Halston Profile

[@mikeletaurus4728]

I'm so glad you posted this. Thank you. I think Halston possessed genius, as can be seen in the way he draped and shaped various fabrics to enhance and vitalize the feminine mystique. He made women look quite cool, yet alluring and luscious. At some point, this will be universally recognized.

[@Mpompadour]

Some of the BEST designs ever put on the runways. Classic, timeless and elegant!

[@LoneWulf278]

Ewan McGregor KILLED this role. He really nailed the voice and the mannerisms. 👏🏾👏🏾

[@neilnriley]

Really? i completely disagree. He's far to short at 5ft 8, Halston was 6ft 2. Ewan, although a great actor, never captured Halston's elegance as a man. Plus he did generic "gay" voice, which was a bit insulting. Ryan Murphy is a hack writer that relies on salaciousness to sell his projects I.M.O.

[@LoneWulf278]

@@neilnriley I kinda see what you mean. I watched interviews with Halston after watching the series and I realized that his voice wasn’t really as effeminate as it seemed in the show. And you have a point about Ryan Murphy, although I still find his work very entertaining. 😂

[@nicolakirton2252]

I have never seen or heard an actor have such a close match to the voice and mannerisms of the real person as Ewan McGregor has for Halston. Surely an award winning performance.

[@LoneWulf278]

@@nicolakirton2252 I certainly hope so.

[@BebeLush2]

Ewan nailed it

[@devinsummer3022]

Halston was a master his work is timeless & Pat Cleveland is a designers best friend no could give life to a garment like Pat could she was a runway assassin. Im was truly touched by this. My mom was a huge fan of Halston & I counted 8 pieces from this segment that I have that belonged to my her.The most outstanding of those being the gold beaded halter gown, the white one shoulder fitted fully rouched gown & The ivory cape with black trousers. My mom loved him so much that when she passed away I buried her in her favorite white Halston cashmere twinset dress cardigan with her Peretti bone cuff & earrings just as she would've wanted lord I miss her so much!

[@lastdays3148]

Mr.Halston was a Dapper Man. I wished I could go back to the 1970s and the 1980s again to have Mr.Halston design a one of kind Elegant Ball Gown for me. His Fashionable Wardrobe for women were so Feminine and Elegant.

[@webgirl]

I lost my mom recently and this touched my heart. Here’s to the women (and men) who were just too fabulous for words.

[@louiscaruso4167]

@@lastdays3148 Halston gave birth to a fabric called Ultrasuede...I bought this jacket back in the day and I still have it and it is virtually new. One great thing about Halston was his timeless designs and the quality fabrics he used like 6 ply cashmere...

[@corneliuswashington9218]

I was able to give my mom and one of my best girlfriends a pair of his sunglasses... they wore them to death and got tons of compliments..

[@norbertodiez4154]

Your mum sounds like one of the most stylish woman ever, so lucky to have bought that manny Halston stuff, I have just started collecting his designs and I would love to have any of the pieces you have mentioned 😍

[@chillie2552]

It’s 2021 and I would wear these clothes today-just beautiful-free flowing-yet conservative, classy, elegant!

[@user_27357]

Halston clothes were timeless, I would definitely wear them today.

[@The70sGal-mf2xc]

There won't ever be another Halston. What he brought to the fashion world was unique: He wanted to dress all people-Not just celebrities. His flowing elegance and style, not to mention his flair and passion for fashioning clothes that not only looked good but moved. Definitely one of a kind. Rip.

[@1911beauty]

Clothes of this time were very logical. These clothes could easily be worn today.

[@Wohodix]

no

[@sergiovalcheff]

Yes!

[@SoundBlackRecordings]

What's illogical about clothes now?

[@snarkotron1035]

Cloth cut on the bias so it drapes, when cloth drapes it contours to the woman's natural form. It's a straightforward and logical style. Show the female form without structuring it needlessly. A woman can just be a woman underneath a garment without structuring her body into something unnatural just so she can be clothed. It flatters all forms.

