Cinna

"It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman."

- Katniss Everdeen

Cinna was Katniss Everdeen's stylist during her campaigns through the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. He came from a place other than the Capitol and was not like his helpers, who, to Katniss, were like "Colorful birds pecking at me." Cinna, as it seemed to Katniss, was more normal than she had expected.

Biography
The 74th Hunger Games announced Cinna's first year of being a stylist. Like most new stylists, Cinna was assigned to District 12, but not for the usual reason of district twelve being a lesser district, and him being a new stylist. In fact, Cinna had requested to design the outfits for the tributes of this district. He proved his worth extremely when he amazed the Capitol audience with his unusual and breath-taking designs throughout the course of the series. It is he who created "the girl on fire". Cinna is beaten and taken away by Peacekeepers shortly before the start of the 75th Games to upset Katniss. In Mockingjay, Katniss states numerous times that he is dead, but his life lived on in his designs. He was said to have been killed during an interrogation. However, in an interview with Suzanne Collins in September 2010 in Entertainment Weekly, she announced that Cinna was indeed still alive, but had been turned into an Avox.

Outfits and Design
Cinna's outfits mainly focused on having Katniss look amazing. He had her dressed in a gown that was covered in jewels so when she twirled, it looked like she was covered in fire. He had her and Peeta Mellark actually on fire (they were wearing fireproof suits) and he has had Katniss wear a simple gold gown to make her look innocent closer to the end of The Hunger Games. His designs were made to play up Katniss' image which was 'The girl on fire'.

74th Hunger Games
Since District 12 is the coal mining district, he amazed the Capitol audiences by focusing on the fire more than the actual coal. To introduce the 74th Hunger Games' tributes, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta, to the Capitol, he designs a outfit which literally can be set on fire. In this outfit, he portrayed the two as friends, directing them to ride holding hands into the waiting audience.

Cinna's design for Katniss' interview dress was just as elaborate. Completely studded with colorful jewels, she seemed to be set on fire when she twirled.

After the Games, he dressed her in a simple, gold dress which came to just above her knees. Although Katniss was now a co-victor in the bloody Games, he somehow captures her in a completely innocent and love-struck look. This outfit was designed to show pure innocence and total affection to her partner, Peeta, in order for them both to stay out of trouble with President Snow.

74th Hunger Games Victory Tour
Cinna remained Katniss' personal stylist for her victory tour, which took place about 6 months after the Games. For the tour, he designed a myriad of dresses for each district stop and parties. In addition, due to Katniss' inability to find a "talent", he helped Katniss pretend to be interested in fashion, and designed a series of outfits for Katniss to publically claim to be hers. During this time, Katniss came to regard him as a close friend.

The outfit Cinna designs for the first day of the Victory Tour Katniss describes as ''"Flowing black pants made of a thick, warm material. A comfortable white shirt. A sweater woven from green and blue and gray strands of kitten-soft wool. Laced leather boots that don't pinch my toes." -Pg 47 and 48, Catching Fire''. Another one of Cinna's outfits for the Victory tour includes a white coat, leather gloves, a bright red scarf, and earmuffs. The outfit Katniss wears in District 11 is described as'' "a pretty orange frock patterned with autumn leaves." -Pg. 56, Catching Fire''. Cinna designs dresses for Katniss to wear to banquets and balls. One is described by Katniss as a pale pink and strapless. Another is described by Johanna as a dark blue velvet number.

After Katniss accepted Peeta's proposal during the Victory Tour stop at the Capitol, Cinna designed a set of wedding dresses. The Capitol audience voted on the finalists to select the one that would have been used for the wedding. The one voted on Katniss describes as having sleeves that touch the floor and lots and lots of pearls.

75th Hunger Games
To introduce Katniss and Peeta, the selected tributes for the 75th Games, again to the Capitol audience, he put on an entirely different approach to them. Instead of creating the friendly, confident tributes of the year before, he dressed them as smoldering embers and portrayed them as unforgiving contestants.

His last and most dangerous design was what Katniss wore to her interview with Caeser Flickerman. The dress itself was a sight to see on its own. Since the Quarter Quell cancelled the wedding between Katniss and Peeta, President Snow personally ordered that Katniss wear the wedding dress that was voted on by the Capitol audience for her interview. The dress was extremely heavy, as Katniss noted, due to secret modifications put in by Cinna. When Katniss spun around for the audience, the dress caught on fire until the top layer had burned off. Underneath, the dress was similar in design to her original dress, but covered in black feathers, which made Katniss look like a mockingjay, the symbol of the rebellion. This was thought to be his final design, though it wasn't. Plutarch Heavensbee believes he was killed during an interrogation. Right before Katniss went up to the arena, many of Peacekeepers came in and started beating Cinna while Katniss screamed and tried to get to him, but was stopped by a glass divider.