1 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:10,008 [hens clucking in distance] 2 00:00:11,594 --> 00:00:12,474 [woman] Roy! 3 00:00:14,973 --> 00:00:15,853 Roy! 4 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:19,940 [woman] I just want to-- 5 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:21,270 -[clattering] -[man yells] 6 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:22,314 [woman screams] 7 00:00:22,397 --> 00:00:25,607 [man] Just all day and all night, you've been riding me. 8 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:28,492 -[woman] Don't get upset I-- -[man] Don't get upset when you wake me-- 9 00:00:28,570 --> 00:00:31,450 -[woman] I don't like when you-- -[man] I don't care who hears anything. 10 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:32,991 -[man] Come here! -[slaps] 11 00:00:33,074 --> 00:00:34,204 [loud thud] 12 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:39,831 [woman sobbing] 13 00:00:43,668 --> 00:00:45,168 I made something for you. 14 00:00:46,337 --> 00:00:48,337 [melancholy music playing] 15 00:00:58,516 --> 00:01:00,016 [woman laughs quietly] 16 00:01:14,616 --> 00:01:16,486 [upbeat music playing] 17 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:18,156 [reporter] People gather by the thousands 18 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:20,964 to witness the inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 19 00:01:21,039 --> 00:01:23,629 As the motorcade makes its way down Pennsylvania Avenue, 20 00:01:23,708 --> 00:01:26,338 they hope to catch a glimpse of First Lady Jackie Kennedy 21 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:28,419 in a dress by designer Oleg Cassini 22 00:01:28,505 --> 00:01:32,255 and a simple yet elegant pillbox by hatmaker Mr. Halston. 23 00:01:33,343 --> 00:01:34,973 Did they just say your name? 24 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,720 [upbeat music continues] 25 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:00,369 [bell rings] 26 00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:03,208 [woman chatter indistinctly] 27 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:06,169 Excuse me. Morning. Good morning. 28 00:02:09,587 --> 00:02:10,917 [salesman] Elegance, if you will. 29 00:02:11,005 --> 00:02:13,255 I think madam will be really pleased. 30 00:02:13,341 --> 00:02:15,511 What the hell is going on? 31 00:02:15,593 --> 00:02:16,933 What's going on? 32 00:02:17,512 --> 00:02:20,682 Ah, so Jacqueline Kennedy dropped your name for one. 33 00:02:20,765 --> 00:02:23,725 We've sold 50 already, and it's not even 10:00 a.m. 34 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:26,099 You're him, aren't you? 35 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:29,650 You're Mr. Halston. [gasps] 36 00:02:29,732 --> 00:02:32,072 God bless Jackie Kennedy. 37 00:02:34,612 --> 00:02:35,912 [Halston] Fuck Jackie Kennedy. 38 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:39,119 Halston! Why would you say that after all she's been through? 39 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,040 She made you, Halston. 40 00:02:41,119 --> 00:02:42,449 And then she killed me. 41 00:02:42,954 --> 00:02:47,464 Stopped wearing hats so she wouldn't ruin that awful gigantic hairdo of hers. 42 00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:49,999 [sighs] 43 00:02:50,086 --> 00:02:51,416 Do you have a moment? 44 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:54,054 I'm sorry. As you can see, we're terribly busy. 45 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:56,929 [man] Halston, the second-quarter report came in. 46 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,470 -It's not good. -Mm-hmm. 47 00:02:59,137 --> 00:03:03,217 Hat sales are down 30% from last quarter, and the previous quarter down 40%. 48 00:03:03,308 --> 00:03:06,728 -We're trending up, is what you're saying. -No, that is not what I'm saying. 49 00:03:06,811 --> 00:03:09,021 You know what they say. Numbers. 50 00:03:09,105 --> 00:03:10,055 Who says that? 51 00:03:10,148 --> 00:03:12,188 Oh, everybody. All the time. 52 00:03:12,275 --> 00:03:15,395 People just don't wear hats anymore is the problem. 