>> he realized that you need a star in there. what happened was that halston got david mahoney to sponsor the trip, and david loved it. he fit right in there. >> david mahoney seemed to me to be fairly ambitious socially. like so many self-made people, they wanted to be part of this kind of cafe society. >> it was a very competitive evening. i think the designers were having difficulty with each other. the french took up all the time for the rehearsal, and we were the addendums. it was rude, actually. >> their whole presentation was beyond grand. they changed orchestras for each of the different designer segments.