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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 woman's curves. and it was revolutionary. >> it was very new because it was minimalistic, and we hadn't seen minimal in fashion. >> halston's view of american fashion was about stripping it of ornamentation, so halston was all about the cut and all about the fit and all about the movement 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 woman's curves. and it was revolutionary. >> it was very new because it was minimalistic and we hadn't seen minimal in fashion. >> halston's view of american fashion was about stripping it of ornamentation, so halston was all about the cut and all about the fit and all about the movement of ...

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 wasn't in fashion, and he offered me a job being one of his assistants. his staff was very young. we were still connected to the streets. we were still connected to the younger people and not the rich people that were buyin...