the hat. it was an interesting take on how that first lady back then was so influential with her fashion choices. >> family he said you're only as good as the people you dress. what did he mean? was that kind of, you know, a stamp of approval for him in his designs? >> you know, i think it's really with anyone who creates this aura in dressing women, they want to dress these women they revered. he was really dressing the creme de la creme of women back then. bianca jagger to liza minnelli. again, think about it. this is not a time of designers dressing celebrities. we live in that time now. but that was unheard of to have a fashion show on fifth avenue, have your entire front row filled with celebrities. no one did that. nobody did that but halston. so it was a very sort of interesting, sort of, i would say foreshadowing, the times that we're in right now. >> so he really was in the driver's seat. he was in control of his business. until he wasn't. what happened?