Flapper Rihanna? Celebrity Style Straight Out of 'The Great Gatsby'

In Baz Luhrmann's lavish adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan are transported from 2013 to 1922 in large part thanks to costume designer Catherine Martin's elegant creations. But Hollywood was hip to the appeal of 1920s flapper fashion long before Gatsby hit the big screen.
From Christina Aguilera to Evan Rachel Wood to Rihanna, these eight starlets would be right at home in Luhrmann's film. They fit in so well, in fact, we dropped them right into the story.

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Double Trouble

Evan Rachel Wood, dressed in Givenchy, meets her doppelganger, Aussie actress Elizabeth Debicki done up as Jordan Baker. If you didn't know better, you'd be hard pressed to say which look is from 1922 and which is 2011. Here are six other celebrities who would be right at home in the world of The Great Gatsby.

  

 

Ladies Who Lunch

Leighton Meester, dressed as her Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf, is perfectly dressed for luncheon with Carey Mulligan's Daisy thanks to her cloche hat and ruffled dress.

  

 

Pearly Whites

Katy Perry went full flapper for the City of Hope benefit concert in 2012. Can't you just picture her chatting with Jordan at one of Gatsby's ragers?

  

 

Who Wore it Best?

Christina Aguilera's gold sequined dress from the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards is a dead ringer for Daisy's glitzy number. Here, Christina uses her powers of disguise to cut in on Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Daisy's private moment.

  

 

Love in a Hopeless Place

Gatsby could have hired Rihanna to perform at one of his swinging shindigs — just look how well she fits in!

  

 

Richie Rich

Nicole Richie donned her 1920s finest for 2012s Baby2Baby gala. It's too bad she wasn't around 91 years ago (and existing in Fitzgerald's fictional world) — she and Gatsby would've made quite the power couple.

  

 

Never Been Kissed

Watch out, Daisy! Drew Barrymore (dressed for the Grey Gardens premiere in 2009) is about to sweep in and steal your man.