Halston's Famous Home

We're visiting one of the very few New York homes that were designed by influential modernist architect - Paul Rudolph. 101 East 63rd Street later became the home of iconic Fashion Designer Halston whose decadent star studded parties were among the city's most envied invites, a place to both start and end a night at Studio 54. It's that rare place that is significant both architecturally and socially to the history of New York.

[@IanMcCausland]

who's here after watching Halston on Netflix!? They did a pretty good job of rendering the house!

[@britneydaniels6294]

Me! That show was amazing!!

[@embajadoresboy4535]

His name was always mentioned at Studio 54 but as far as we knew was about Liza Minnelli friendship. Quite sad he wasn’t legally advice at that time he sold his name.

[@jsan3743]

Meeee

[@yasminhabibti721]

Me!

[@susanhuber7969]

You right! I watched it. What an ego!!!

[@stevie68a]

In 1973, I lived next door at 105 East 63rd. I could see his bamboo garden from my bedroom window.

[@jiwonshin90]

Did u ever see him? Was his house a loud party house as they say?

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Take any Polaroids?

[@evgeniagkioulou934]

I am really keen to know more of your experience of being a neighbor to Halston! tell us more!!!

[@jasmarr]

tell us all the stories!! :D

[@user_27357]

commenting for the stories 👀

[@traceycamille]

It needs to be deemed historic and made into a museum

[@evgeniagkioulou934]

AGREE!

[@laminage]

@Adri Chica Really! I'm not surprised. He was heavily influenced by Halston.

[@laminage]

Brilliant Idea! You'd be perfect to help do it. Be like an Archivist.

[@nycartist3421]

Halston was everything. I wish things had turned out differently for him. Halston deserved better.

[@elizabeth.tuihala]

Such a beautiful home halston was ahead of his time

[@peacheejellybean6270]

He was living in a minimalist lifestyle 20 years ahead of everyone else.

[@christinec.2372]

I just watched the movie Halston. What a movie. What a man. What a life.

[@luisferreiro]

What a house!

[@carls.1000]

Every famous 1970's star fell down those stairs without rails LOL

[@unlikeavirgin]

Divine

[@LB-xk6fk]

From doing too many rails!!

[@iron_recluse]

😂

[@mikescott433]

...a wonder, nobody break his neck ;-)

[@glengamble526]

@@LB-xk6fk beat me to it…

[@Harlemblkboy]

i'm just trying to imagine descending and/or ascending the staircase after a night of champagne

[@AmericasComic]

I think that was a problem with either this apartment or another house Paul Rudolph designed - all the split-levels and constant changing steps in the house made it a danger for the owners as they aged into their 70s.

[@Philippe.C.A-R]

a night of Champagne? boy with this kind of expressions you will have never fit in! lol!

[@luisferreiro]

Drunky-Wunky no can do. Missy was never more sure-footed in stilletto heels as when she was ascending that suicide staircase.

[@stephaniel5402]

😅🤣 good point

[@arnietheentertainer9990]

Halston did it for a decade on cocaine! And you’re talking about champagne?

[@martincaracoche4657]

What a super modern house for the 70s! Love it!

[@sundriesrebecakundomal2920]

I was in born in 1973 oh God I would like to be born in the 50’s have 20 in the 70's have live,have live that era in New York and go to Studio 54🕺 every weekend What a exciting life! Love Halston and his dresses🍾🥂✨✨💜👗🎩🔙🔙

[@ttdenadaabba2149]

Believe me that there was absolutely nothing like it!

[@nmikloiche]

I have always always always lusted after this townhome - to own it would be a dream come true. I loved how it was styled when Halston lived there - the 'gray days' where he had that oversized Warhol displayed to the far left of the Loft.

[@kirk1007]

Yes I remember it was all gray

[@migueltaveras4764]

If those walls could talk. Imagine the debauchery and excess that took place in that home when Halaton lived there.

[@jamesrocco2401]

The freaking floors probably have AIDS...

[@user-il9qo4qc4n]

@@jamesrocco2401 Oh youtube comments. dont ever change.

[@luisferreiro]

And that's just the bedroom.

[@Philippe.C.A-R]

@miguel taveras: WTF is Halaton?

[@isaacscott1063]

@@jamesrocco2401 you ignorant fuck!

