In my opinion, Desiree is a girl that differ from all the other peasants. Her thoughts is not limited in a small village but wish for a bigger place---city. In order to model this character which combine the characteristic of imaginative, outsider, dreamer and a member of peasant village, I think her cloth should be the most important part that separate her from other peasants.
First, She should wear the similar dress as other peasants, because they can not afford the high quality clothing. However, because of the girl’s dream and desire, the cloth should be also different from other peasants’ cloth. It is plain but clean and tidy, other than those muddy and messy cloth peasant wear. Normally, peasant won’t care how tide and nice their cloth is, especially in the season that lack of the water. Also, the girl will decorate herself with flowers and leaves such as flamboyants, azaleas which shows that her mind is not full of planting and living, but also dreams for better life and things. She should have a butterfly figure sew on her back with pitch. It represent her dreams, wishes and desire for freedom. The butterfly is pitched shows the connection with the peasant life.
I will also make connection of the girl’s costume with God, because the girl’s name is called god’s gift and the god represent a significant role in girl’s life. I think that the butterfly is the message deliver between the girl and God, therefore I put a butterfly figure on the girl’s cloth. The butterfly receive the girl’s wish and deliver it to God, and the God make her wish comes true. Therefore, I think the girl’s costume should be plain because she is poor, but also tidy and with decorations because of her different characteristic than other peasants.
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