Halston First News Today

The street as well. and the street was where the party was. >> halston first became famous for his hats, his little pillbox hats. and then he moved into making very modern, streamlined clothes. very, very easy-looking garments, but with a lot of panache. >> it allowed the fabric to kind of just graze over a womans curves. and it was revolutionary. >> it was very new because it was minimalistic, and we hadnt seen minimal in fashion. >> halstons view of american fashion was about stripping it of o...

The street as well and the street was where the party was. >> halston first became famous for his hats, his little pillbox hats, and then he moved into making very modern, streamlined clothes. very, very easy-looking garments, but with a lot of panache. >> it allowed the fabric to just kind of graze over a womans curves. and it was revolutionary. >> it was very new because it was minimalistic and we hadnt seen minimal in fashion. >> halstons view of american fashion was about stripping it of orn...

Designer of the 1970s. >> if you looked at clothing and fashion of the 60s and then saw the 70s you see this was a radical change. >> i worked with halston when he was the hotshot movie star, fashion designer. his parties were legendary. >> i knew halston socially. conversations would happen. i was an actor, and i was in fashion. he was interested in my opinions because i wasnt in fashion, and he offered me a job being one of his assistants. his staff was very young. we were still connected to t...