[@dynchristianson3425]

crooks picture frames in the hallway made me wince.

[@myrnajay2785]

So did the crooked candles lol ; )

[@ronaldmartin2304]

I thought the same thing.

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

I thought why did they video at that angle? To exemplify the crooked photo frames? LOL And yes, the candles...who produced this video??

[@kevmagill5163]

hah!....ocd is painful yo🤯

[@Voltasaur]

That would make me go crazy! 😣

[@edwardoneil3962]

Wow he most certainly had insight into the future. This house would inspire designers and architects today and everday in modern times lolx 😀❤😀

[@allanya74]

I miss this show and I loved the series.

[@kathleenpenny9388]

F wording awesome house wish I could have went to studio 54 then a party there! WOW

[@PietroItalianoo]

Awesome series. And era. Thank you for showing HALSTONs NYC Apartment. I’m blown away.

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

It's so timeless! Bravo Halston!

[@musicsavage]

Oh my god!! Halston's house on sale!!! Go grab my cheque book, be right back.

[@JohnICGomes]

Stunning! Love the simplicity.

[@joydivision5948]

The art going up the stairs is marvelous

[@RingoRumble]

Yep. Netflix brought me here! :-)

[@cin1251]

Stunning!

[@sammavacaist]

They should have kept the stairs black imo.

[@jamezhall2066]

Beautiful! I’m going to walk by a take a peek inside. 👀

[@marymary68ify]

Beverly Johnson and Pat Cleveland partied at Holston's.

[@jpman2173]

Don't forget Angelica Huston.

[@periscope7731]

@@jpman2173 AH booked sittings with the likes of Grace Coddington and Helmut Newton, before hitting it big on the silver screen.

[@victoriagarcia5533]

That townhouse is 7500 sq ft? Good god! That a big home.

[@lilmissinnocentchildree1368]

It's beautiful. Definitely for a bachelor

[@CMRinehart]

Great job Leslie. You’re beyond gorgeous.

[@seand67]

Looks amazing

[@robertobelem61]

Beautiful 🤩

[@sandramilfort9261]

Amazing 🤩 If walls could talk! 👏🏾

[@stuartlee6622]

Halston complained about the F subway train line constantly rumbling underneath to and from Queens.

[@KourttneyL]

Just imaging Freddie Mercury partying there!!

[@LE-gs9mo]

I just imagined Freddie singing as he ascended and descended those steps 💕🤣💕 How could he not?? 🥰

[@peck404]

I loved it and I had to go on Google and check out the floor plan some more... The only thing I don't like is the kitchen has no windows

[@rajjie100]

I loved the wall to wall grey carpet he had originally

[@digabledoug]

Me too. It made the space more monumental. I can only imagine after years of being stained with sex, drugs, and alcohol, it probably had to go. I'm sure the workmen got jacked just from breathing in the leftover cocaine dust while ripping it out.

[@skyavalanche]

The Era of the Gay 70’s in NYC was everything it’s cracked up to be. (No pun intended) Fortunately, I had the foresight to leave the scene. Had I continued to follow my libido and illicit behavior, I surely wouldn’t have survived into the 80’s, when the party tragically came to an abrupt halt. Treasured Memories, far too Fabulous for words.

[@averitas]

Amen. Ditto.

[@slayingmatriarch5855]

Exactly I’m absolutely dumbfounded on how so many never got to live past the 80s era and if they did it was only a one to two year time frame it’s almost if their presence was particularly made for that era and no other I’m glad you survived.

[@skyavalanche]

@@slayingmatriarch5855 Thank you for your Beautiful response. It’s one of the many Miraculous Gifts of Timing given in my life, that fills me with Humility and Sadness, yet Gratitude too, as I approach my 70th Birthday next week.

[@peck404]

Wow the only thing I would change is I would have to have some kind of railing those stairs look like people definitely probably fell off of them LOL

[@albertojaa8551]

A dream house 🔥😍

[@pianoman551000]

It's very uncommon for a nyc townhouse to have an adjacent garage attached to it.

[@8AMG]

1:30 the picture frames need to be straightened

[@SilviaSandinoNieto]

I tjought exactly the same... like damm if you are doing a video to sell a palce at least straighten the frames...

