Leonardo DiCaprio and The Great Gatsby

The Beautiful and the Damn Hot! Leonardo DiCaprio is dashing as The Great Gatsby while Carey Mulligan is a vision as his Daisy

This adaptation of 's classic is anticipated by literature fans in the same way its chief protagonist Jay Gatsby lusts after the unattainable object of his affections is in the novel.
Their longed for union turns out to be a tragic disappointment, but from the looks of things, this sumptuous film will be anything but.
A beautiful Sydney Summer is providing the backdrop for a floral wonderland of a set at the city's Centennial Park, which has been dressed up to represent New York's Long Island 86 years ago.

Roaring Twenties: , Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan looked sensational on the set of The Great Gatsby in Sydney today

Leonardo DiCaprio plays the self-made man, who amasses a mysterious fortune to gain the love of rich, spoiled Daisy Buchanan (played by Carey Mulligan), only to be destroyed by her - and her wealthy, boorish pillar of the establishment husband.
It's set in 1922, seven years before the Wall Street Crash that led to the Great Depression, and centres on this futile tragedy of an ordinary man trying to work his way into the privileged elite.
It's a fitting narrative for our straightened times, but in these scenes 37-year-old DiCaprio's Gatsby is still enjoying the perks of the nouveau riche as he strolls through a Summer garden.

What a gent:  is dressed finely but Gatsby isn't who he appears to be, and is used by the party crowd then cast aside

Gatsby, who it is suggested has made his fortune through bootlegging and other black market means, appears to be enjoying a garden party with 26-year-old Carey's flapper girl.
Tobey Maguire, 36 , who plays the novel's narrator Nick Carraway, can be spied over the beautiful lavender flowers, too.
But he pales next to his wonderfully dressed co-stars.
DiCaprio looks incredible as the socially awkward protagonist who dresses to compensate for his lowly birth in a cream suit with brown fitted waistcoat accessorised with a cane.

What a flapper: Carey Mulligan's outfits in the film are sure to set trends for next Summer

The crew have finished off the look by setting his hair in a wave, to achieve that Roaring Twenties party style.
But it's Carey's party girl wardrobe that's sure to spawn imitations, and this scene's breathtaking ensemble is no exception.
The British belle looks incredible in lavender lace with cornflower-tinged frills and matching fingerless gloves, a coordinated hat was spied in her hand.
But even in this symphony of wonderment, her Mary Jane shoes in purple and gold stand out.
Fitzgerald's novels have always been popular with fashionable celebrities who don't quite understand his complex critique of hedonistic society, with Kate Moss leading the charge.

Trend setter: Carey Mulligan's wardrobe will undoubtedly inspire a thousand imitations as the film nears release

She based her engagement ring on one owned by the novelist's wife Zelda Fitzgerald, the woman who has been dubbed the original 'scenester' and party girl.
Her wedding dress was designed to be reminiscent of a Twenties garden party, and her favourite book is The Beautiful and the Damned.
Zelda, who became a drunk and went mad, met a tragic end like the fictional Gatsby, but it hasn't stopped her being emulated, so the fact that Daisy's character is shallow and cruel, won't stop these clothes from being translated onto the high street.
Taking charge today was director Baz Luhrmann, who has been reunited with DiCaprio after the pair filmed Romeo + Juliet together 16 years ago.
Speaking about the story recently, Luhrmann said: 'Fitzgerald’s story defies time and geography. The vision and the goal of our remarkable cast and creatives is to do justice to the deftness of Fitzgerald’s telling, and illuminate its big ideas and humanity. This is our challenge and our adventure.'