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Note that the outfits for the Chariot Parade and the following interviews are different!! The Chariot Parade is about first impressions, whilst the Interviews are a little more chill. Like you can literally just put a character in a simple blue suit or something and call it a night!!

Dorian Reed

Dorian opened up the Chariot Parade (sigh) -- he wore a flamboyant, glittery outfit resembling that of an aristocrat's from the Stuart Period, with gold accents, jewellery, and face paint.

His interview outfit consisted of a white-and-gold suit with a reflective shimmer and similar gold face paint. This was meant to give off a very "pure" and "righteous" vibe.

Shibuki

Esper put Shibuki in a tactical coal-black bodysuit fitted with armoured padding, unpolished diamond studs, and black ribbons in her hair. Coal dust was brushed under her eyes to mimic face paint.

For Shibuki's Interviews, she was given a sleeveless pink/black dress with a silver halterneck collar going all around her neck, fanning out and serrated to look like a circular saw -- a reference to her nickname "Headless Shibuki" given by her fanbase.

Bonnibel Valentine & Babybelle Valentine

For the chariot parade, the sisters were dressed in frilly short dresses with extra padding in the chest area, abundant with lace and frills, and complete with matching aprons and bonnets. They carried baskets of (fake) fruits and vegetables and wore (fake) flower crowns.

Unfortunately, the angle that their Stylist went for, was "hot." Because Bonnibel is already considered "desirable," and Babybelle is still "somewhat attractive" even if her reputation got soured over the years because of her alcoholism. So for their interviews, they were put in sparkling short dresses, with Bonnibel in blue and Babybelle in green. Both their dresses faded translucent and became fully see-through towards the bottom of the skirts with a very "teasing" intention.

Nina

Nina was dressed in a very techy, sci-fi style bodysuit, with a reflective cloak reminiscent of a disco ball, and matching metallic makeup. Her hair was decorated with artistically-arranged shards of CD's.

For her interviews, she wore a "simple dress" created from woven copper wires, as a nod to her Games where she saved her own life (and nearly destroyed the whole Arena) using a spool of wire that she received from a Sponsor. Her makeup, accessories, and jewellery were a shade of purple to add a pop of colour to the look.

Volks & Sawyer

Their uninspired Stylist was genuinely on the verge of dressing them as trees again -- but they had to think a liiiittle ways outside of the box this year since the Quarter Quell was a HUGE event. So, Volks and Sawyer were outfitted respectively in an all-white suit and an all-white dress, and decorated with various styles of paper origami attached to their clothes in such a way that you couldn't tell where the clothes ended and the paper began.

For the interviews, their Stylist went back to giving them the tree treatment (the treetment hehehe) -- to "compliment" Volks' metal claws, (which he had done after losing most his fingers to frostbite) he was given a very barbarian-esque outfit wherein he straight up emerged shirtless (he has pants AND boots though dw) with a heavy cloak resembling sheets of pine needles and topped with a layer of artificial snow. For Sawyer, she wore a long dress (sleeveless, to show off the shredded scars on her arms from slipping off a tree) made with layered, stiff sheets of something resembling tree bark, harshly torn and splintered at the ends to reflect her accident. Leaf-green face paint stretched across her eyes like a blindfold to give off a naïve impression.

Kelby & Iro Kawase

I feel like. While Fabian IS a part of the secret Rebel faction working against the Capitol, he's still not the most. Sensitive. Person out there. As such, he'll dress Kelby in the same Greek-style chiton with jewels stitched into the fabric in patterns that look like bright explosions, as a nod to his grim "victory." Chunks of his arms, legs, and face are painted in bronze to match his prosthetic leg and make it look as if Kelby is made of metal underneath his skin. Iro wears a long iridescent dress resembling the sea serpent that terrorised her Games, and to match her multicoloured hair.

For their interviews, the both of them are respectively dressed in a shimmering blue suit and a dress, with multicoloured rhinestones dotting their faces like freckles.

Scale & Luna

"Gem dragons" was the angle which their Stylist, Darya, took this year, with Scale in green and Luna in purple, but with matching gold accents. Again, they were dressed reminiscent of Roman Legionnaires, but with reptilian scale patterns on their armour and helmets with dragonesque gem spines, and cloaks that looked like wings. Luna was given a sword and Scale carried a dagger.

Similarly for their interviews, Luna came out in a backless, deep purple dress with armoured shoulder guards and a prop sword. Scale wore an iridescent green/black suit with matching shoulder guards and thin streaks of scaly face paint around his eyes.

Cole

Xianyun, went all-out this year: Cole was given a tall crown of animal paw/claw bones and a black tailcoat, with white bloodlike splatters across the fabric outlined in red, and faces of farm animals embroidered in a silvery thread towards the hems of his trousers. He wore bone jewellery to match the crown.