53 00:03:15,486 --> 00:03:18,696 Yes. As a milliner, Henry, I'm well aware of that fact. 54 00:03:18,781 --> 00:03:21,371 Well, what I mean is, what are you going to do about it? 55 00:03:21,451 --> 00:03:23,791 Well, I'm hard at work making the sun brighter, 56 00:03:23,870 --> 00:03:26,160 but until I get my rainmaking machine working, 57 00:03:26,247 --> 00:03:27,747 I don't know what I'll do, Henry. 58 00:03:27,832 --> 00:03:29,712 Except maybe drink after this meeting. 59 00:03:29,792 --> 00:03:31,672 [laughing in background] 60 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:42,891 From the gentleman at the end. 61 00:03:43,431 --> 00:03:45,891 ♪ What would I give ♪ 62 00:03:47,393 --> 00:03:49,603 ♪ For just a few moments ♪ 63 00:03:52,357 --> 00:03:54,937 ♪ What would I give… ♪ 64 00:03:55,443 --> 00:03:56,533 He sent it back. 65 00:03:56,611 --> 00:03:58,321 ♪ Just to have you near ♪ 66 00:04:00,823 --> 00:04:02,833 ♪ Tell me you will try ♪ 67 00:04:04,494 --> 00:04:06,044 ♪ To slip away somehow… ♪ 68 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,710 What is it about an amaretto stone sour that you don't like? 69 00:04:10,208 --> 00:04:13,878 It's the stone, isn't it? Choking hazard. I'll have the barman remove it. 70 00:04:13,962 --> 00:04:14,842 No, thank you. 71 00:04:18,049 --> 00:04:20,259 -Then let me buy you something else. -No, thanks. 72 00:04:20,843 --> 00:04:22,803 I don't accept drinks from strangers. 73 00:04:23,513 --> 00:04:26,063 Then tell me your name. We won't be strangers. 74 00:04:27,642 --> 00:04:28,692 You go first. 75 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:31,979 -Eric. -And what do you do, Eric? 76 00:04:32,063 --> 00:04:33,233 I'm a falconer. 77 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:36,146 Bullshit. 78 00:04:36,234 --> 00:04:40,204 We're heroes, really, my falcon and I. Keeping the rat population under control. 79 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,410 It's very fashionable, what we do. 80 00:04:42,490 --> 00:04:45,290 That long leather glove, that little cap I put over his head. 81 00:04:45,368 --> 00:04:46,368 It's kinky. 82 00:04:49,914 --> 00:04:51,294 Let me buy you a drink. 83 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:56,958 Can I ask what is it about me that caught your eye? 84 00:04:57,046 --> 00:04:58,166 How do you mean? 85 00:04:58,256 --> 00:05:01,046 I mean, why are you trying to pick me up and not anybody else? 86 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:03,391 I'm not like anybody else. 87 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:05,890 Just wouldn't have thought I was your type. 88 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:07,272 And what's my type? 89 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:10,179 A white guy in a Brooks Brothers suit. 90 00:05:10,685 --> 00:05:11,685 Ouch. 91 00:05:11,769 --> 00:05:13,059 [man] Mmm. 92 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:16,766 Or… maybe you're just a size queen. 93 00:05:18,693 --> 00:05:19,533 Or… 94 00:05:21,529 --> 00:05:24,319 maybe I've been an outsider, too, my whole life. 95 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:28,454 Getting sideways glances from white guys in Brooks Brothers suits 96 00:05:28,536 --> 00:05:32,996 for what I was and who I liked or who I was and what I liked. 97 00:05:33,082 --> 00:05:35,752 Till one day, I just stopped giving a flying fuck. 98 00:05:37,253 --> 00:05:38,133 Ed. 99 00:05:39,213 --> 00:05:40,553 Ed is my name. 100 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:43,338 ♪ Can you slip away? ♪ 101 00:05:44,427 --> 00:05:45,757 ♪ Slip away ♪ 102 00:05:46,512 --> 00:05:48,682 ♪ Slip away ♪ 103 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:51,059 [Halston moaning] 104 00:05:51,142 --> 00:05:53,142 ♪ I need you so ♪ 105 00:05:54,145 --> 00:05:56,435 ♪ Hoping you'll slip away, baby ♪ 106 00:05:57,732 --> 00:06:00,532 ♪ I'd like to see you right now, darling ♪ 107 00:06:01,319 --> 00:06:02,569 [moaning] 108 00:06:02,653 --> 00:06:05,283 ♪ Can you slip away now, baby ♪ 109 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:08,909 ♪ 'Cause I got to, I got to see ya ♪ 110 00:06:10,578 --> 00:06:13,208 ♪ I feel a big burning inside ♪ 111 00:06:13,289 --> 00:06:15,289 [sirens in distance] 112 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:17,375 [gentle music playing] 113 00:06:20,088 --> 00:06:20,958 [lighter ignites] 114 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,377 Nice meeting you, Eric. 115 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:26,089 Though Eric's not your real name, is it? 116 00:06:27,136 --> 00:06:28,006 Roy. 117 00:06:29,347 --> 00:06:31,387 Though that's not my real name either. 