[@nycp1969]

Great examples of one of Halston's later collections. Many people forget that he successfully designed full collections for the first half of the 1980s. Halston's easy elegance was overshadowed by this decade's excesses, but Halston was definitely an important part of the 80s fashion scene.

[@sallygray6791]

Yes Ms. Cleveland!! Come through!!

[@lastdays3148]

I certainly missed the Days of Elegant Glamour. Now this was an Elegant Mature Fashion Show. Where the Models knew how to Model the Sophisticated Wardrobe and entertain us on the Runway. The Elegant Lauren Hutton,she was smitten by the Elegant Pat Cleveland on this Runway from 6:19 to 6:45 on the video. RIP to the Dapper Fashion Man himself Mr.Halston.

[@tori2dles]

I love the shots where you can see the spires of St. Patrick’s in the back window. It’s so amazing.

[@70sgirl51]

There will never be another Halston. He was an original that can't be copied.

[@Writer341]

Try Tom Ford. He copied Halston

[@MadoffProductions]

Halston was a pioneer in fashion and in business. His aesthetic elevated American ready to wear. He was the first designer to not put his name on his fragrance bottle and let the bottle identify the fragrance, thanks to Elsa Peretti's design genius. Although Halston was eviscerated in the fashion press for doing a venture with JC Penney, within the next three years all the major designers were doing lower priced lines to widen their market. As Halston told me, "Why should I let all the companies that knock off my designs make all the money - I'll knock myself off." He was very savvy with his customers and press long before social media. He understood the allure of celebrity and the importance of supporting artists such as Martha Graham. Halston defined an era in our popular culture. Look at fashion during that time, it was populated by individuals who started and owned their own companies. Halston was acquired by a public company. He didn't fully understand the price we would end up paying. He was early in doing that too. Now the fashion business is dominated by a few global enterprises. Like the movie business, which went from independents in the 60s, 70s and 80s to major studios, the fashion business lost its edge and distinction as large financial companies took it over. Halston was a person of excess. But that's far from the whole story. He manifest a certain time in our popular culture and was a casualty of it. There is a much richer story to be told.

[@ohyeah971]

Agreed. The real Halston story is the epic story of an American genius.

[@TheBeverly7]

Halston was truly in a class by himself simply amazing! Pat Cleveland was the ultimate runway model ! The scene in which she serves the runway in the silver lame gown floating up and down the runway like a sylph sent shivers of delight up and down my spine!

[@ld1655]

Just watched the Halston documentary on Amazon Prime. It was great and a tribute to a designer that knew the meaning of taste. He was an icon. He was also one of the few designers of his time that promoted diversity and had black models modeling his designs on the runways. Check out the very young Iman in the documentary. Also loved his Halston fragrance which was a very feminine scent in a wonderful and simple bottle design.

[@corneliuswashington9218]

...Iman...still talks about him.and how nervous she was walking for him...and how brilliant and nice he. was to her..

[@brierodriguez3254]

This man ushered in the future of fashion 💯

[@scorpioninblue]

He was truly the ultimate American designer ! There will never be another like him, the clothes would be as perfect today as they were then!! Pat Cleveland brought the house down in that one-shouldered scarf gown and proves that she is the greatest runway model in fashion history!!!!!

[@bigeetah]

SO refreshing to hear a designer talk thoughtfully about the times they live in and the lives of women they dress....These days it seems that most designers think all women do is get up at 5pm and go out to cocktails or some ball.

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

i see Andy Warhol shooting ....in the audience...also i have to say that Halston did so much for Martha Graham...i really appreciated that about him...also..he was his own man...he was his own person...and he believed in QUALITY...he wanted everyone to have the BEST...and he was a great AMERICAN STANDARD...

[@tneahstrobel2197]

Perfection. Halston has influenced designers from Armani, Donna Karan to DVF. You can see it in his clothes. They look so simple, but there was nothing simple about them. Absolute GENIUS. All time favorite. No wonder it is so hard to find vintage pieces. You would never give these up.

[@scorpioninblue]

Its rare that a designer's work becomes truly timeless, his clothes definitely were.

