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The decades-spanning series
Halston charts the rise and fall of the titular designer who elevated the cachet of American fashion in the ’70s. Due to his knack for spotting up-and-coming talent, Halston is not the only bold-faced name portrayed in the Netflix show.
Among his entourage which included his bestie, Liza Minnelli, and legendary jewelry designer Elsa Peretti was a young Joel Schumacher. The future blockbuster film director, portrayed in the series by Rory Culkin, assisted with the creation of Halston’s first collection. By the early ’70s, Schumacher had traded East Coast fashion showrooms for the movie lots of Los Angeles, where he worked his way up from costume designer, occasionally calling on his rising-star friend for a favor in those early days.
Halston review: Glossy, sumptuous but flawed Netflix miniseries
14 May, 2021 11:05 PM
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Ewan McGregor stars as Halston, the legendary and tempestuous American fashion designer. Photo / Supplied
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Gowns! Tantrums! Cocaine!
Take those three essential ingredients and mix them together with a splash of genius, a glug of emotional insecurity and a shot of betrayal. Voila! A heady fashion designer cocktail, served in the form of a miniseries biopic.
The designer in question is Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston – just Halston.
With Ewan McGregor in the title role and prolific TV producer Ryan Murphy behind the scenes, Halston is the kind of attention-grabbing series which should loiter in Netflix s top 10 carousel – at least for a few days.
Yes, the Joel Schumacher in Netflix s Halston Is THE Joel Schumacher
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Halston drops many big names, including the titular fashion designer (Ewan McGregor), who himself rubbed shoulders with many other legends at the height of his illustrious career. One unassuming character who appears in the limited series is Joel Schumacher (Rory Culkin), who works as Halston s bright but nervous assistant. And if you were wondering, yes, this is the Joel Schumacher you re thinking of the same film icon who directed those Batman movies in the 90s. So who was Schumacher in his early days, and what happened to him? Read ahead for all that you need to know!
Halston TV Review
Plot: The limited series
Halston follows the legendary fashion designer (Ewan McGregor), as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status, and fame, literally defining the era he lives in, 1970’s and ‘80’s New York until a hostile takeover forces him to battle for control of his most precious asset… the name Halston itself.
Review: I have long been a fan of Ryan Murphy s brand of storytelling. Since making the shift from FX to Netflix, his projects have been underwhelming.
The Politician, Hollywood, and
Ratched have all felt like variations of his same formula. Each new series tried to tell a story we had not seen before, but thanks to Murphy, we have and many times over. With my bar set fairly low, I was not expecting