Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

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A glowing, prismatic portrait of the rise and fall of America’s first celebrity designerHalstonthe man who was synonymous with fashion in the 1970s, and became the emperor of NYC nightlife. Interviews with friends and witnesses (including Liza Minnelli, Diane Von Furstenberg, André Leon Talley, Anjelica Huston, Bob Colacello, and Billy Joel, among others) round out this glittering evocation of the man who defined the most beautiful and decadent era of recent memory.

MRQE Metric: 53

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