118 00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:33,731 I like people to call me Halston. 119 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:35,100 Get the fuck out. 120 00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:37,187 The hat designer? 121 00:06:37,271 --> 00:06:38,861 [Ed laughs] 122 00:06:38,940 --> 00:06:42,570 I've always wondered this. How does somebody end up designing hats? 123 00:06:43,152 --> 00:06:44,532 It's sculpture, really. 124 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:49,952 I've always done it. I made hats to lift my mother's spirits. 125 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:53,865 Oh, honey. 126 00:06:55,456 --> 00:06:56,616 [gasps] 127 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:05,049 You are far too special for this place. 128 00:07:10,596 --> 00:07:12,426 [Halston] I had a magical childhood. 129 00:07:14,308 --> 00:07:18,228 But I left Indiana as soon as I could. First to Chicago and then here. 130 00:07:18,729 --> 00:07:20,359 Made myself out of nothing. 131 00:07:21,732 --> 00:07:23,152 Whole cloth, as it were. 132 00:07:24,652 --> 00:07:25,742 Men like us… 133 00:07:27,530 --> 00:07:30,410 come here from some faraway place to invent ourselves. 134 00:07:30,908 --> 00:07:32,488 Make something out of nothing. 135 00:07:32,994 --> 00:07:34,254 I didn't come from as far. 136 00:07:34,328 --> 00:07:36,908 Just crossed the river from New Jersey, but… 137 00:07:37,957 --> 00:07:40,287 That version of me seems very far away. 138 00:07:42,378 --> 00:07:44,048 So, what are you going to do now? 139 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:46,344 Women don't wear hats anymore. 140 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:48,344 Well, Ed, I have a plan. 141 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:51,175 Have you ever heard of Ralph Lifshitz? 142 00:07:51,262 --> 00:07:52,312 [Ed] Who? 143 00:07:52,388 --> 00:07:55,348 [Halston] Recently, Ralph Lifshitz walks into Bloomingdale's 144 00:07:55,433 --> 00:08:00,103 with a line of ties one inch wider than any other tie being sold 145 00:08:00,188 --> 00:08:02,268 and a label that says "Polo." 146 00:08:02,356 --> 00:08:05,186 They said, "If you make them one inch narrower 147 00:08:05,776 --> 00:08:08,776 and you swap your label for ours, we'll sell them." 148 00:08:08,863 --> 00:08:10,203 [Halston] He said no. 149 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,530 And he walked out of there. And then two weeks later, 150 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:16,248 Bloomingdale's, they come back to the table. 151 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,709 They say, "We made a mistake." 152 00:08:17,788 --> 00:08:20,458 [Halston] "We love your ties. We're haunted by them." 153 00:08:20,541 --> 00:08:23,291 "You can keep your label. You can keep them one inch wider." 154 00:08:23,377 --> 00:08:26,917 "And we want you to make shirts to go with them." 155 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:30,547 I've been designing hats for Bergdorf's since 1961. 156 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:33,045 I put that fucking place on the map. 157 00:08:33,137 --> 00:08:36,097 I'm gonna do what Ralph Lifshitz did, only bigger. 158 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:37,272 Why don't I know this name? 159 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:40,100 Because he changed his last name to fucking Lauren. 160 00:08:41,270 --> 00:08:42,650 I have a vision, Ed. 161 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,986 [cars honking in distance] 162 00:08:48,069 --> 00:08:50,149 [man] So, a store within a store? 163 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:51,408 [Halston] See? Simple. 164 00:08:51,489 --> 00:08:53,199 But to sell what? 165 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:54,202 Halston. 