Katharina: The Taming of the Shrew

My costume design is for Katharina from The Taming of the Shrew.  Her fiery temper and quit whit are what I think mayke the play enjoyable but imaging what she would wear is another aspect of her character that interests me.  I've seen different reproductions of the play, all with these period dresses but nothing that just screams independent.  She wears what is exepcted of a young lady from noble birth.  I see her more as someone who is rebllious in all aspects of her life, clothing and fashion sense included.
Her outfit to me, before she becomes subservient to Petruchio, is something not along the lines of nobility but along the lines of somethign the pirates and gypsies wore.  Her shoulders and upper arms are exposed from the low-white shirt.  She is supported by a black corest and her skirt is a very pretty mixture of different blues with gold accents.
While the material is of noble stnadards, it just seems more Katharina then what she is wearing in the movie, those appropiate but poofy dresses that make for being intimidating impossible.