Patricia Mears

As the creator of Jackie Kennedy’s signature pillbox hat and the designer of choice for Liza Minelli in the 1970s, Halston (1932–90) was synonymous with American style: a modern, minimal yet glamorous look that encompassed everything from flowing caftans to ultrasuede dresses, to uniforms that lent panache to airline attendants and The Girl Scouts of America alike. Beginning his career in Chicago in the late 1950s, by 1972 Halston had been named ‘the premier fashion designer of all America’ by Newsweek magazine and was firmly established in New York; he counted such personalities as Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger among his friends and clients. Tall, charismatic, impeccably dressed, Halston personified the lofty ambitions and...

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999