The Capitol PN recently tweeted that a new spring issue of Capitol Couture will be coming soon. Here’s the teaser :

Hmmm looks like Capitol Couture PN will be getting a new look. The Capitol PN  FB posted   this new image from Capitol Couture and it now says a passcode is needed! I can’t wait to see the big reveal!!

Update : Our friends at DWTC got some additional information that is helpful!

District 5 Mayor, Gabby,  figured out the pass-code: trace the pattern signaled by the dots highlighted around the Capitol logo. This has been confirmed to definitely work mobily, though some people have had problems making it work through their desktop browsers.

Finding the correct pattern unlocks the site revealing an empty antique chair and a link to the (currently empty)Capitol Couture instagram page:

Capitol Couture has announced its second District Stylist competition. This time it’s for the best makeup design.

Need some inspiration to prove to Capitol Couture that you’ve got style? Well, it’s right in front of your face.

In the second District Style Challenge, presented in partnership with Moviefone.com, we’re looking for the best make-up design inspired by your District. Once your design is ready, click below to submit it to Capitol Couture for our judges to consider. One lucky designer will win a gift card to MAC Cosmetics.

But don’t get discouraged just because there’s only one prize per District Style Challenge — our Capitol judges will be selecting twelve talented designers to serve the Capitol as Stylists as well! These twelve fashion-forward citizens will receive a commemorative DIP and lend their fashion sense to future issues of Capitol Couture.

Think of the pride you’ll feel when you tell your friends, family, and fellow citizens that you’re an official Capitol Stylist!

All entries must be received by March 18, 2012, via our submission form on CapitolCouture.PN. Please refer to the contest rules for more details.

You can enter the contest HERE. Will you be submitting a design?

Source: Down with the Capitol

Jennifer Lawrence might be the central star of The Hunger Games, but she’s not the only one getting publicity.  Elizabeth Banks’ character, Effie Trinket, has become an interesting marketing tool for Lionsgate:

Effie’s strikingly gaudy visual look, representative of image-obsessed Capitol culture in the fictional nation of Panem, offers more in the way of marketing opportunities than Katniss Everdeen’s tomboy-turned-teen warrior ensembles.

Ironically, Capitol fashions are thought of as ridiculously garish within the Hunger Games world, which explains Banks’s clownish getups as Effie, District 12′s government-assigned escort. The message gets a bit muddled when Lionsgate and its corporate partners sell “Capitol Couture” to fans with a positive spin to be coveted and replicated, but fans have a soft spot for Effie and the sentiment suggests more of a cosplay vibe than any legitimate espousal of Capitol culture. (Right?)

You can read the rest of the article HERE. Do you think marketing Capitol style is a good idea?

Source: MovieLine

Capitol Couture continues to amaze and intrigue with it’s fascinating articles and insight into Capitol life. People magazine recently posted about Capitol Couture and whether Rodarte is designing for the Capitol.

According to People :

We’re still trying to wrap our heads around The Hunger Games‘s Capitol Couture site — Who writes it? Why does it seem so mysterious? — but a recent posting caught our eyes. According to the site, Rodarte is contributing at least one piece to the film, a “charming chapeau” (above) that “could indeed be gracing a head of a Capitol socialite at this year’s Opening Ceremonies.”

The tulle-and-knit hat is made of mohair, alpaca and “other various wools” — all (fictionally) courtesy of District 11, the nation of Panem’s agricultural center. The sweater the model sports looks fairly similar to the Rodarte creation Natalie Portman recently wore to the Rodarte fall fashion show, too.

The label — founded by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy in the early 2000s — is a celebrity favorite, adored by the likes of Rooney Mara, Elle Fanning, Kate Bosworth and more. The designers have dabbled in movies before, too; they were responsible for creating Portman’s dramatic black tutu in Black Swan.

Capitol Couture has released ‘Effie’s Enlightening Etiquette Guide’ for all of us wondering, the proper manners in the Capitol. Here are just a couple of the clever tips:

You can see more of Effie’s tips HERE.

Source: Capitol Couture via My Hunger Games

Hi Everyone, issue # 2 of the Capitol Couture is now available online and it has a feature on our favorite stylist Cinna!! Be sure you visit the Capitol Couture to keep up with all the latest Capitol news!

I have to say I’m LOVING all these capitol ads tonight.  Next up is Caesar Flickerman in a Smile Away toothpaste ad!

Source : DWTC