[@daniandare8]

For me Halston was the most modern stylist couturier of America in the 70s. I saw Lauren Hutton watching the parede and the brazilian model Dalma Callado on the parede. Wonderfull defile. Danian.

[@merrymanjarrez190]

There's no other designer that I've ever liked did I never liked more than Halston although I never got to wear his clothes I often thought he was the best designer that ever was or will ever be

[@cross75man75]

It's funny to see and remember that at one time models did their own make-up.

[@a.rrucker5450]

Cross75 man I know

[@lginpdx]

I agree. By 1998 all of the top designers seemed to prefer sleep walking zombies.

[@sallygray6791]

❤ It would be an absolute pleasure to sit and have a conversation with Halston!!

[@kvidal08]

Rest in love Genius 💙

[@natemoe3134]

Still very current looking, great designer.

[@Heavensparadise777]

I love how he describes everything ❤️

[@RADIUMGLASS]

It's hard to imagine that he would be almost 100.

[@tori2dles]

He would have just turned 89 last month. Wow. He didn’t look that old in these interviews but he was in his mid-40’s to early 50’s. He was so handsome.

[@marlinfrank1362]

I like how Halston didn't employ a near endless stream but rather just 10 or 12 models for his shows. The show probably took longer but the models gave the clothes personally with their bright smiles and twirls (today's models don't do that).

[@CharlotteFairchild]

He loved women. He didn't make them look ugly as so many designers are successful in making women look ugly. I liked his profiles.

[@rubered3692]

Timeless designs

[@mariaprovkina]

He is simply the King of real minimalism in the US 🤷🏻‍♀️👑

[@alamc200]

I've alway loved Halson's clothing! So beautiful, practical, classic and elegant. And that dancer modeling at 17:54 has amazing back muscles!

[@beckyjoelle4929]

Back when models didn’t look 12

[@mayac.1345]

Correct

[@The70sGal-mf2xc]

Absolutely. And models that looked like models, not lifeless mannequins. Halston was the best American fashion designer that ever was.

[@tori2dles]

Pat Cleveland’s little grin and spin. 💕

[@firouz4296]

There was a lot of twirling involved in modeling! I got dizzy watching the girls twirl for their lives. Pat Cleveland looks absolutely stunning in this. She Makes all the other girls look like interns 😂

[@theresabraddock9310]

aside from the fashions he really has just as perfect manner of speaking and clarity in his explanations. impessive

[@CECILIOHECTOR]

BEAUTIFUL American design chic classic fun easy wear

[@bigeetah]

They sure as hell can walk down a runway much better than any shlumpy, clumpy model today.

[@Bbcream342]

That was back in the day when models really went to school

[@pmoneywest8099]

80s Ready to Wear REALNESS 💯🔥👨🏾‍🏫

[@theoryg]

Halston had the best apartment and work space of any designer ever. I get bored just looking at St Laurent studios and house.

[@jrd3523]

Because you're clueless.

[@belairscents]

HALSTON was a head of his time!

[@doriangraye1971]

Halston defined chic

[@stylecollective-qt9um]

Pat Cleveland is so extra I can't help but love her! 🍸

[@cadicorniche]

I miss the elegance and simplicity of a Halston design. Hell, I miss that from fashion, period!

[@corneliuswashington9218]

...his patterns are still available.. have some of his things whipped up for you..and when the clubs and shows and fine restaurants open again...think of the moments of elegance and drama you will create.. enjoy !!!!

[@soniasg8639]

1980s natural beauty unlike plastic surgery used by today's models.

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

Chills....and NO ONE...can work a runway like BABY DOLL PAT CLEVELAND..... RIP HALSTON !!!!

[@Philokally]

When feminine elegance still ruled the runway -- Pat Cleveland, Margaret Donohoe, Karen Bjornson, Chris Royer, Alva Chin, Dalma Callado -- and Lauren Hutton in the front row.

[@corneliuswashington9218]

...and done forget the gent in this video...Joe Spinelli...

