Michaela Vargas Caro interviews Cuban-American designer Jeriana San Juan for The 1970s was a formative decade for American luxury designers who began to revolutionize fashion. It was the first time American garment designs created an iconic fingerprint, which impressed the industry with its relaxed silhouettes and ready-to-wear aesthetics compared to the more habitually copied French & European haute couture styles. Many of today’s Fifth Avenue moguls were at the precipice of becoming household names, including Roy Halston Frowick — known as the mononymous Halston, one of the foremost visionary designers of the time. In May, Netflix debuted a limited miniseries to depict the personal story, rise to fame, and legacy of the late mid-western born and raised designer and his significant contribution to the essence of American fashion that persists today. Alongside Halston, played by Ewan McGregor, the series features his entourage of larger-than-life celebrities, socialites, and models, such as singer Liza Minnelli (Krysta Rodriguez), artist Victor Hugo (Gian Franco Rodriguez), model Elsa Peretti (Rebecca Dayan), and illustrator Joe Eula (David Pittu). They were muses for Halston’s archival creations of kaftans, halter gowns, Ultrasuede coats, and other pioneering styles in the biopic. [. . .]