Friday Find / Spot light on Catherine Martin

We’re falling head over heels again for Art Deco. Our devotion reignited by production and costume designer Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby.

The period sets that she created for this movie are glamorous in a splendid money-is-no-object kinda way. They are a true depiction of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s imagination.

Martin’s creative collaborations have been essential to Luhrman’s plays, operas and films for 20 years. She won two academy awards for costume design and art direction in 2001 for her work on Moulin Rouge. She also designed the look of 2004’s Lavish Chanel No. 5 staring Nicole Kidman. While undertaking the primary role of Art Director, set designer and costume designer, Catherine has managed to collaborate with Designer Rugs, Porter’s Paints, Mokum, and Anthropologie to create her own home ware line. What a Woman!

Here’s a great Q&A with Catherine Martin on LA Times regarding her recent project, The Great Gatsby, and how she came up the designs.

Images: Wall Street Journal + Lady Sybilia