perry ellis is a new name in fashion. and halston was never one to fall behind. a run to the left side, no foul given, morgan running. looking for one hundred. [ kids screaming ] a run to the left side, no foul given. morgan running. looking for one hundred. she s got it! [ kids cheering ]
i came upon this thing in olympic tower. and that was the end of the search because that s the one we re going to get. the architect came up with some plans and halston didn t like them. he wanted something that took spectacular use of the space. and he began to design what he wanted. mirrors everywhere. the walls were mirrors. everything was mirrors. halston made sure that his entire work room were in a room with a lot of windows, so as they sewed and fitted every day they didn t feel confined. that really impressed me.
in there. the clothes looked spectacular. it was perfect for that audience. and everybody looked fabulous. very good reviews. and the show was very successful. very. the director s wanting to go out and buy it right away. that s great. we ll have a lot more great showings. the first of many to come. i m very proud of it. they had a big flag out at the museum when they had the show. and ira niemark who s the president of bergdorf goodman and jackie his wife were coming home from dinner. he called his senior merchandising manager that night at home. and she called me at home. and said he wants everything out of the store. the fragrance, everything. he doesn t want to have anything to do with halston.
some power in the situation, you know. i m getting calls from jcpenney saying where are our products? where are the designs? he hasn t approved them. and whether he was doing that to get revenge on carl or whether he was doing it because he was doped up, it wasn t happening. they were very frustrated because they couldn t get sketches from halston. so one day i drew them a jacket because they had to have a jacket and halston wasn t there. well, he was not too happy that i had given them a sketch. but penney s was very happy about it. and i think that they went away viewing me as the source that they could turn to and get something. and that was kind of the beginning of my personal relationship with penney s. may i have your attention, please? carl held a meeting in front of all the employees at halston enterprises. he said that it would no longer
with him. we calculated the cost of doing that. and just the work room was 125,000. so i then told halston you can t do it. halston was so incensed, how dare you say no to me? it was like jekyll and hyde. suddenly mr. hyde came out. from then on, i was the enemy. carl every morning would put little sticky notes on halston s table about what had to happen today and what things were going to be taken away, and he didn t like it. we need to do this. we need to do that. and it was just like you re bossing him around? no one does that. it was a big struggle. and it got worse and worse. he started coming in later and later so he wouldn t have to deal with seeing those people.