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Apr 6, 2024 · Lifestyle, History. The 1980s was a decade where fashion became a way of audacious self-expression. Imagine entering a time when your everyday attire could include a mix of neon spandex, acid-wash denim, and shoulder pads that could rival a linebacker’s gear. In the ’80s, fashion was as eclectic and varied as the music of the time.
May 15, 2021 · A new Netflix series about the designer’s turbulent life hits all the tabloid plot points but misses the soul of his work. Ewan McGregor plays the miniseries’ namesake star, who, at the height ...
May 14, 2021 · Halston. “Halston” is an empathetic portrait of someone you wouldn’t want to work for, be in love with, or trust a great deal of money with. The American women’s fashion designer, an “artist who liked to spend money,” was audacious to put it lightly, and so too is this compelling epic about ego that embeds you in his world of ...
May 17, 2021 · Towards the end of his life, Halston was admitted to the Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center. On March 26, 1990, the designer breathed his last after developing a deadly form of cancer called Kaposi’s sarcoma. Even though the brilliant and fabulous Halston died at the age of 57, the annals of fashion will always bear his name in gold.
Aug 23, 2021 · August 23, 2021 11:02am. Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix. Ewan McGregor has earned some of the best notices of his long career—and an Emmy nomination—for his lead role in Halston, the Netflix ...
May 4, 2023 · John Williams. IMAGE VIA WIKIPEDIA. With the Cold War coming to a close, the late 1970s was a time period when America desperately needed a hero. Star Wars presented a hesitant farm boy, shoved a laser sword in his hand, and delivered. In an era when Americans had lost heroes in whom to believe, Lucas created a myth for our times.’.
Halston himself became a household name - pioneering the idea of fashion as media and of the designer as a star. His empire grew to include dozens of licenses. In the late 70s, he became a regular at Studio 54 and drugs took a toll on his output. As Halston‘s behavior grew more erratic, he became more and more isolated in his Olympic Tower ...
