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Thought of his collection. this time he asked me what i thought of his collection. honestly, it was like someone had punched me in my stomach. >> if you lived in another epic, in another time in another city, could you pick it for me? >> no way. tomorrow is going to be better. next week is going to be better. no, no, no. im the all-time optimist. i like it right now. >> the problem was simply drugs. he had gone way too far. >> i dont do tuxedos. >> he was out of control. out of control was symme...

Thought we hit it off. >> youd never think carl would ever be with halston. i mean, physically, mentally, anything. but when carl came in, in a very strange way, halston liked him a lot. >> he kept saying i have never had the right kind of management. and thats part of our problem. and he gives me a kiss on the forehead. it was wonderful. and then he says youre now the king. and he made with his own hands the crown that he gave me. >> halston i think honestly believed that carl epstein was going...

They looked fantastic. you know, if you didnt know the back side of the story, it looked like a fantastic trip. halston and the group here, halston and the group there. they all look great. you know, half of them are really miserable, but they all look terrific. >> its exhausting. and im just starting. >> we had a film crew following us the whole time. >> go back, go back, go back. >> every day was directed by halston. >> get out of the camera way. the cameras are here. so you cant be -- you hav...

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And all his friends, i mean, including andy and all of us were very happy for him. >> he told me, jean ogino, werg to be very busy because im going to design furniture, car interiors. im going to design carpet. >> dont you find if you take on that many things that one of your projects is going to suffer? >> its rather like growing a tree. everyone thinks youre an overnight success. ive worked very hard for 20 years. and, you know, its just a further extension of it. its just another branch. they...

That they didnt necessarily need anymore. >> when i first met him, he was quite distraught. he was so frustrated and so angry, he had trouble completing sentences and thoughts. suddenly, he was cast adrift. i guess i can best put it the way halston put it, that the folks from planet tampon landed on planet halston. ♪ >> i saw him tired at times. i thought he was really tired. >> one time i came in and i think he might have had a panic session. he just seemed very stressed. i said can i do anyt...

And he said its not a death sentence. so, i did the stiff upper lip thing because he didnt like people to cry and just went along with it like, no, its not a death sentence. no. but you have to remember so many people were getting sick in those days. >> the fashion industry here is being devastated by aids. >> when perry almost died in 1986, his company denied it was aids-related. >> there is no drug, no vaccine, no prevention, there is no cure. >> he handled it the way he had handle it. you kno...

>> and you turn around that way so you see a decollete. this is imans fares show. shes never been in a fashion show before. how do you feel about your first fashion show, iman? >> very nervous. >> do you think the models are some of the sexy, most beautiful girls in the world? >> sometimes. >> do you think they should all be in the movies? >> no. >> he also loved the idea of being controversial. i remember the cody awards show. he decided it was going to be happening. so anything goes. >> andy a...

Simplicity was the keynote. so his name was on the ribbon with which the bottle itself was tied. no one else had done it that way before. and then the fragrance caught on. it became a seller. largest american designer fragrance. the stores couldnt get it fast enough. it was ballistic. >> you get into a taxi in new york, and the taxi driver would say, oh, you smell good, youre wearing halston. once it started to go, everything started to go. >> i began a very large license program. we were the fi...

>> we said to the chinese executive were coming with a lot of luggage. you have a way of handling it? oh, yes, yes. he came with a shopping cart. we had one shopping cart to move our luggage. >> its the beginning of the world tour. fashions by halston. >> i think theres a big change. >> what? >> well, i think its americas time, really. >> here he is sort of an ambassador of american fashion. he became somewhat like a world figure. >> mr. halston.