He was such an elegant, handsome, and of course, talented man. I just finished the Netflix series the other night and was blown away by Ewan McGregor's portrayal and the entire production.
That was my thought exactly!! I initially thought maybe Armie Hammer would have been a better fit, simply for resemblance but McGregor nailed it for sure!
HALSTON was always so respectful of his models….How he acknowledged them by their names as they modeled his fabulous designs is wonderful……I love the linen suit, and the red dress is effortlessly glamorous.❤️❤️❤️
I'm here after Netflix too.. Did you see here how the interviewer asked him about jeans.... My heart skipped a beat. Remember the jeans situation and how he loathed Calvin Klein and his success with jeans. How he thought designer jeans was so tasteless. And his refusal to go into jeans is what began the final downward turn for Halston, the man and the brand.
Good song... but so bitchy Billy! Harsh words about Bianca- I was nine years old I thought that whole album was so cool I would sing into my hairbrush. And Blondie Parallel Lines album.
What a life for someone from a SMALL town. Bravo to Mike Douglas- what a roster of guests in his day! Amazing! Very grateful to his estate for making these available to view. I just watched Mike,'s 1976 half hour interview with Olivia Newton-John from her Malibu home. Gosh, it was like yesterday when I had seen it. It made me so happy to watch that.. Where did 45 years go? RIP Mike Douglas.
@@megalodontheestallion5241 Actually, not shady at all. His response was "Oh sure. I love jeans. All kinds of jeans." Then when pressed further, by Mike Douglas who clearly is the one that isn't a fan of jeans, with the question, "But, where... should they be worn?" He responded with several examples, "I think for the younger public, and I think for country life and I think for beach life and that sort of thing and I think they're sexy and they work for mostly everybody, especially young people. Zero shade there.
I was in the 11th grade. I miss television like this. There were so many shows about people, wonderful variety shows, shows that had trees in them, comedy that wasn't plagued by social and political correctness. AND no cable news spewing lies to the American people!
Funny, I heard the name Halston for the first time in the song *He's the greatest dancer* from Sister Sledge. He was a good looking, classy and elegant man!
Wow! Thank you for uploading this. It's amazing to see this interview. We used to exalt the talented people in our country. We can get there again if we stop letting these stupid small minded politicians drag us all down. Let's celebrate what is beautiful in this world.
Any information about that stunning model in that stunning fox coat? Just beautiful. I think Donna Karan did her best work at Anne Klein. Her 80s layered pieces were original but bland and starting in the 90s she was all over the map. All of the looks here would still work today with one exception--the pantyhose!
when he said jeans look stupid on middle aged people(probably referring 30s age lol now its 40s), I was like hold my beer, jeans are the most basic everyones stable must-have now, but they were not as popular as then.
and her fashions blows Halston's out of the water. Yeah I get it was her fall collection but she uses color & tailoring in a brave & exciting way here while Halston's are basic, look like curtains and wtf was that dreadful black top about?
