Halston: The glittering rise – and spectacular fall – of a fashion icon
Walk into any department store, and you’ll get a sense of the powerful brands built by high-end American designers: Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan. They created veritable fashion empires by leveraging their names to create lower-priced lines and sign profitable licensing agreements.
But before them all, there was Roy Halston Frowick – better known by the singular appellation Halston.