- Hardcover: 560 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd; edited by Steven Bluttal, essays by Patricia M... edition (1 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0714841064
- ISBN-13: 978-0714841069
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 15 x 5.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 570,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Visually, this book is spot-on, Its clean typeface and layouts mirror Halston's honed style... stuffed with lavish, informative pictures.'
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As the creator of Jackie Kennedy's signature pillbox hat, the designer of choice for Liza Minelli and other sequined celebrities in the 1970s, and the inventor of a deceptively simple yet glamorous approach to women's sportswear, Halston (1932-1990) is recognized as a significant figure in fashion around the world. Halston was a prolific designer whose creations throughout his career spanned the extremes of fashion: from prosaic uniforms for airlines and car rental companies to extravagant party frocks for well-heeled socialites. This is a visual anthology of Halston's life and legacy - a picture-led history of Halston as a fashion innovator. Images and text are organized in rough chronological order, mixing paparazzi shots with catwalk photographs, archival photographs by Andy Warhol, behind-the-scenes images of fashion shows and parties, sketches, and specially-commissioned photographs of Halston collections. A biographical essay introduces the book, and six 600-word texts on different periods of Halston's career are interspersed throughout, along with selected quotes by Halston, his associates, clients and famous friends.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A great look at the images that were Halston, but scant detail of the underbelly of the 70s. Best read in conjunction with the 'The Last Party' by Anthony Haden Guest and the Warhol Diaries for those who are looking into this time period and scene.
For those interested in just the fashion side of things, this book shows clearly why Halston was ahead of the game and the designs that still stand today.
For those interested in just the fashion side of things, this book shows clearly why Halston was ahead of the game and the designs that still stand today.
Format:Paperback
If you're after a factually correct or interesting description of the life of Halston and his infamous cronies then this may not be the right book for you. If you wish for inspirational pictures of his designs then this, unfortunately, is only a modest attempt at that. Although the fashion plates and social photos are numerous, I consider that this publication's main failing in representing the essence of Halston and his work is the small cheap format of the book. The small A5 (?) size, which is approximately 2 inches thick, is ridiculous for displaying anything beautifully. The book is difficult to use because to view the entire page one has to nearly crease the spine to get the tiny book open wide enough to appreciate the pictures.
Despite all this, I kept the book because many of his main designs are featured. To get around the useless publication format I took the book apart and placed it in a ring binder- It wasn't hard as Phaidon are not renowned for their high quality book binding either!
It is a cheap and useful chronology and as such you get what you pay for, but it could have been produced in a far more appreciative and professional manner. I certainly would be prepared to pay for a higher quality editorial production of his work. In addition, unfortunately Halston's hedonistic social-life and work are always glued together in any retrospective of him (particularly in the `later years'), and that is entirely understandable and appreciated; however, I long for a book that concentrates on his actual fashion, fabric and design skills; it would be a challenge for a creative writer in fashion design to do this- I mean, I really don't care much about Andy Warhol and other vacuous socialites of the time. How did Halston meet and achieve the technical challenges in some of those fabulous designs?
Despite all this, I kept the book because many of his main designs are featured. To get around the useless publication format I took the book apart and placed it in a ring binder- It wasn't hard as Phaidon are not renowned for their high quality book binding either!
It is a cheap and useful chronology and as such you get what you pay for, but it could have been produced in a far more appreciative and professional manner. I certainly would be prepared to pay for a higher quality editorial production of his work. In addition, unfortunately Halston's hedonistic social-life and work are always glued together in any retrospective of him (particularly in the `later years'), and that is entirely understandable and appreciated; however, I long for a book that concentrates on his actual fashion, fabric and design skills; it would be a challenge for a creative writer in fashion design to do this- I mean, I really don't care much about Andy Warhol and other vacuous socialites of the time. How did Halston meet and achieve the technical challenges in some of those fabulous designs?
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Nice pictures, strange size
26 Mar 2008
Format:Hardcover
The book is great if you are just looking for a collection of Halstons's fashion photos. There are really great shots of the clothes, and a lot of the glamorous people that wore them. The book, however, is a really strange size. It's really small, but really thick (6" by 4",and about 3 inches thick). I was anticipating a coffee table type book, but this is too odd of a size to display lying on a table. The text was a bit random and sparse, and the type identifying the photos was difficult to read on several pages. I liked it overall, but it will end up on shelf and I probably won't pick it up very often.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
The Fashion-ista's Favorite
28 Oct 2001
Format:Hardcover
WOW. A knock-out! Bluttal has cumulated a splendid chronicle of the career of America's definitive fashion star, Roy Frowick Halston.
The book gathers and presents the photographic richness that you must have to know why Halston mattered and continues to. The sequence, arrangement, and ingenious categories all articulate the Halston passion for pure color, form and line that made him legend and attracted the star-studded clientele and the trademarking of his family name as a label still very much in evidence today, a decade after his death.
Wistful nostalgia over the Studio 54 years and the innocence of New York in those years are the only drawback of paging through this tome.
BRAVO BLUTTAL! Your fat fat fashion clutch should be on every gift list - the best fashion bargain of the year!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
SIZE QUEEN ! great one but tiny
12 Sep 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The only thing I object to ,is trying to contain HALSTON to a 5 x 7 inch format .Whos idea was that ? The man was large ,the times were large and then This Book is small! RE DO IT ,About the size of interview magazine ,POO POO on the Size
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