He loved to give people gifts and he loved to be surrounded by his friends.” He used to have Thanksgiving dinners or what he called ‘the orphans of New York’ over for Christmas if they didn’t have family,” she says. “Part of Halston’s personality was that so many people who were brought into the inner circle became like family. He always designed everything himself because he always used to say, ‘Whatever goes out that door has my name on it.’ He was a perfectionist.”Īnother Halston alum from the Olympic Tower days is Ralph Rucci, as is Naeem Khan. Frowick says, “He worked as a design-room assistant. Sprouse worked for Halston for a year or two in the early Seventies. She’s still there,” says Frowick.Īlong with signature styles in chiffons and silk jerseys, there will be personal notes, accessories and sketches, including ones from Stephen Sprouse and fashion illustrator Joe Eula from the designer’s personal archives that have never been previously displayed. So he paved the way for her to blossom at Tiffany’s and the rest is history with her.
“Halston said he and Elsa were both Taurian and they used to lock horns all the time. New to the States and trying to make ends meet, Peretti modeled for James, and then Halston, before doing designs for him. Halston met Peretti through Charles James. Toward the end, Victor was working a lot with Warhol,” Frowick recalls.Ī real “nature boy,” Halston loved natural, fluid, organic shapes as will be evident by early accessories designed by Elsa Peretti, as well as his first fragrance bottle, which will be on view with Hiro-shot ads. They had a camaraderie and the go-between was Victor Hugo. Warhol went to most of Halston’s collections he was always right there in a front row seat taking it all in with his eyes or with his camera. Halston always tapped into his famous friends for fund-raising events specifically for the Martha Graham School of Dance. Obviously each became superstars in their own right.
A tomato-shaped pin cushion with the huge needles Halston had to use for hand sewing, something he did until the end of his life, will also be on display.Īfter meeting on a photo shoot for Bergdorf’s in the Sixties, Halston and Andy Warhol “weren’t bosom buddies at first, but they grew fonder of each other over the years. The pillbox hat Halston designed for Jackie Kennedy to wear to her husband’s inauguration in 1961 will be on view. Years before, Halston had gotten his start studying André Basel’s styling clients’ hair at the Ambassador Hotel he would then design his hats accordingly to fend off the wind. Among the telegrams will be one from the hair stylist simply known as Kenneth, who worked at the Fifth Avenue retailer with him. Presented in eight thematic rooms, the exhibition begins with his first New York job as a hat designer at Bergdorf Goodman for Lilly Daché. Backstage at Gabriela Hearst RTW Spring 2023
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