.
Makovsky is a veteran costume designer from "Harry Potter" series and "The Last Airbender."

“The book is really retro, very American,” she said. “They all live in the America of the future, so we definitely decided on American silhouettes.”

A Tumblr site 'Capitol Couture' was launched, featuring the looks from the main characters.

Makovsky researched through 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, reports The Seattle Times.
"We took the basics from that, the simple shapes of the clothes and the colors."

Katniss' striped pants for hunting were made from an 1870s Levi Strauss pattern, and her caramel-colored leather jacket was modeled after 1940s styles plucked from costume houses for inspiration, according to the Times.

For the blue dress worn by Katness at the Reaping, they "made dozens of different versions, some sheer, some not. Originally we thought it would be cotton, but rayon looked better," explained Makovsky. After finding the fabric at a fabric store, it was bleached and dyed to reach the right blue.

Among the Capitol dwellers, Effie Trinket is dubbed as a modern Marie Antoinette, flaunting the likes of Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and Elsa Shiaparelli.

In the novel, Katniss is dressed a black leather jumpsuit as she heads the Capitol for the Opening Ceremony - a scene described as below:

“I’m in a simple black unitard that covers me from ankle to neck. Shiny leather boots lace up to my knees. But it’s the fluttering cape made of streams of orange, yellow, and red and the matching headpiece that define the costume. Cinna plans to light them on fire just before our chariot rolls into the streets.”

“This is one of those moments where Cinna’s character syncs up with the creativity of our costume designer Judianna Makovsky,” director Gary Ross told EW.
"What Cinna was trying to do was create something that came out of District 12, out of a coal mining world, with a fresh, bold look to it. So Judianna went to this wonderful black reflective material that glistened like coal or graphite and would obviously work well in the Tribute parade where Katniss becomes the Girl on Fire."

And here's the scene every avid reader is desperately looking forward to:

“At first, I’m frozen, but then I catch sight of us on a large television screen and am floored by how breathtaking we look. In the deepening twilight, the firelight illuminates our faces. We seem to be leaving a trail of fire off the flowing capes. Cinna was right about the minimal makeup, we both look more attractive but utterly recognizable. Remember, heads high. Smiles. They’re going to love you!”