[@luisferreiro]

And a few of them need to come down, too. Having them all cheek-to-jowl like that............not attractive. Are we entering a pizzeria?

[@Mike-wl7sm]

Who ever did the decorating and whom ever approved it should not have been paid. Thats the worst hanging job I have ever seen.

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

And those candles, just about to fall out of the candle holders. These are the details that say a lot about the real estate agency.

[@sheilabonilla1546]

That's 70's looks it's the modern style homes and furniture today's

[@LE-gs9mo]

I hope the outdoor garden looks far better now...

[@DASfilms]

I wish I had the money to buy THAT house!

[@evgeniagkioulou934]

me too

[@jocelynmercado6676]

Me gusta su casa muy moderna como las actuales

[@miamanning7871]

This would be stylish today

[@pinkvixen686]

Tom Ford owns it now

[@Kuzuri76]

Now Fashion prodigy Tom Ford owns this house because Halston was his idol as a kid growing up in love with fashion

[@kirk1007]

it has been renovated some tho obviously

[@koleyw932]

Love her hair

[@AltoNegron]

Beautifulesly hirsch !!!

[@valvacious2793]

I luv it! However, The staircase needs railing. I would fall off of it. lol

[@MeMe-uq4lh]

Incredible design 😍 Prefer traditional normally but would live here in a heartbeat & rekindle the cocktail parties on the regular. And all my vinyl would fit in perfectly.

[@notusing3484]

I would live there.

[@bubblebutt4919]

They said no one wants to buy that cos he died of aids

[@luisferreiro]

Me too. We'd have to do something about that staircase, though. Perhaps a sleek, yet discreet banister, i'm getting on in years, no falling for me

[@isaacscott1063]

@@bubblebutt4919 that can’t be true

[@mattpollack7848]

Bet ya there’s still more blow in the floorboards than all of Medellin.

[@nataliamalaverp]

Of course! Colombia may be the producer, but you in the US are the consumers. You’d be surprised to know that you are the biggest consumers. Colombia thankfully has a low rate of cocaine consumption. It’s just that you guys would never wanna admit it and try to make it appear as if it was the opposite, it’s more convenient for you of course. Just please look at the statistics, educate yourself!

[@theakaitaiyo]

I wonder if the Netflix series filmed at his home?

[@asuna8299]

No, everything had to be remade. I can only imagine the bill..

[@GalaxyNexus1]

Nope.

[@CL-lo4wd]

❤️❤️❤️

[@mariakurtz3505]

It's not a house, it's a museum.❤🤎

[@elmobolan4274]

I'd hate to fall dwn those stairs!!!

[@jeffreysegal2065]

WOW! That place is heaven! Ironically, its owner is IN heaven.

[@tabithatotten]

Its not the same without the grey ultrasuede and Halston of course🚬🍸

[@jpinguela]

Vc pode ver como era a casa em 1979 no comercial do carpetes Halston

[@piznoctsauo8141]

Mesmo.

[@kander46]

28 million and they can´t get the photo frames straight?

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

Or the lamp shades.

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

1:04 chic Leslie!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

If these walls could talk they would talk about all of the blow and quaaludes that were used inside during those years.💊

[@Philippe.C.A-R]

I wonder how many drunks or junkies fell to their death from these death trap stairs??

[@A22DNAL]

Simple. Classic. Modern.

[@xomarahdickison7567]

I bet those stairs have seen a few falls

[@sutats]

That's really choice.

[@marquizz2005]

Does the house come with the Art works? 🙂🙃

[@MrDingez]

“Get it Sassy!!!”

[@peacocktravels]

$28 million. Yowza

[@midnightmilkman1]

How much?

[@audrey04021]

Kitchen?? I've never seen a still or footage of the kitchen. I don't care if it is unremarkable ... it was Halston's!

[@a.a.p3254]

With all that alcohol and coke who needs a kitchen anyways. Just look at those big ugly kitchens that they are building now they all look like stone cold office slabs. The days of the housewives cooking is a dream long long gone. Unless ur Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray pushing some crap. It’s Catering and Uber eats out of box yummy. Welcome to America Cheers

[@shadowandsoul4331]

He didn't need a kitchen, all meals were flown in or brought to his door.

