It was morning again in america. Millions of men and women were going to work. And high up above the streets in his olympic tower, one of americas most celebrated selfmade men. The most successful single individual in the history of American Fashion. Ladies and gentlemen, halston. Was nowhere in sight. The question that all of new york was asking last night was whatever happened to halston . Its a story of high fashion and high finance as one of americas big names in fashion it was business as usual, you could say. They bought his name, sold off his lifes work for pennies on the dollar, and when that wasnt enough, well, they forced him out of his own office. Some will say he had it coming. But what he didnt see coming were the tapes. All 215 of them, erased as per the corporations order. Who am i . Just someone working in the archives, nobody important for our story, really. Sportswear, knits, broadcloth, mens wear. This is andy warhols portrait of me. You see, pictures meant everythin
It was morning again in america. Millions of men and women were going to work. And high up above the streets in his olympic tower, one of americas most celebrated selfmade men. The most successful single individual in the history of American Fashion. Ladies and gentlemen, halston. Was nowhere in sight. The question that all of new york was asking last night was whatever happened to halston . Its a story of high fashion and high finance as one of americas big names in fashion it was business as usual, you could say. They bought his name, sold off his lifes work for pennies on the dollar, and when that wasnt enough, well, they forced him out of his own office. Some will say he had it coming. But what he didnt see coming were the tapes. All 215 of them, erased as per the corporations order. Who am i . Just someone working in the archives, nobody important for our story, really. Sportswear, knits, broadcloth, mens wear. This is andy warhols portrait of me. You see, pictures meant everythin
Following the Netflix series on the late designer, interest in his life and work has piqued – and so it should have, for his impact on fashion is more relevant now than ever
be a one-man show. ridge was promoted and was being in charge of the design. carl was hell bent on isolating halston. he is livid. it s my name on the label. how dare you? it was his company, his people, his workers, everything he was fighting for. and it unravelled into a very unpleasant scenario. let s divide the space up there. this half is halston and this other half is halston 3 with john ridge. at some point, i said no. you can get someone else to do it. at this point, i knew halston pretty well. there was a lot of angst going on. so i had my first meeting with roy. what can i do for you? i d say well, roy, that was the
it off. you never think carl would be with halston. i mean, physically, mentally, anything. when he came in, in a very strange way, halston liked him a lot. he kept saying i have never had the right kind of management. and that s part of our problem. and he gives me a kiss on the forehead. it was wonderful. and then he says you re now the king. and he made with his own hands the crown that he gave me. halston i think honestly believed that carl epstein was going to mediate with big business, but i remember thinking to myself, well, there are two men in this room, but there is only one king at