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Ewan McGregor plays Halston, the American fashion designer, in Murphy’s fun but flawed new series.

Share Netflix’s Halston, the latest show from prolific TV producer Ryan Murphy, chronicles the life of legendary fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick—“Halston” to everyone in his orbit—whose slinky gowns and sharp day dresses defined fashion in the late 1970s and early ’80s. The five-part series is Murphy’s second ode to a fashion genius who made a huge mark on fashion, then died too young. The producer chronicled Gianni Versace’s final days in 2018’s Assassination of Giann...

Halston review: Glossy, sumptuous but flawed Netflix miniseries 14 May, 2021 11:05 PM 4 minutes to read Ewan McGregor stars as Halston, the legendary and tempestuous American fashion designer. Photo / Supplied news.com.au Gowns! Tantrums! Cocaine! Take those three essential ingredients and mix them together with a splash of genius, a glug of emotional insecurity and a shot of betrayal. Voila! A heady fashion designer cocktail, served in the form of a miniseries biopic. The designer in question ...

Halston on Netflix: The True Story of Halstons Boyfriends and What Happened to Them On 5/14/21 at 9:37 AM EDT Halston, which is streaming now on Netflix, details the rise and fall of the acclaimed fashion designer—and some of the men he dated along the way. The mini-series, which stars Ewan McGregor as Halston, tells us about two of his lovers: the mild-mannered Ed Austin (Sullivan Jones) and the volatile Victor Hugo (Gian Franco Rodriguez). As so often happens with shows "based on a true sto...

Before Tom Ford, there was Halston, sharing the same model-like looks, penchant for black turtlenecks and black sunglasses, exquisite taste, flair for creating beautifully cut clothes that expertly walk the tightrope between sophisticated and sexy, and determination to pursue world domination through branding, slapping his name on everything from lingerie and perfume to luggage and bedding (though it’s now commonplace, Halston was the first high-end designer to pioneer such diversification). ...

Ultrasuede shirtdresses and caftans galore: We dig into the story behind the clothes that made the mononymous designer a household name.

Smash. “What I wanted to get into was her emotional journey and her relationship to Halston. They were linked their whole lives, and I think that the two of them meeting created both of them.” The series’ director, Daniel Minahan agrees. “The thing about Halston and Liza,” he says, “is that they gave each other their best selves.” And to embody that dynamic, he needed an actress who could play Minnelli at her best. “Besides the similarities of Krysta’s physicality—she has t...

Bob Strauss May 13, 2021Updated: May 14, 2021, 10:02 am Ewan McGregor in the title role of “Halston.” Photo: Atsushi Nishijima, Netflix The rise and fall of Roy Halston, one of the key names in designer fashion, is dramatized in all its Ultrasuede glory by “Halston,” a five-part limited series coming to Netflix on Friday, May 14. Ewan McGregor (“Trainspotting,” “Moulin Rouge!”) eerily captures the creative energy, haughty attitude and self-destructive excesses of th...

Halston TV Review Plot: The limited series Halston follows the legendary fashion designer (Ewan McGregor), as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status, and fame, literally defining the era he lives in, 1970’s and ‘80’s New York — until a hostile takeover forces him to battle for control of his most precious asset… the name Halston itself. Review: I have long been a fan of Ryan Murphys brand of storytelling. S...

‘Halston: Did A Woman Really Die in the Studio 54 Vents? The new Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix series is full of crazy moments, but did this one really happen? Phil Owen | May 14, 2021 @ 11:42 AM Netflix (Some light spoilers ahead for the fourth episode of the Netflix series “Halston”) The life of Roy Halston Frowick, better known simply as Halston, was not boring. That’s not a word you could accurately throw around about anybody who frequented Studio 54 during its brief reign of glory i...