The True Story Behind Halston s Perfume and That Jockstrap Scene
On 5/19/21 at 9:50 AM EDT
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Halston features a number of pretty wild scenes, from a woman dying in the air vents of Studio 54 to Halston s (played by Ewan McGregor) phone getting so clogged up with cocaine that it stops working.
Perhaps the most audacious scene, however, comes when Halston is working on his first perfume with parfumier Adele (Vera Farmiga). She asks him to suggest some scents to her from his past and present to make his perfume, and he replies by bringing her a used jockstrap from his lover Victor Hugo (Gian Franco Rodriguez). In a deliberately provocative moment, she smells this by draping it over her face and inhaling deeply.
Netflix s Halston Barely Scratches the Surface of the Designer s Complex Relationship With Drugs
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Halston unpacks the titular fashion designer s colorful life story throughout the highlights of his illustrious career. The miniseries, which stars Ewan McGregor as the icon, especially sheds a light on Halston s drug habit, which many in his inner circle believed to be an addiction at his height in the 70s. In
Halston, he s first tentative about drug use, admonishing his assistant for taking speed. But by episode two, Halston s hookups (and later, parties and office) start to become drug-laced affairs. But which ones did he take, exactly? While the men who offer Halston drugs never directly name the substance, it s very likely cocaine.
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