husband s inauguration and quite by accident. it was a rather windy day and she put her hand on the hat, and everybody cop ted and put a dent in it which was so funny. by the 70s, halston s clothes were revolutionizing the fashion scene, palling around with andy warhol and using his friend, models of color like elva chin. he made things so you didn t need the structure as much as you needed the woman. he really based most of his collection on most of us girls. reporter: halston eventually sold his name to j.c. penney making halston clothes, halston perfume, halston luggage and halston bedding, losing control of the empire he creatored whed