166 00:08:56,077 --> 00:08:59,577 I wanna be the first person who's also a complete line. 167 00:08:59,664 --> 00:09:01,004 Women will come to me, 168 00:09:01,082 --> 00:09:04,542 and I will provide them a complete, custom couture experience. 169 00:09:04,627 --> 00:09:06,837 I'll put her in Halston, head to toe. 170 00:09:06,921 --> 00:09:08,971 Dress, bra, panties, hose, shoes-- 171 00:09:09,048 --> 00:09:10,378 I don't know, Halston. 172 00:09:10,883 --> 00:09:13,303 No one wants European knockoffs anymore. 173 00:09:14,303 --> 00:09:18,813 What if Bergdorf Goodman could house the first American couturier? 174 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:20,980 -You? -No. 175 00:09:21,769 --> 00:09:22,729 Halston. 176 00:09:23,896 --> 00:09:24,726 Which is me. 177 00:09:25,648 --> 00:09:26,768 It's interesting. 178 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:31,565 Why don't you start by making us some dresses? 179 00:09:34,115 --> 00:09:36,695 [clock bell chiming] 180 00:09:41,872 --> 00:09:43,962 [footsteps] 181 00:09:47,169 --> 00:09:49,459 [camera shutters clicking] 182 00:10:02,518 --> 00:10:03,598 [camera shutter clicks] 183 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:11,152 Mm-hmm, yeah. 184 00:10:20,786 --> 00:10:22,786 [dramatic music playing] 185 00:10:44,185 --> 00:10:46,725 [Ed] Okay, so then what happened? How many did you sell? 186 00:10:46,812 --> 00:10:48,442 Well, you won't believe it. 187 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:53,148 It was an unmitigated disaster. No sales. Total flop. 188 00:10:53,235 --> 00:10:55,355 Oh my God. I'm so sorry. Are you okay? 189 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:59,236 I'm fine. What do you mean? I was brilliant. They're the dummies. 190 00:11:02,787 --> 00:11:03,907 Let me freshen you up. 191 00:11:04,413 --> 00:11:07,503 -But what are you gonna do? -Keep going. 192 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:11,247 The show didn't work. That's fine. I know what I have to do. 193 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:12,667 And what is that? 194 00:11:15,174 --> 00:11:16,804 I'm too big for that room. 195 00:11:19,095 --> 00:11:20,755 I need to get out on my own. 196 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:25,522 You are fucking impressive, man. 197 00:11:28,145 --> 00:11:29,305 [Ed] Mmm. 198 00:11:29,397 --> 00:11:30,607 [Halston inhales deeply] 199 00:11:32,149 --> 00:11:36,149 I mean, here's the thing though. I know you love "yes" people. 200 00:11:37,113 --> 00:11:39,913 And I got a lot more syllables up my sleeve than just yes. 201 00:11:39,990 --> 00:11:42,830 Try me. Tell me something you think I won't like. 202 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:44,040 Okay, fine. 203 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:47,537 That collection you did for Bergdorf's? Looked like cement. 204 00:11:47,623 --> 00:11:49,713 That's why they didn't sell. Nobody wanted 'em. 205 00:11:49,792 --> 00:11:50,882 Nobody understood them. 206 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,170 You don't want to understand a dress. You want to love it. 207 00:11:54,797 --> 00:11:58,047 You want to be Balenciaga. There's already a Balenciaga. 208 00:11:58,634 --> 00:12:01,264 What we need is to figure out your signature. 209 00:12:01,345 --> 00:12:04,805 What's gonna make me see some gorgeous woman 210 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:08,638 out in a supper club wearing a fabulous ensemble 211 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:10,398 and say, "That's a Halston." 212 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:12,770 So, does that mean you're in? 213 00:12:12,857 --> 00:12:14,277 -[applause] -[champagne cork popping] 214 00:12:14,358 --> 00:12:15,818 [jazz music playing] 215 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:21,530 [crowd cheering] 216 00:12:25,202 --> 00:12:26,252 Good evening. 217 00:12:26,954 --> 00:12:30,044 I have to tell you I have a problem sometimes. 