need anymore. when i first met him, he was quite distraught. he was so frustrated and so angry, he had trouble completing sentences and thoughts. suddenly, he was cast adrift. i guess i can best put it the way halston put it, that the folks from planet tamp on landed on planet halston. i saw him tired at times. i thought he was really tired. one time i came in and i think he might have had a panic session. he just seemed very stressed. i said can i do anything? he said no. just sit here. we sat there for like30 minutes. that s new. halston never asked me what i thought of his collection.
halston enterprises. i thought this is fun. clothes had to be made for me similar to what he wears. my wife, my kids are getting all these clothes. and then one day, he introduces me to liez liza maneli. this is the way to live. we had budget meetings, and apparently theirs was a disaster. i m at the top. i know the engine isn t running. and it wasn t. turn this into a brand. turn this into something we can handle, and stop having it be the very kind of i work when i want to. i m an artist kind of thing.
this time he asked me what i thought of his collection. honestly, it was like someone had punched me in my stomach. if you lived in another time and city, could you pick it for me? no way. tomorrow is going to be better. next week is going to be better. no, no, no. i m the all-time optimist. the problem was simply drugs. he had gone way too far. i don t do tuxedos. he was out of control. out of control with esmark taking over. you tell me which is the chicken and which is the leg. at some time liza went to betty ford. halston said it s great that things like this exists for
and just put it on you. it danced with you. that s it. his clothes danced with you. we were joined at the hip from then on. it was like my dad in a way because when i was a little girl, my father would give me five costumes every year, and it was a dress from an american in paris. and perfectly made. exactly like for the ladies. and i guess i got into appreciating how clothes could change the way you felt. she dressed only in halston ever. i mean, she still does. yes. liza minnelli. [ cheers and applause ] and this is halston, who is i think the best known name. other designers get upset. you re pretty good, halston.
a favorite item, an ultra suede sweater. you re late. my god, are you ever on time? for real extravagance, the ladies come to halston s own showroom on madison avenue, where super sales woman pat ast, will give them that special treatment. what about pat ast? somebody people have suggested by using her, you re putting down fashion a bit. well f you think that patty is a putdown, but i don t think so. i take her very seriously. i like to make her glamorous. halston designs things that are made especially for me, which is the most incredible thing. because looking at me, you know i m not the normal sized woman. i think he appreciated the woman s body. i think he appreciated all the different types of women. he loved all the diversity of his models. take this down and turn around that way so you see the