Yes, if they ever make a movie/mini series on Donna Karan, Leelee would be a shoe-in to play her! She is so lovely and charming here, and it's so great to see her before she started her own wildly successful label. People forget how revolutionary and inspirational that was in the mid 80's. (And I want the male version of that brown suede jacket now in 2021! :P )
@beverly lipscomb, front row, I read the book "Simply Halston", that the Netflix show was based on, and have at least 4 other books about Halston ( I am a big fan), this was a fairly accurate picture of Halston, although the book "Simply Halston was very gossipy, Ryan Murphy, did capture Halston, he was ego driven, catty, haughty, arrogant, demanding, at times insecure, genius at creating a "new" way for women to look and dress, he definitely captured that "jet set" lifestyle that he singlehandedly help create. During those early years,as indicated in the show and detailed in the book, Halston had a great work ethic, and that continued until the nightlife called him, studio 54, coke, Victor Hugo ,fame, success, all formed a perfect storm, that's when hell broke loose, and his personal and business life too. Although the show explored his "relationship" with Victor Hugo, it didn't mention, how Andy Warhol, played a big part in that area too ( messy w queens, lol), Although they maintained a professional relationship, Andy Warhol was completely smitten with Halston,( Warhol has said about Halston how tall and handsome he was) and behind Halston's back Andy Warhol carried on with Victor Hugo encouraging his bad behavior, in the one scene in the show, where Halston is throwing one of his parties, and he goes upstairs, and watches as Victor Hugo is engaged in an orgy with other men and you see someone in the background filming the scene, that someone was Andy Warhol ( this was how it was stated in the book "Simply Halston") I'm surprised that neither Andy Warhol or Biannca Jagger were featured or mentioned in the show, as they both were a part of Halstons life, or even Liz Taylor. Nor did any mention of the Halstonettes, beyond the 2 actresses portraying Pat Cleveland and Karen Bjornson, who didn't say much if anything. But it did accurately detail Halstons relationship with Joe Eula and Elsa Perritti ( who loved and worshipped Halston until they fell out completely, in the book, it was a sable coat, halston had given to Elsa, not fox, that she had thrown in the fireplace at a party at Halston townhouse, not at Studio 54. I think I better stop, probably way too much information, ( as always from me, 😆)
@@TIGGYY1 You read 5 books about Halston! !! Good for you ( Lol) I knew and know people that were in the Halston universe! The fox coat ( yes, it was a Sable coat that Elsa threw in the fireplace) switch in the Netflix series was a sloppy mistake, one of many!!! The series is tired and not very well done.
@@TheBeverly7 hey Beverly, it's me the fashion nerd, ( I'm using another phone I have, lol) we chatted before about fashion, but the other 4 books I have about Halston were basically about his clothes, more picture books than anything else. But I am a big Halston fan, was and still is , always loved his personna, his clothes, etc, I don't know if people realize that he in fact was a pioneer when he stared his collaboration /partnership with JC Penny, he is probably rolling over in his grave, knowing that today it no big deal for a top designer to collaborate with other companies! In fact it's good for business. Lol
i find it funny that he blatantly keeps checking out the interviewer throughout lol also is it just me or does he has a very similar cadence to jackie kennedy?
it was just badly transferred from VHS (or BETA) to digital. Someone didn’t know how to control their levels. The original recording didn’t clip, as audio engineers knew what they were doing with the analog gear of the day.
Halston’s merchandise also survived, his now vintage fashions are still available and very expensive. Celebrities are currently wearing them on the red carpet. Halston would have died in 1990 with or without his partying. The real shame was making the decision to sell his brand/name.
Both Halston and Donna Karen sold their lines. The fact that you are more familiar with the presence of DK today, has more to do with the current owners of their lines.
Is it a major gaffe at th-cam.com/video/gQhOmIKTv6o/w-d-xo.html? He says "let's see the new Anne Klein fashions" except this is Donna Karan. Do I not understand?
He said in the end: "Donna Karen from Anne Klein" And she looked at him like: "wtf?!" Like, she is an independent designer with her own label at that point. Nothing to do with Anne Klein anymore. And yet, he slaps her with this stupid phrase. Like he never got prepared for the interview. Halston is asked about celebs, and she is asked about failures. Wow, definitely not gonna like him. But anyway thanks for the interview! It's priceless to see the history by one's owne eyes.
2:29 "Are you a fan of jeans? Oh sure!" Then he should have added a jeans line to his fashion business, just like Calvin Klein. That would have brought in a lot of cash and the end might not have been so bitter.
You have to understand that back in the late 70s people were just starting to wear jeans as an everyday staple. Before that, jeans were reserved for farm work, cleaning, anything you would do where you would get dirty. My grandmother was born in 1908, and she hated it when we started wearing jeans. She thought it was so uncouth...she told us we all looked like farmers.
@@TT-fl8jt Plus he grew up on a farm, so he probably associated jeans with his past - which he was basically running away from. But, yeah, you remember.
