WPLN News Archive; Halston Exhibit at Cheekwood (Rebecca Bain) 5 23 05; News Archive 4/11/05-5/30/05

he was fond of saying you're only as good as the people you dress and he dressed the rich and famous with stunning style jackie kennedy made his pill box had a must have sensation when she wore to her husband's inauguration he put clothes on lauren bacall was in an alley liz taylor and the choreographer martha graham budd role in halston froelich known simply as halston created clothes that were versatile and elegant and flattering to all women not just his celebrity clientele great after he would get africa mainly african something that we get chris warrior was one of austin's favorite models working with the designer from the mid seventies until his death in nineteen ninety and you know what a quote specially with all in a day where they're elegant head hat wears sweaters and drafted and pop you could go anywhere to go off to a tape or can go directly to a cocktail party and so he brilliant to the active woman but no retrospective of halston's work a cheek would has been made possible by a gift from georgette mosbacher of board games a

company which owns is designs ms mosbacher one a part of their collection to go to a school with a good fashion program lipscomb has such a program and since maus parker's mother lives in nashville lipscomb got the goods kathy bates is an assistant professor of family and consumer services at lipscomb there are approximately sixty five with a clothing many of the day on and we have had earned literally hundreds of pattern that he declined and good cause for celebrity sand the pattern we have we have literally fun of everything that the divine or who it is and leap in studio for the host and joey cheek would in addition to the lipscomb clothes and memorabilia she would also borrowed sixteen garments from the kent state university museum which has an extensive and highly regarded textile collection they include such signature halston design says the

caftan the sweater or dress and a halter top and since many in beautiful vibrant colors and bissonnette is the curator at kent state she brought the clothing to nashville packed in large acid free cardboard boxes with massive amounts of tissue paper there's basically at tench structure and it's the evening peace and we haven't really long cardigan and so obviously the short and this is it twin set that everybody would wear except it's in the most luxurious kashmir and more forgiving so compared to the c when things this was a really nice twist on sportswear influencing evening wear there are some interesting stories behind halston's designs take the caftan for instance halston's mother was a very full figured woman she asked her son to create an outfit that would be flattering to her generous proportions and voila the caftan was born and this in a broader more the cheek was quite influenced from non

traditional people tend to call it that the garments things that are very flowing any use this and it's again it's very simple analyst line but we have this beautiful hand painted designs year and it's an operation alerts like it's those who remember the seventies will remember studio fifty four the new york disco frequented by the celebrity crowd and known for its hardy party customers a regular they're hanging out with friends like andy warhol in macon bianca jagger chris warrior says host and never party as hard as he worked he was guarded at morning and during collection that we would be working three to thirty three o'clock the morning to protect the collection he was very aware of the fact that your presentation where he you have one shot at it and it had to be perfect in addition to his prodigious talent as a designer austin was also ahead of his time in business enterprises he was the first to create a licensing agreements forest products like his perfume sheets and

towels his luggage a practice so common today that it's taken for granted she quit president and ceo jack that his designs are really part of the women's movement of the nineteen seventies i was one great passion for working women who have moved in and out of social things and where things and craig are hints of the style that is somewhat timeless and doesn't change every season and i think he really much epitomizes the needs of the working women of his day and that was a lasting impact today in fact his creations are so timeless dad chris roy you're still wears his clothing some of it nearly thirty years later i have one black as weird or we've lived with the eternal nic rico come or where they could be cocktail party america are quoted that we had talked to austin thinks america will be on display at the way through august fifteen for national public radio

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