Halston - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714841064 ISBN 13: 9780714841069

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2001

Synopsis

By the late 1970s, the designer Halston (1932-1990) was synonymous with American style: a modern, minimal yet glamorous look that encompassed everything from a pioneering Ultrasuede dress to flowing caftans to perfume in a sinuous curved bottle, to uniforms that lent panache to flight attendants and The Girl Scouts of America alike. Beginning his career as a milliner to socialites and celebrities in Chicago in the late 1950s, by 1972 Halston had been named "the premier fashion designer of all America" by Newsweek magazine and was firmly established in New York; he counted such personalities as Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger among his friends and clients. Tall, charismatic, impeccably dressed, Halston personified the lofty ambitions and non-stop nightlife of the 1970s and early 1980s as he traveled in jet-set circles both louche and luxe.
This book, a visual anthology of Halston's life and legacy, includes previously unpublished catwalk photographs, rare archival photographs by Andy Warhol, behind-the-scenes images of fashion shows and parties, sketches, and specially commissioned photographs of Halston collections.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Bluttal is an independent curator, archivist, and photography editor based in New York. Patricia Mears is Assistant Curator in the Division of Costumes & Textiles at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.

Review:

"A mighty book - crammed full of images that have defined fashion since the Second World War. - As a photographer many of the image are inspiring and thought provoking, standing as works of art in their own right The narrative deconstructs the fashion world in a humorous and often entreating way."-Accent "Visually, this book is spot-on. Its clean typeface and layouts mirror Halston's honed style... Stuffed with lavish, informative pictures."-Blueprint

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0714841064
• ISBN 13: 9780714841069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560
• Editor: Steven Bluttal