@@fareshajjar1208 Ah, you mean he was code-switching. Everyone does it, even you. Like, you probably use a different tone of voice or fall into a different 'character' when you are with your home family than you do with your co-workers or golf buddies. That's not phony. That's survival. LOL. Halston decided who he needed to be in order to succeed in that industry in that world in that era. Good on him.
@@Adhdisthenewblack No I mean he was pretentious and inauthentic. He was ashamed of his origins. Perhaps it was the acres of cocaine he snorted or the venereal diseases he had. There was nothing noble or healthy about it. It's sad.
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He was such an elegant, handsome, and of course, talented man. I just finished the Netflix series the other night and was blown away by Ewan McGregor's portrayal and the entire production.
The kind of style from the 70’s that aged really well and still looks glamorous today.
Halston that personality He was truly magnetic, and this was such a real treat seeing The American icon Donna Karen. HALSTON FOREVER ♾️
A real designer w a democratic spirit. Halston was a genius.
@@websurfin2010 Hater!
Ewan McGregor nailed the voice.
That was my thought exactly!! I initially thought maybe Armie Hammer would have been a better fit, simply for resemblance but McGregor nailed it for sure!
@@moonhaze8332 Nobody cares what you think , you are a Nobody
My mom rocked Halston. Still got a couple dresses
Halston is pure elegance and class. Still looking for his glasses.
Halston was flirting
I can hear Halston talk all day lol
HALSTON was always so respectful of his models….How he acknowledged them by their names as they modeled his fabulous designs is wonderful……I love the linen suit, and the red dress is effortlessly glamorous.❤️❤️❤️
I like the way Halston introduces his models.
Seeing Mike Douglas really takes me back. He seemed like such a genuinely nice person.
He’s SO nice. I met him at a party!
He had this way of looking at a person as if he is about to kiss them with those glances at the lips.
Brilliant insight, you're so right!
It's so sexyyyyy
You put it into words....
Halston was so sensual in the way he looked at & talked to people😂😍
@ 5:48 You can hear Halston cackle laugh in the back ground and hear someone "sush" him while Donna Karen is talking. Too funny..
This was shot @ Taven On The Green. DK has a penthouse basically across the street. How many are here for the Netflix series ?
I'm here because I love the 70's and am old enough to have been there.
I'm here after Netflix too..
Did you see here how the interviewer asked him about jeans.... My heart skipped a beat.
Remember the jeans situation and how he loathed Calvin Klein and his success with jeans. How he thought designer jeans was so tasteless.
And his refusal to go into jeans is what began the final downward turn for Halston, the man and the brand.
Me! I must admit I never heard of Halston (shame on me).
me !!
I loved it❤
They were all impressed with your Halston dress and the people that you knew at Elaines...- Big Shot -Billy Joel
Good song... but so bitchy Billy! Harsh words about Bianca- I was nine years old I thought that whole album was so cool I would sing into my hairbrush. And Blondie Parallel Lines album.
@@animalsareaware9323 Omg, I had Blondie’s Parallel Lines...dawn of a new age
@@animalsareaware9323 you were ONE cool kid!!
The only style from the 70's that aged so well. Though these designs were made in the 70's, they look like they were made to be 20 years ahead.
What a life for someone from a SMALL town. Bravo to Mike Douglas- what a roster of guests in his day! Amazing! Very grateful to his estate for making these available to view. I just watched Mike,'s 1976 half hour interview with Olivia Newton-John from her Malibu home. Gosh, it was like yesterday when I had seen it. It made me so happy to watch that.. Where did 45 years go?
RIP Mike Douglas.
Wow! You remember watching this(I guess only once) from way back then?
I loved his reply to the question, “Do you like jeans?” “....yes... for country life...”
The shaaaaaade
I wasn’t allowed to wear them much in the country - only to one newspaper job. I am allowed white denim and khaki otherwise.
Not really what he said.
