his mother would come and visit, and she always called him halston, and he had changed the pronunciation to halston. but she would correct you. his name is halston. it s a family name. she also used to say, halston had disappeared, but halston was a force to be reckoned with. darling, you love life and i love you. ladies and gentlemen, liza minelli. when i met halston, i would just remember him talking and me listening. he d say, i got it, all right,
be a one-man show. ridge was promoted and was being in charge of the design. carl was hell bent on isolating halston. he is livid. it s my name on the label. how dare you? it was his company, his people, his workers, everything he was fighting for. and it unravelled into a very unpleasant scenario. let s divide the space up there. this half is halston and this other half is halston 3 with john ridge. at some point, i said no. you can get someone else to do it. at this point, i knew halston pretty well. there was a lot of angst going on. so i had my first meeting with roy. what can i do for you? i d say well, roy, that was the
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 ]
the reaction of the fashion world ranged from shock to outrage. the nationwide middle class retailer has landed a very big designer. would you expect to find a designer like halston in here? j.c. penney is trying to trade up. i believe i like americans to look good. i m an american designer and i love the opportunity to do it. it s a first between a department store chain and a major designer with the clothes expected to be on the racks in the fall of 83. this is halston 3. it s really the third stage of my career, the first being in the ordinary business.
so his name was on the ribbon with which the bottle itself was tied. no one else had done it that way before. and then the fragrance caught on. it became a seller. largest american designer fragrance. the stores couldn t get it fast enough. it was ballistic. you get into a taxi in new york, and the taxi driver would say, oh, you smell good, you re wearing halston. once it started to go, everything started to go. i began a very large license program. we were the first american designer to really do this heavy. we have two fragrances for men. we have an entire cosmetic line. my name is halston. i m halston. rugs, sheets, perfume, cosmetics, shoes, bags, gloves, sunglasses, all kinds of things.