Fashion designer, born in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He showed his first collection in 1969, creating the vogue for easy-to-wear clothes, and his understated designs earned four Coty Awards. In 1973 he diversified into luggage and cosmetics.
Roy Halston Frowick, also known as Halston (April 23, 1932–March 26, 1990) was a clothing designer.
Halston was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988.
References in popular culture
In the movie Tootsie (1982) Julie (played by Jessica Lange) asks Michael (played by Dustin Hoffman) if she can borrow his/Dorothy's Halston.
In the Sister's Sledge disco hit "He's The Greatest Dancer" (Atlantic Records 1979) Halston is mentioned in a description of a well-dressed man: "Halston, Gucci, Fiorocci - he looks like a still, the man is dressed to kill"
The Billy Joel song "Big Shot" contains the lines: "And they were all impressed with your Halston dress/and the people that you knew at Elaine's."
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