[@ivonnealvarezmorales8987]

Saludos desde México 🙌🎇,yo no lo conocía y he quedado encantada con sus diseños es un maestro nato de la moda y elegancia.

[@scottg8883]

A great designer. I love his aesthetic. The men's suits look very elegant.

[@vinilesplay2.06]

Only the good die young! What a tragedy!😢

[@moonmong4197]

Mr Halston is genius and smart!😎

[@jc6594]

Today Commemorates Halston's 85th Birthday

[@Heavensparadise777]

The fashion shows were I-CO-NIC!!!

[@laminage]

I loved the part where he's trying out the Dress on one of his Models. I sometimes wonder if John McCook (Eric Forrester) on The Soap Opera The Bold & The Beautiful watched Clips of Fashion Designers and how they work. He was so convincing as a Designer.

[@debrabolton9372]

Such a talented man who threw his life away by his excesses and very poor business decisions. Tragic.

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

The women float down the runway....

[@lastdays3148]

The 70s 80s 90s had the best Runway Models. Nowadays,we have the Zombies walk Stare Models walking down the Runways.

[@belational]

Love the production company name :-)

[@wannad8290]

Looooove HALSTON ❤️❤️❤️

[@LRB04]

In my early designing days,I use to be afraid of working with suede, but Halston changed that.

[@decnijfkris3706]

wow these models knew their job.

[@marmavit]

WOW The office looks exactly like in the Netflix movie, I wonder if htey could shoot in exactly the same location

[@harperwelch5147]

This is why the real Halston is not represented well by the latest Netflix version. Here he is real, authentic, not a characterization like he's portrayed in the new series. The portrayal just isn't enough like Halston. It feels like acting.

[@suechambers9151]

Unfortunately Halston was not available to play the role. Mr McGregor is playing a role. We needed to see the history of design and that’s what was on the screen. We each have an imagination and each of us sees actors differently. It’s more challenging when we have the real person to compare with.

[@loribyrnes5851]

It is acting, and Ewan Mcgregor was amazing!

[@musicsavage]

Pat Cleveland starting at 06:25!! LMAO. This girl has always been over the top.

[@KCCardCo]

Halston was the fashion designer who looked like a movie star.

[@Heavensparadise777]

Halston knew his clothing!

[@KCCardCo]

There was another one of these from 1979 and it got taken down

[@yvonnemignon]

My Absolute Favorite DESIGNER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you soooooooo much for posting this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nmikloiche]

Yvonne Mignon Halston does no wrong. Just so sophisticated, wearable, and beautiful things he gave to us. A tragedy we lost him and his keen eye.

[@corneliuswashington9218]

He has patterns... buy them and have something made for you !!!

[@stuartlee6622]

Anybody know what became of Hal Oringer, fashion photographer??

[@kirstymckenzie8989]

Feel sad that I never heard of this fabulous man till Netflix. Why?? Oh cause he sold his name. Such a shame. Great vid thank you. X

[@Marisol9111-w3p]

Where have u been?his name is iconic! So du get all ur info from Netflix? There is a world out there that can teach u much more than a computer or I phone can.

[@kirstymckenzie8989]

@@Marisol9111-w3p why are you hating. Vintage Fashion is not a subject . I have ever needed to follow. O... k

[@kirstymckenzie8989]

@@Marisol9111-w3p for the record his name is all but forgotten here in the u.k. no one cares about it.

[@kirstymckenzie8989]

Troll

[@jbak87]

I think it has to do with the fact that his career died down in the 80's and that he's been dead for a long time. You are more likely to know about Halston if you are into fashion history and maybe gay history.

[@nursegrace7492]

I recognize Pat Cleveland, Karen Bjornson, Chris Royer...is the brunette model at 04:40 and 09:00 Joan Severance?

[@lastdays3148]

04:40 I believe her name is Margaret.

[@Philokally]

Yes, Last Days, Margaret Donohoe -- a striking beauty.

[@steventutino3560]

Margaret's beauty is very striking ... timeless. I've been doing research on her, trying to find out anything I can, but there's practically nothing about her personal life...is she even still alive?

