Halston

A fascinating, informative, insightful, 105-minute documentary that chronicles the fabulous life and career of legendary, Iowa-born fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick from 1984 until his death from AIDS in March 1990 through archival film clips of his stunning fashions and interview snippets with filmmaker Joel Schumacher, columnist R. Couri Hay, partner Victor Hugo, actresses Liza Minnelli and Marisa Berenson, models (such as Pat Cleveland, Nancy North, Chris Royer, Alva Chinn, and Karen Bjornson), Halston workroom supervisor Fred Rottman, tailor Gino Balsamo, fashion curator Fred Dennis, jewelry designer Elsa Peretti, Made-to-Order director Sassy Johnson, writer Bob Colacello, Bergdorf assistant Tom Fallon, secretaries Podie Lynch and Faye Robson, Norton Simon president David Mahoney, personal assistant Lisa Zay, artist Andy Warhol, Sales Vice President Don Friese, public relations director Paul Wilmot, Playtex CEO Joel Smilow, niece Lesley Frowick and brother Robert Frowick, workroom manager Tom David Ridge, and lawyers Malcolm Lewin and Michael Lichtenstein.
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