Costumes for Baz Luhrmann’s movie were designed by his wife, Australian costume designer and film producer Catherine Martin. The costumes were created in a way to portray the fashion of 1920 but have a more fresh take on the style. To create The Great Gatsby as we see it today meant to overcome a few difficult challenges. As Martin shared in one of her interviews, even though the movie plot takes place in New York, it was shot in Australia. So the whole set had to be created from scratch without forgetting a single detail. When creating the costumes, not only it was important to create authentic and eye-catching apparel but also to make sure that there would be the right amount of clothing for main actors and extras. It was revealed that Brooks Brothers supplied 1,200 costumes just for men and Muccia Prada designed 40 background dresses and some of the dresses for one of the main characters, Daisy, to wear.