Party Like It’s 1929: Rosco Slit Drape Adds An Elegant Touch To The Great Gatsby There are two parties in Baz Luhrmann’s film The Great Gatsby and both are pivotal to the narrative of the story. The first party scene is where we meet Gatsby and the second party is where Daisy finally attends a party at the Gatsby mansion, which is the whole reason Gatsby throws his extravagant parties in the first place – to lure Daisy into his world. The parties represent the 1920’s – the boom before the collapse – so, the set design of the party scenes had to be packed with elegance, opulence and over-indulgence. Academy Award TM winning Production Designer Catherine Martin contracted Tony Assness to be the design consultant for the party scenes in the film. He chose to use Rosco’s

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