That includes some choice quotes about her four husbandsOscar-winning songwriter Peter Allen, TV director and producer Jack Haley, Jr., sculptor Mark Gero, and producer David Gest. Having spent virtually her entire life in the spotlight, Liza Minnelli has been candid about living in the public eye. At the time of his death, Minelli commented: I’m very, very saddened by this loss.
A reception at Elsa Perettis house followed. Following Halstons passing, Minnelli sponsored a tribute to the fashion designer at the Lincoln Center.
He retired to San Francisco where he died two years later from AIDS-complicated lung cancer. By Grant Rindner PUBLISHED: May 18, 2021. Liza Minnellis commitment to Halstons legacy The pair remained close friends until his death in 1990, aged 57. His life on drugs and parties continued, however, until he discovered in 1988 that he had AIDS. His brand began to change hands, he lost control of the company and stopped designing clothes. Penney, a line of rather cheap department stores (anticipating the collaborations between great designers and fast fashion) but the move was received badly: not only was the line a flop but the retailers of his luxury line stopped ordering him. After earning about $30 million (today's equivalent of $183 million), Halston sold his brand to industrialist Norton Simon for $16 million, while remaining its main designer. Ten years later he bought back the brand and, with what became perhaps the wrong decision in fashion history, he signed a six-year collaboration with J.C. If Halston's rise to the Olympus of fashion was spectacular (he was so popular that he designed the uniforms of the NYPD and those of airline staff, along with those of the Girl Scouts), his downfall was something ruinous and absolute – devastating enough to fade his memory into pop culture and erase his brand forever, despite the fact that there have been attempts to bring it back to life. He created one of the cult items of the 70s A draping and pattern-making virtuoso, Halston disagreed with both the system of European couture and the idea of fashion gurus dominating the collective tastes: « The couture concept of one man dressing up one type of woman in one look, while the rest of the world waited breathlessly to follow, ended when Balenciaga retired. We have to abandon the idea we all have to look alike. E sosteneva che la moda dovesse diversificarsi: « The point is to be comfortable . We like them to feel good, as well as look that way». There are enough designers who do that kind of thing. In 1971 Halston told The Miami Herald: « I believe in simple, uncluttered, packable, crease-resistant clothes. Legendary journalist Andre Leon Talley said it was Halston who invented minimalism in ready-to-wear fashion – and in fact, it was Halston who first made the monochrome look and the concept of less is more famous.
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