If I was to stage this novel as a play, I would costume Ti Moune like other peasants but put little bit of specialties. Most of peasants will wear dirty and messy brown or gray colored costume. Peasants don't have enough time and money to dress themselves up. Their only concern in their life is working which is huge contrast compared to rich people.
However, the young girl, Ti Moune is quite different from other peasants. In the opening chapter, when most of peasants went up to the hill to worship their God, she goes to the river and stays alone which leads her to witness the car accident. After the rich boy appears in the peasant village, she doesn't care about anything else but caring the injured boy because she believes that it's a God's order to protect the boy. In order to show an outsider, a dreamer who longs for something different, I would put wreath and bracelet on her head and wrist which is made of various kind of flowers and leaves such as poinsettias, azaleas, ficus, and eucalyptus. Usually bracelet and wreath are representative of wealthiness, so the audience will feel she is more connected to the rich people than other peasants are. Also, I would put white or yellow wings that represents the butterfly which is the connections to the God on her cheeks by face painting.
In conclusion, Ti Moune will wear similar quality and colored of clothes as other peasants, but because of her unusual interests and sensitivities, I would use wreath, bracelet, and face painting that show connections to the God and rich people.
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