@@megalodontheestallion5241 Actually, not shady at all. His response was "Oh sure. I love jeans. All kinds of jeans." Then when pressed further, by Mike Douglas who clearly is the one that isn't a fan of jeans, with the question, "But, where... should they be worn?" He responded with several examples, "I think for the younger public, and I think for country life and I think for beach life and that sort of thing and I think they're sexy and they work for mostly everybody, especially young people. Zero shade there.
Jordashe , Viddale Sassoon, Sergio Valentay became the designer jeans 👖 of the 1970’s , they advertised on T.V. in N.Y.C. all the time 🤔
I was in the 11th grade. I miss television like this. There were so many shows about people, wonderful variety shows, shows that had trees in them, comedy that wasn't plagued by social and political correctness. AND no cable news spewing lies to the American people!
👍I was a kid but I loved his style and style of clothing. Very classy. 💝
Oh, the fabulous Halston.
"Unless they have a really good figure" Halston saw the future. Today 50 and even some 60 year old women rock jeans very well!!
Strangely, he had a Jimmy Stewart quality to him. Especially when he says “oh sure...”
Maybe a mid western thing?
Funny, I heard the name Halston for the first time in the song *He's the greatest dancer* from Sister Sledge. He was a good looking, classy and elegant man!
Hmmm interesting Maybe that’s who inspired his affect- maybe from Jimmy Stewart and Katherine Hepburn movies
I continue to be amazed as to how wearable these clothes are. One could still wear them today, although fur is not as popular as in the past.
I totally agree!!! He was a visionary.
I'm sorry...but, his voice gets me every time! I'm hooked! He could have got it!
HALSTON 1977 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING ! The Halston model in red! LOl WOW
Halston personified glamour, class, sophistication and style. Tremendously talented.
Excluding the nude pantyhose, these looks are timeless. And don’t get me started on Donna Karen’s outfit..... fabulous!
Fabulous
Incredible!! Two fashion giants!!!
Wow! Thank you for uploading this. It's amazing to see this interview. We used to exalt the talented people in our country. We can get there again if we stop letting these stupid small minded politicians drag us all down. Let's celebrate what is beautiful in this world.
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Amazing footage. Thank you.
P Halston is the only designer I ever loved and wanted to wear his clothes Long live Halsted and I also wish I could have known him
Michael Douglas thought only young people should wear jeans😂🤦🏻♀️
Well consider the times..
lol hes still wearing over 70
Halston and Mike were fascinating personalities
"I'd probably be arrested wearing that"
"No, you'd be FABULOUS in it".
OMG Mom watch Mike Douglas religiously
Ele era tão lindo e elegante!!
Anne Kline was amazing fashion in the 60's and 70's.
Any information about that stunning model in that stunning fox coat? Just beautiful. I think Donna Karan did her best work at Anne Klein. Her 80s layered pieces were original but bland and starting in the 90s she was all over the map. All of the looks here would still work today with one exception--the pantyhose!
The Halston movie was great
when he said jeans look stupid on middle aged people(probably referring 30s age lol now its 40s), I was like hold my beer, jeans are the most basic everyones stable must-have now, but they were not as popular as then.
Meanwhile I'm here on 2021 thinking he looks stupid in that boxy long blazer.
Donna Karan looks like Lelee Sobeiski
and her fashions blows Halston's out of the water. Yeah I get it was her fall collection but she uses color & tailoring in a brave & exciting way here while Halston's are basic, look like curtains and wtf was that dreadful black top about?
She sure does look like her
Yes, if they ever make a movie/mini series on Donna Karan, Leelee would be a shoe-in to play her! She is so lovely and charming here, and it's so great to see her before she started her own wildly successful label. People forget how revolutionary and inspirational that was in the mid 80's. (And I want the male version of that brown suede jacket now in 2021! :P )
Yep
Ewan nailed it
Omg! His performance is SPOT ON!!
Ewan really slowed down Haltons speech though split wasn't 100% spot on, which made him seem even more narcissistic
My left ear enjoyed it
Sorry for the sound problem at the beginning!
Editor: Hey Audio guy, You're Fired!
