Staci Wilson spoke with Jennifer Lawrence and Francis Lawrence at a recent red carpet event about Costume designer Trish Summerville and the costumes in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Staci Wilson: Are there even more outrageous fantasy costumes in the new movie?
Francis Lawrence: Yeah, there's a lot. We brought on a fantastic costume designer, Trish Summerville, who I'd worked with before in music videos. She came from a fashion and styling background so we brought her on and she did loads and loads of great stuff. I mean, there's some really amazing dresses that Effie wears, and Trish even got some Alexander McQueen museum pieces for Katniss to wear in the chariots, and for the interviews, [not to mention] the wedding dress and the Mocking Jay dress. So to answer your question: there's loads of fun costumes in this!
Q: How much input do you have in something like that, with the costumes?
Francis Lawrence: A lot. But it all sort of starts with me wanting to bring Trish on, so you know, I know the kind of level of taste and sophistication that she brings, and so that's making a big decision right there. And then in the early conversations with her, talking about certain kinds of things that we both like that we thought that we could use. Someone as talented as she is, I kind of let her run with it and then just make little changes, specifically if it has to do with story.
Q: Or practicality.
Francis Lawrence: Yeah. Well, sometimes practicality. That gets tricky. The wedding dress was pretty impractical. Jen was falling a lot in it.
Jennifer Lawrence: Yeah, the wedding dress was incredible, it's stunning and unbelievable. I'm not good with big dresses, and stairs. I didn't know that until afterwards, I wish I would have known! [laughs]