Halston, based on the life of the flamboyant designer of the same name.
Born Roy Halston Frowick,
he became one of the most influential American designers of the 20th century, creating soft, fluid dresses that were as elegant as they were appealing. Fashion designer Halston and Elsa Peretti attend the Fragrance Foundation’s dinner at the Plaza Hotel in 1976. Courtesy Penske Media
In his new approach to fashion,
he discarded structure, replacing it with draped and wrapped dresses – often made from a single piece of cloth – that were so successful they came to define the fashion of the 1970s.
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Halston creator on telling a fashion giant s unfiltered story 25 years in the making sex, drugs, and all Nick Romano
Twenty-five years before Netflix released
Halston, a five-part limited series starring Ewan McGregor as Roy Halston Frowick, director Daniel Minahan tried to bring the story to the screen as a movie.
He took the idea to the production company Killer Films and they licensed the book
Simply Halston by author Steven Gaines, who chronicled the fashion designer s rise from dreamy-eyed Midwesterner to creator of the famed pillbox hat worn by First Lady Jackie Kennedy and the man behind an influential fashion brand in the 1970s. The source material also delved into the icon s sex life as a gay man and his dealings with drugs which, for films in the 90s, felt bold.
New Netflix series Halston is all about the rise and fall of the iconic fashion designer in 1970s New York. At the height of his career Halston was the best of the best, but he then lost control of his spending, lifestyle, and most importantly – his brand. It was in 1990 that Halston would die, and the Netflix series looks at how his fashion house was in a battle over its control and the designer’s spending and lifestyle had caught up with him.
Halston was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 23rd 1932. He is thought to have had an interest in fashion very early on and during his life, Halston became one of the most sought after designers for the rich and famous, with the First Lady Jackie Kennedy, Liza Minnelli and Lauren Bacall among his clients. Here’s what we know about his tragic death.
Melania Trump accused of turning White House garden into tribute to herself
Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff are being pushed to undo changes the former first lady made to the White House rose garden as she is accused of turning it into a shrine for herself.
Donald Trump and his wife, Melania during Thanks Giving ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. (Image: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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