Audio Guy: I already got paid!
Halston the real deal!!!!! Not that terrible Netflix story!!!!!!
We agree, the Netflix series was trash (though the sets and costumes were marvelous.)
@beverly lipscomb, front row, I read the book "Simply Halston", that the Netflix show was based on, and have at least 4 other books about Halston ( I am a big fan), this was a fairly accurate picture of Halston, although the book "Simply Halston was very gossipy, Ryan Murphy, did capture Halston, he was ego driven, catty, haughty, arrogant, demanding, at times insecure, genius at creating a "new" way for women to look and dress, he definitely captured that "jet set" lifestyle that he singlehandedly help create. During those early years,as indicated in the show and detailed in the book, Halston had a great work ethic, and that continued until the nightlife called him, studio 54, coke, Victor Hugo ,fame, success, all formed a perfect storm, that's when hell broke loose, and his personal and business life too. Although the show explored his "relationship" with Victor Hugo, it didn't mention, how Andy Warhol, played a big part in that area too ( messy w
queens, lol), Although they maintained a professional relationship, Andy Warhol was completely smitten with Halston,( Warhol has said about Halston how tall and handsome he was) and behind Halston's back Andy Warhol carried on with Victor Hugo encouraging his bad behavior, in the one scene in the show, where Halston is throwing one of his parties, and he goes upstairs, and watches as Victor Hugo is engaged in an orgy with other men and you see someone in the background filming the scene, that someone was Andy Warhol ( this was how it was stated in the book "Simply Halston") I'm surprised that neither Andy Warhol or Biannca Jagger were featured or mentioned in the show, as they both were a part of Halstons life, or even Liz Taylor. Nor did any mention of the Halstonettes, beyond the 2 actresses portraying Pat Cleveland and Karen Bjornson, who didn't say much if anything. But it did accurately detail Halstons relationship with Joe Eula and Elsa Perritti ( who loved and worshipped Halston until they fell out completely, in the book, it was a sable coat, halston had given to Elsa, not fox, that she had thrown in the fireplace at a party at Halston townhouse, not at Studio 54. I think I better stop, probably way too much information, ( as always from me, 😆)
@@TIGGYY1 You read 5 books about Halston! !! Good for you ( Lol) I knew and know people that were in the Halston universe! The fox coat ( yes, it was a Sable coat that Elsa threw in the fireplace) switch in the Netflix series was a sloppy mistake, one of many!!! The series is tired and not very well done.
@@TheBeverly7 hey Beverly, it's me the fashion nerd, ( I'm using another phone I have, lol) we chatted before about fashion, but the other 4 books I have about Halston were basically about his clothes, more picture books than anything else. But I am a big Halston fan, was and still is , always loved his personna, his clothes, etc, I don't know if people realize that he in fact was a pioneer when he stared his collaboration /partnership with JC Penny, he is probably rolling over in his grave, knowing that today it no big deal for a top designer to collaborate with other companies! In fact it's good for business. Lol
@@TIGGYY1 From one Halston fan to another, I feel your enthusiasm!!!!! Thank you
It’s pretty ironic that Halston was a milliner for Bergdorf, and became a fashion icon after that.
i find it funny that he blatantly keeps checking out the interviewer throughout lol
also is it just me or does he has a very similar cadence to jackie kennedy?
aweeeee Halston awe
Omg i love this, he was fabulous!!! If he knew whT people wear these days and the lack of elegance!
This man literally being all "Tell me about your biggest failure, don't leave out a detail."
They drank so much that every video from the 1970s has Jaundice?
do you have the Calvin Klein segment?
You can find Calvin Klein at Sears or K mart or Ross.
Halstons designs can still be worn today .. Donna’s not so much
Ewan McGregor got his vibe down pretty good.
Is that Michael Douglas or Merv Griffin?
🦻Ouch! Terrible audio back then! 🔈
it was just badly transferred from VHS (or BETA) to digital. Someone didn’t know how to control their levels.
The original recording didn’t clip, as audio engineers knew what they were doing with the analog gear of the day.
