This documentary is a glossy, messy, highly watchable biography of the handsome, charismatic American milliner, innovative fashion designer, New York celebrity and brand creator Roy Halston Frowick, who styled himself simply "Halston" and died in 1990 of an Aids-related condition in San Francisco retirement at the age of 57. It's presented as a personal journey to discover the secret of the man's life by Whitney Sudler-Smith, an aficionado of the 1970s, who changes his suits, hair colour and barbering for every interview, comes over like a Us cousin of Julian Clary and affects to know little about his subject.
The movie is a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, decadent period in Manhattan and makes a considerable case for Halston's importance: he designed Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat for the 1961 inaugural, seems to have invented casual chic, put something authentically American into world fashion, as well as designing uniforms for the Girl Scouts,...
The movie is a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, decadent period in Manhattan and makes a considerable case for Halston's importance: he designed Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat for the 1961 inaugural, seems to have invented casual chic, put something authentically American into world fashion, as well as designing uniforms for the Girl Scouts,...
- 9/24/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
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