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He decided to sell the house. he decided he was going to live his last moments of his life with his family in california. >> he left. and he completely hid away and didn't want anybody to see him. >> we would write him letters. >> i did not know that he was ill. i wish i could call him now. >> there was a period of people i knew that will never come back. but i remember them.
Get on. >> very hard to do an interview about your best friend, especially what's popular in that day and age is digging a little. i didn't like it. i hated it when they did it to my mother or my father or myself. and i won't do it to halston. i just won't. i refuse. >> in june, he had summer to do for jcpenney, which was way late at that point. >> don't go into jcpenney anymore. i don't know why, but that's when everything went upside down. >> i think he thought that if he went on strike and didn't design the collections that he had
>> didn't you run into some trouble with bergdorf who was -- >> oh, not at all. no, i don't think so. you know, bergdorf -- i wish them well. i started my career at bergdorf and helped to make bergdorf famous. bergdorf is a rather small account compared to all america. >> he was very upset. he didn't understand it, also shocked over the fact that that could happen that quickly. >> did bergdorf goodman drop your line because you went to penney's? >> they i think felt threatened. but i think there's a way out of it. >> your connection to bergdorf is a very important -- >> he stepped out of the n...
I came upon this thing in olympic tower. and that was the end of the search because that's the one we're going to get. the architect came up with some plans and halston didn't like them. he wanted something that took spectacular use of the space. and he began to design what he wanted. >> mirrors everywhere. the walls were mirrors. everything was mirrors. >> halston made sure that his entire work room were in a room with a lot of windows, so as they sewed and fitted every day they didn't feel confined. that really impressed me.
He decided to sell the house. he decided he was going to live his last moments of his life with his family in california. >> he left. and he completely hid away and didn't want anybody to see him. >> we would write him letters. >> i did not know that he was ill. i wish i could call him now. >> there were people i knew that would never come back. but i remember them.