[@audrey04021]

@@shadowandsoul4331 Well, I've been reading lots since the miniseries and have seen the documentary (I was also a fan in the 80's and am wearing his scent as we speak, but I digress). Halston did have a cook/assistant named Mohammed Soumaya. So the kitchen was used daily (I'd still like to see it!). Halston also loved using Dial-A-Steak, a 1960s and 1970s version of today's DoorDash (being from Indiana, he preferred steak and potatoes). He didn't really have things "flown in," according to those who knew him best.

[@realmccoy18]

h Halston would roll over in his grave if he saw how it's decorated now.

[@skimraw]

Guess now price for this house has risen :)

[@stuartlee6622]

Terribly haunted

[@wesleywilliams6442]

wonder if the phone ever started working again

[@evgeniagkioulou934]

lol

[@wesleywilliams6442]

@@evgeniagkioulou934 omg.. you got it 😂

[@jennyeugenie]

@@wesleywilliams6442 yep ;) I ve just finished Netflix miniseries !!! Too much white powder hahahahhaah

[@vsboy2577]

Those stairs look dangerous

[@polizeitroisdorf1422]

The renovation really ruined it

[@ninnin261]

Great place no doubt, but I prefer Halston’s interior design. Doesn’t look nearly as fine now.

[@Philippe.C.A-R]

this house never gets any light. No view either. It has this brown house feeling that can get so depressing.

[@stuartleetv]

Especially with semen stains all over the floors

[@gwendolyn7462]

Do you have any photos of Prince Andrew? I'll bet you do. Just look harder....

[@helohalo3106]

If those walls could talk

[@asuna8299]

If those walls could talk..

[@theodoravankuijk9120]

I died and went to real estate heaven, now, who’s gonna hit me up with 28 mil??? I throw in a killer spag bol!!

[@birdduckylucky2894]

Rumor has it that they had problems with their phones at the home until modern times when cell phones became popular 😂🤣🍚☎️

[@w.urlitzer1869]

sold for 18 million in 2019.

[@thinkmirror8507]

Such an incredible talent! Too bad he had such a demon! Tragic

[@edglebennett6312]

We all have demons, we just handle them differently. His life wasn't tragic, it's just life.

[@periscope7731]

Yes, he had a demon in the guise of an abusive father.

[@isaacscott1063]

@@periscope7731 is there any record of that? I only saw parts of it in the series.

[@periscope7731]

@@isaacscott1063 I’m not sure but having read so much about Halston, I was shocked to discover that he was the product of an abusive household. Perhaps it’s something he preferred to gloss over.

[@STARSFashionArtLove]

Saving my 28 million🤸My home in Jamaica 🌴 is better but it's cute 💝💛💚

[@anabibas1824]

Where is the kitchen?????

[@taylorbonnie2985]

So Victor never told Halston he had hiv?????

[@maryrobinson6819]

Halston slept with many prople/strangers. Maybe he had it first and gave it to Victor....who knows. The show was good though.

[@GalaxyNexus1]

The show is a work of fiction, not a biography.

[@bbrown333]

Ugh, I WISH.

[@chrisj49300]

Stilettos on wooden floor?

[@gizzykatkat9687]

Tom Ford bought it.

[@ursonate]

"*andrew* warhol" even andy would be like, who the fuck is that?

[@bambam6231973]

why doesn't anyone want to buy it? is it haunted?

[@christinec.2372]

He died in california. Not in his house. His soul is in another stratosphere. You are sound very stupid. How embarrassing for you.

[@christinec.2372]

Not if he died in California.. he didnt die in the townhouse

[@bubblebutt4919]

They said no one wants to buy it cos he died of aids

[@furbster1]

@@christinec.2372 I think that was a reasonable question and your insult to the lady above is very mealy mouthed.

[@kallen868]

Can't deal with that staircase!🙄Sorry...not sorry.

[@stuartleetv]

Trouble!! The stupid F train rumbles all night below. Bummer if you're trying to sleep. Or....

[@GalaxyNexus1]

You can sleep on the top floor

[@Justmyopinionlol]

the people who partied here are now mostly dead.

[@GalaxyNexus1]

I'm sure people have partied there since 1984 and Im sure many are mostly alive.

[@mrstecstash]

@@GalaxyNexus1 anything post Halston doesnt matter. He loved that space.