I wonder if Halston was an inspiration for some of Bowie’s transformations?
HALSTON wasted his life by the end at studio 54! Rip
He liked the Disco
Donna Karan fashion survived till this day 2021. Halston F up his fashion from partying.
Donna Karan was young and obviously ambitious, Halston was the tragedy of the times and his own person demons
Halston’s merchandise also survived, his now vintage fashions are still available and very expensive. Celebrities are currently wearing them on the red carpet. Halston would have died in 1990 with or without his partying. The real shame was making the decision to sell his brand/name.
Both Halston and Donna Karen sold their lines. The fact that you are more familiar with the presence of DK today, has more to do with the current owners of their lines.
I had a bottle of his Z-14, and certainly made it irresistible for the Women!!
He was very refined. All men wish they had a thick head of hair like that.
If you forgot where Donna Karan came from well, now you know. PETA would not be happy with the choice of materials today. Shows how far we have come.
Oh please. PETA is a terrorists organization.
Donna is giving me Elizabeth Holmes vibes here
#legend
Halston Sounds like Joan Crawford , looks like her a bit too
Is it a major gaffe at th-cam.com/video/gQhOmIKTv6o/w-d-xo.html? He says "let's see the new Anne Klein fashions" except this is Donna Karan. Do I not understand?
That's correct -- Donna Karan designed for Anne Klein (Klein had died a few years earlier.)
@@FrontRowVideo Ah, gotcha. Thank you.
He said in the end: "Donna Karen from Anne Klein"
And she looked at him like: "wtf?!"
Like, she is an independent designer with her own label at that point. Nothing to do with Anne Klein anymore. And yet, he slaps her with this stupid phrase. Like he never got prepared for the interview. Halston is asked about celebs, and she is asked about failures. Wow, definitely not gonna like him.
But anyway thanks for the interview! It's priceless to see the history by one's owne eyes.
2:29 "Are you a fan of jeans? Oh sure!"
Then he should have added a jeans line to his fashion business, just like Calvin Klein.
That would have brought in a lot of cash and the end might not have been so bitter.
I love 0:06 fart fart fart.... ... .. fart fart! So tastefully mixed!
Halston
That's better.
Really...jeans are stupid?????
Basically unless you had a fabulous figure.
You have to understand that back in the late 70s people were just starting to wear jeans as an everyday staple. Before that, jeans were reserved for farm work, cleaning, anything you would do where you would get dirty. My grandmother was born in 1908, and she hated it when we started wearing jeans. She thought it was so uncouth...she told us we all looked like farmers.
@@TT-fl8jt Plus he grew up on a farm, so he probably associated jeans with his past - which he was basically running away from. But, yeah, you remember.
Ugh real fur 😳
ANN was never a big deal they pumped her , her clothes were ridiculous
Marija Stojicic
Douglas doesn't seem very smart. Some ridiculous questions. And he calls her "Karen" at @9:53.
Reminds me of the time George W. Bush in an interview with Bill O'Reilly, called him "Factor".
The sexual chemistry is palpable
Nice clothes - but ugly shoes
fur is the worst.hate it
The dude was from Iowa. What a fake.
What are you implying about Iowans that leads to your assignment of halston being “fake”
@@Adhdisthenewblack That Iowans don't speak with a fake European accent.
@@fareshajjar1208 What part of that affect do you think is European? Where in Europe? It's not an accent, it's an affect.
@@fareshajjar1208 Ah, you mean he was code-switching. Everyone does it, even you. Like, you probably use a different tone of voice or fall into a different 'character' when you are with your home family than you do with your co-workers or golf buddies. That's not phony. That's survival. LOL. Halston decided who he needed to be in order to succeed in that industry in that world in that era. Good on him.
@@Adhdisthenewblack No I mean he was pretentious and inauthentic. He was ashamed of his origins. Perhaps it was the acres of cocaine he snorted or the venereal diseases he had. There was nothing noble or healthy about it. It's sad.