The latest imagery released for the upcoming “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” seem to be heavily inspired by the fashion industry. In fact, some of the dresses worn for the shoots are straight from high fashion runway shows.

The films may be set in a dystopian future where young adults are forced to fight to the death in the name of entertainment, but that doesn’t mean they can’t look pin sharp whilst doing it. If these new promotional shots from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are anything to go by, Katniss Everdeen and chums have upped the fashion ante for the second film in the series.

Shown in a series of ‘portraits’ being drip fed by the studio ahead of the film’s autumn release, Elizabeth Banks is wearing a look from the Alexander McQueen autumn/winter 2012 collection (look 29, to be precise – an explosion of red ruffles) as she sits in a tense pose, in keeping with her character Effie Trinket’s uptight nature. Read More