![]() ![]() ![]() “This is a great American who changed fashion,” she told the filmmaker. “Everybody I know loved him so much,” she said, urging the on-camera filmmaker to avoid “trashy” portrayals. When that interviewer tried to draw her into saying something salacious, she refused. Minnelli told the same filmmaker that Halston was her “protector.” And since the designer’s 1990 death, Minnelli has reciprocated for her late best friend-fiercely preserving his legacy and doing her best to separate his creative genius from the seedy Studio 54 narrative. He had gone to all that trouble and then left so that we could discover it ourselves.” We walked into the most beautiful apartment I had ever seen in my life. I came home, and Mark and I walked in the front door, and the whole place was candlelit,” Minnelli said, recalling her very own Halston Home Makeover. So Halston told Minnelli to go out of town and forget about it. I trusted him.” When she bought her Manhattan apartment, she told the filmmaker that she was overwhelmed at the prospect of decorating such an expansive space. In the 2010 documentary Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, Minnelli explained that Halston “was my big brother. ![]() ![]() Acknowledging the Halston design she was wearing, she told the New York Times, “It’s Halston vintage, 1975-and I think it is great to celebrate the first designer who put American fashion on the map.” Five years later, at the 1978 opening party for Halston’s Olympic Tower showroom, Minnelli strode down the runway performing “New York, New York” and handing a rose to Elizabeth Taylor as the grand finale.Įven 18 years after Halston’s death, when Halston’s brand was revived for a 2008 show in New York, Minnelli sat front row, cheered on the designs, and raved about her late friend to press. If he needed her to hop onstage and give his runway a little extra razzle-dazzle, she would do that too-memorably performing and choreographing an adaptation of “Bonjour Paris” for Halston’s “Battle of Versailles” fashion show in 1973, as depicted on the series. Here, take a look at real photos of Halston’s incredible life.Halston dressed Minnelli for everything-whether it was her 1973 Oscar win for Cabaret (she wore a canary yellow gown), her films, or her stage shows, including Liza with a “Z.” (The creation of her red halter minidress is reimagined in episode one of Halston.) She, in turn, supported him both behind the scenes and in the front row at his fashion shows. The cast will also feature Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli, Rebecca Dayan as Elsa Peretti, and Gian Franco Rodriguez as Victor Hugo. A new Netflix miniseries out now on the streaming platform, chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Halston, played by Ewan McGregor. But his story was also full of drama, with exorbitant spending habits, a penchant for drug use, and a history of explosive love affairs. A regular at Studio 54 and friends with A-listers like Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger, Halston was an early influencer. The iconic American designer had a glamorous social life. His designs were worn by seemingly everyone: athletes at the 1976 Olympics, movie stars, and First Ladies–he even designed Girl Scouts' uniforms. Born into humble Midwest beginnings, Roy Halston Frowick would become one of the most widely recognized names in fashion in the '70s and '80s. Known as the first superstar fashion designer, Halston capitalized on the changing styles and consumer culture in the second half of the 20th century, revolutionizing fashion while also building a business empire. ![]()
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