at the time of its release. “I was at a point in my career where I had so much interaction with the corporate world and those interactions could be very painful and traumatic,” he said. “As a creative person, you’re faced with the wall of corporate interest – and those people speak an entirely different language.
Liza Minnelli; Andy Warhol; Halston; Jack Jr. Haley [& Wife]; Mrs. Mick Jagger - Celebrities during New Year's Eve party at Studio 54: Halston, Bianca Jagger, Jack Haley, Jr. , Liza Minnelli ,Images/Getty Images Halston died of cancer relating to Aids complications in 1990 at the age of 57. As Murphy’s series documents, one of Halston’s last projects was designing the costumes for his friend and longtime collaborator Martha Graham’s ballet. Halston, who had a fractured relationship with the media, is depicted after the show as secretly enjoying the positive press his work received, before tearfully exclaiming with a smile, “reviews don’t matter.
Today, designers continuously grapple with the balance of creative necessity versus corporate power. Sometimes this balance is achieved to great success; other times not. But it’s embedded in the mechanics of the industry. In an age where the names of fashion houses outlive their founders, and crafting a presence on social media is a personal branding exercise in itself, .
AnOtherMagazine Halston was a creative fashion genius who turned around American fashion for women. Who would ever want to buy that European haute couture when I could go to Bloomies and buy Halston. His clothes were magic.