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That they didn't 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 anything? he said no. just sit here. just sit here. we sat there for like 30 minutes. wow. that's new. ...

And he said it's not a death sentence. so, i did the stiff upper lip thing because he didn't like people to cry and just went along with it like, no, it's 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 know, denial and then fighting it and saying, no, this is not going to take me and then finally real...

>> and you turn around that way so you see a decollete. this is iman's fares show. she's 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 and halston came up with this idea that it was like a talent show. ♪ i played the clarinet. he sa...

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 couldn't 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, you're wearing halston. once it started to go, everything started to go. >> i began a very large license program. we were the first american designer to really do this heavy. >> we have two fragrances for men. we have an entir...

>> we said to the chinese executive we're 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. >> it's the beginning of the world tour. fashions by halston. >> i think there's a big change. >> what? >> well, i think it's america's time, really. >> here he is sort of an ambassador of american fashion. he became somewhat like a world figure. >> mr. halston.