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>> halston felt he had to design everything. >> perfume, shoes, bags. >> he came like a king. ♪ you spin me right round >> he knew how to get publicity. problem is he began to believe it all. >> i'm the -- >> i took halston to studio 54. >> they fell in love with it right away. >> they lived out a lot of their fantasies. >> drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll. ♪ you spin me right round baby >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. with safelite, you can see exactly when we'll be there. saving you time for what you love most...

Here's a quick look. >> oh, sure, it's fun and it's not fun and as my mother says, it's the price you have to pay. >> the most successful individual in the history of american fashion, halston. >> halston. >> halston. >> i'm halston. >> i made it in new york. >> his clothes danced with you. >> felt he had to design everything. >> perfume, shoes, bags, gloves. >> he knew how to get publicity. the problem was he began to believe it all. >> i'm the all-time optimist. >> i took halston to studio 54. >> he fell in love with it right away. >> they lived out a lot of their fantasies. >> drugs, sex an...

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Halston. >> his clothes hit me, like this is it. this is the fashion that i would want to wear. >> halston embodied chic. his design no more than an expertly cut piece of fabric. no zippers and button, he was a visionary and parties at nightclub's studio 54 were his muse. >> i do everything with every design. you know, they're my designs. i don't have any other designers. >> reporter: despite his status, halston wasn't from a cosmopolitan upbringing he was born roy halston froic in des moines, iowa. a shy, midwestern boy he learned to sew from his grandmother, eventually attending design schoo...

And niece for many years now. and one of the things that's always been on their mind is the public perception of their uncle. people tend to know him, but it's always the image and they tend to know the glossy part of it. no one has really given him his due when it comes to the technical, how good he was technically and creatively, much less his impact on business. so they wanted to give a more complete portrait of their uncle and that's where i came along. i said you're absolutely right, there's an amazing story here and now it's time to tell it. >> and that public persona, that larger than l...