we couldn t rehearse. all of us were waiting and waiting. it was cold, damp. unfortunately with halston, it got to him. he did have a blow-up, very dramatic. it was very difficult. halston left and liza said, you know, we ve got to get this show done. she s the one who sat down with halston. she unified everybody. we d open, and i d sing bonjour paris. i want to step out down the champs-elysees from the arch of triumph that s for me. bonjour, bonjour, paris so let s get started. and we were off. it was directed like a musical.
everything. the label. the label took him months. we asked penney executives to sum up the halston 3 line in one word. profit. volume. it s what america wants. the halston 3 collection for 1983. this is an experiment. it could succeed. it could not succeed. quite a show. 500 of the fashionables sat in a huge room dominated by a 60-foot whale hanging from the ceiling. people didn t know whether to call bravo or there she blows. this has been probably the most challenging and gratifying fashion exercise in my career. gosh, we had about 26 models