![]() ![]() And in case you were wondering, there won't be a season 2, so savor each episode. ![]() See below for the main cast of Halston and how they appear in the show. Their performances work well opposite McGregor's larger-than-life portrayal of the famous designer, and give an engaging story even if the story is partially fiction. Liza’s getting married, telling Halston the news after giving stories of Burt Reynolds and Gene Hackman in Mexico during the filming of the 1975 comedy Lucky Lady. However, the actors, a mix of newcomers and veterans, manage to bring the show to life, with all its glitz and glamour. Episode 3, The Sweet Smell of Success turns towards Halston’s personal relationships with Liza and Victor, his best friend and his lover. Halston's family says the production is "inaccurate" and "fictionalized," and in fact, some characters and interactions are entirely made up. However, the series is not entirely factual. Although the biographical drama is short, it manages to pack a number of emotional moments within its run (a character cries or yells at least once per episode). McGregor brings a strong performance to the drama, and has discussed with CBS News how Halston's drug addiction could have affected the designer. ![]() The show features a number of well-known actors, including its lead, Scottish actor Ewan McGregor. The designer works to put himself back in the limelight and succeeds, with ready-to-wear fashion, a $1 million deal with JCPenney and help from close friends, including Liza Minelli, Elsa Peretti and Joe Eula. ![]() Kennedy's pillbox hat featured at John F. It's just one of the productions from Ryan Murphy's $300 million dollar deal with the streaming giant, and the five episodes are just as flashy as you'd expect from the American Horror Story and The Politician creator.īased on the Stephen Gaines biography Simply Halston, the series begins after the designer's initial claim to fame-designing First Lady Jackie O. Season Two of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, GEARYS and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.Netflix's mini-series Halston follows the rise and fall of the titular American fashion designer. Production Coordinators: Livia Mandoul, Callie McConnell and Sila Genya. Photo credits: Production Stills from Netflix series Halston, courtesy Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix © 2021. Listeners will also find out how Rodeo Drive lured these brands as they sought to build relationships with the entertainment world and adorn the stars of Hollywood. “This was a saga,” says Forden, “a narrative that combined all the elements that you could imagine: the family, the fashion, the business, the jealousy, the fights.” She wrote the book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamor and Greed.įorden takes listeners back to the founding of Gucci in Florence a century ago as a leather goods company, and through its strife and glamour-filled transformation into the global megabrand it is today. Sara Gay Forden, longtime fashion industry reporter, watched the larger-than-life trial of Patrizia Gucci for the hired killing of her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci, the last of the Gucci family to head the fashion house. Of course, he adds, “Halston was a genius in terms of design.” “No other designer up until that point had become such a giant superstar, as Halston was, and part of that was Liza (Minelli), Studio 54, that whole thing that was going on,” says Gaines, who also recalls his own experiences with the wild discotheque. Steven Gaines, author of Simply Halston shares his story about Roy Halston Frowick, the small town kid from Iowa who transformed American women’s fashion, reigned over 1970s New York, and then lost everything, even his name, to a corporate takeover, sex, drugs and premature death. On this episode of Rodeo Drive-The Podcast, host Bronwyn Cosgrave talks to the writers of the books that inspired these narratives. House of Gucci is the big-screen movie, opening this fall, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, directed by Ridley Scott. Halston is the five-time Emmy-nominated Netflix series starring actor Ewan McGregor, directed by Daniel Minahan and produced by Ryan Murphy. The behind-the-scenes drama at these legendary fashion houses earned them the Hollywood treatment. Halston and Gucci dressed the stars of Hollywood and helped put Rodeo Drive on the map. ![]()
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