[@saltressX]

❤️💋🥰 70’s

[@Ofa337]

@ 6:25 Pat Cleveland...the One and Only?!

[@TheBeverly7]

Alva Chhin LOVELY AS USUAL!

[@ChescoYT]

*They were INSANE firing this man from his own company! What was the company without him? Nothing! Terrible business decision for your investment! Idiots. The execs & investors were just as ego-manic. Nobody wants to touch the clothes after he left the company. People buy & wear it because they want a piece of his art & lifestyle.*

[@TheKazadoodle]

He was becoming extremely difficult to work with and his addiction was out of control - not good for business.

[@taylortlat2214]

This looked way ahead of its time and I we fashion and hairstyles in this that are still edgy today.

[@godsfavorite616]

I noticed that too🤔

[@laminage]

He also created The Pillbox Hat that Jackie Kennedy wore when John F. Kennedy became President in 1961 as well as the "Masks" many of which were worn at Truman Capote's "Mask Ball" in the 1960's. Truman Capote was one of the Greatest Celebutantes of all time.

[@maurog7238]

Margaret donohue de una increible belleza

[@mr.g1537]

Margaret Donahue was maybe the nicest and sweetest runway model of the 20th Century. That’s a FACT ✅

[@steventutino3560]

Her beauty is very striking ... timeless. I've been doing research on her, trying to find out anything I can, but there's practically nothing about her personal life...is she even still alive?

[@vicodincreamer4831]

Ewan really got his voice down!

[@nicolakirton2252]

Perhaps it is being Scottish that did this for me, but I did hear the merest hint of a Scottish twang in his accent in that role, but it was just the most minimal hint of Scottish, otherwise, he has been the closest match to the real person's voice I have ever heard.

[@w.urlitzer1869]

the Warhol art work! and him at 14:30.

[@ohyeah971]

They literally locked him out of that glass office. he was banging on the doors as the suits sat inside. This should have been a major scene in the Netflix story. The real narrative of the man’s life was much more fun and fantastic than portrayed in the recent film. They almost made him boring.

[@3618499]

(sigh) " From ' back in the day ' when MOST people, actually, cared about how They looked. Nowadays, virtually ' anything goes ' no matter what your gender. Although not Everyone could afford Halston or other high fashion designer wear, department and specialty stores were stocked with fashionable knockoffs that reflected tasteful dress. Sadly, with the dawning of Generation X, overall American society and workforce has since turned into ' The People of Walmart ' . "

[@paulines581]

Men who design for women. Are there any well known women who design for men, officially and receive the same recognition for the same standard of creativity?

[@JDirrty08]

I see Lauren Hutton and Andy Warhol in the front row

[@lorrainemudd5022]

I noticed the models smile a little.now they show no expression

[@jnigelm]

If he said “conservative” one more time...

[@mr.g1537]

It’s very sad to say, that the recent mini-series was extremely factual. Do people really want to see anything even for a minimum of five hours with a totally unsympathetic leading character? No matter how much money it cost to produce or how well it’s acted. Perhaps that is the sadist thing of all! 😂

[@eleonorevissers1011]

halston was and is the best loved his cloth we need more fashion like that today may be the young will learn how to dress?????????.....

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

Some of those models at the beginning were a bit...plain, shall we say?

[@louiscaruso4167]

Halston gave birth to Ultrasuede.

[@forteboston]

Yes but it's important to remember that the original fabric was commissioned by the iconic Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake. Halston didn't technically create it, but did use it to its best on the runway.

[@azabujuban-hito-dake]

Who is that beautiful brunette

[@yank196101]

Nancy Reagan loved his work.. When he was on his hospital bed his friends ran out and spent on his credit cards.

[@kirstymckenzie8989]

Oh wow.

[@marc8h726]

I hate how the models are spinning, smiling and acknowledging with the audience.

[@palomabovary8198]

Never erase this or KILL MYSELF!

[@ppp9752]

Andy Warhol in the audience

[@lginpdx]

I find it interesting that some of these models are barely pretty compared to the 90s set.