218 00:12:30,124 --> 00:12:31,174 And that's my name. 219 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:35,460 For instance, someone might come up to me and say, "Hello, Lisa. How are you?" 220 00:12:35,546 --> 00:12:40,426 And I'll say, "I'm fine, thank you, but it's Liza. It has a 'Z' in it." 221 00:12:40,509 --> 00:12:43,969 Or someone might say, "Lisa, what a nice hat you have on." 222 00:12:44,054 --> 00:12:46,774 And I'll say, "Thank you very much, but my name is Liza." 223 00:12:46,849 --> 00:12:48,389 -[man] Liza! -"And that's my hair." 224 00:12:48,476 --> 00:12:50,136 [laughter and applause] 225 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:52,895 ♪ It's Liza with a "Z" Not Lisa with an "S" ♪ 226 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:54,820 ♪ 'Cause Lisa with an "S" goes "ssnozz" ♪ 227 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:56,899 ♪ It's "Z" instead of "S" "Lie" instead of "Lee" ♪ 228 00:12:56,984 --> 00:12:58,944 ♪ It's simple as can be, see, Liza ♪ 229 00:12:59,028 --> 00:13:00,068 I'll do it again. 230 00:13:00,154 --> 00:13:01,784 ♪ It's Liza with a "Z" Not Lisa with an "S" ♪ 231 00:13:01,864 --> 00:13:03,954 ♪ 'Cause Lisa with an "S" goes "ssnozz" ♪ 232 00:13:04,033 --> 00:13:05,793 ♪ It's "Z" instead of "S" "Lie" instead of "Lee" ♪ 233 00:13:05,868 --> 00:13:07,788 ♪ It's simple as can be, see, Liza ♪ 234 00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:10,500 ♪ Now, if my name were Ada ♪ 235 00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:13,501 ♪ I'd be Ada Even backwards I'd be Ada ♪ 236 00:13:13,584 --> 00:13:15,134 ♪ Or if my name were Ruth ♪ 237 00:13:15,211 --> 00:13:18,461 ♪ Then I'd be Ruth Because with Ruth what can you do? ♪ 238 00:13:18,547 --> 00:13:22,257 ♪ Or Sally, or Margaret Or Ginger or Faye ♪ 239 00:13:22,343 --> 00:13:25,853 ♪ But when you're a Liza You always have to say ♪ 240 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:28,270 ♪ It's Liza with a "Z" Not Lisa with an "S" ♪ 241 00:13:28,349 --> 00:13:29,929 ♪ 'Cause Lisa with an "S" goes "ssnozz" ♪ 242 00:13:30,017 --> 00:13:32,097 ♪ It's "Z" instead of "S" "Lie" instead of "Lee" ♪ 243 00:13:32,186 --> 00:13:34,056 ♪ It's simple as can be, see, Liza ♪ 244 00:13:34,688 --> 00:13:36,898 ♪ Ah, and that is only half of it ♪ 245 00:13:36,982 --> 00:13:40,152 ♪ There's another way They treat me cruelly ♪ 246 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:42,656 ♪ How often I remember someone saying ♪ 247 00:13:42,738 --> 00:13:44,408 ♪ "There she goes, Lisa Minooli"♪ 248 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:48,790 ♪ Or Minolli or Miniola Or Minili Minnilii ♪ 249 00:13:48,869 --> 00:13:52,579 ♪ So is it a wonder? I very often cry ♪ 250 00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:54,825 ♪ It's M-I double N, then E double L-I ♪ 251 00:13:54,917 --> 00:13:56,787 ♪ You double up the N, that's not new ♪ 252 00:13:56,877 --> 00:13:58,877 ♪ Then E double up the L End it with an I ♪ 253 00:13:58,963 --> 00:14:01,173 ♪ That's the way you say Minnelli ♪ 254 00:14:01,257 --> 00:14:05,007 ♪ Liza Minnelli, it's Italian ♪ 255 00:14:05,094 --> 00:14:08,894 ♪ Blame it on papa, what can I do? ♪ 256 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:12,523 ♪ Every Sandra who's a Sa-andra ♪ 257 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:16,692 ♪ Every Mary who's really Marie ♪ 258 00:14:16,772 --> 00:14:21,152 ♪ Every Joan who is a Joanne ♪ 259 00:14:21,235 --> 00:14:24,945 ♪ Has got to agree with me When I've announced ♪ 260 00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:29,080 ♪ I don't mind being pummeled Or trampled or trounced ♪ 261 00:14:29,159 --> 00:14:30,999 ♪ But it does drive you bats ♪ 262 00:14:31,078 --> 00:14:34,578 ♪ To be mis-mispronounced ♪ 263 00:14:36,292 --> 00:14:38,502 ♪ It's Liza with a "Z" Not Lisa with an "S" ♪ 264 00:14:38,586 --> 00:14:40,166 ♪ 'Cause Lisa with an "S" goes "ssnozz" ♪ 265 00:14:40,254 --> 00:14:42,054 ♪ It's "Z" instead of "S" "Lie" instead of "Lee" ♪ 266 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:43,221 ♪ It's simple as can be, see, Liza ♪ 267 00:14:43,299 --> 00:14:45,089 ♪ Then M-I double N, then E double L-I ♪ 268 00:14:45,175 --> 00:14:46,465 ♪ You double up the N, that's not new ♪ 269 00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:48,262 ♪ Then E double L, end it with an I ♪ 270 00:14:48,345 --> 00:14:50,845 ♪ That's the way you say Minnelli ♪ 271 00:14:50,931 --> 00:14:52,851 ♪ Liza Minnelli ♪ 272 00:14:52,933 --> 00:14:55,903 ♪ It's easy. It's easy ♪ 273 00:14:55,978 --> 00:14:57,858 ♪ It's lazy, no! ♪ 274 00:14:57,938 --> 00:15:02,738 ♪ Liza ♪ 275 00:15:02,818 --> 00:15:04,028 [applause and cheers] 276 00:15:04,111 --> 00:15:06,571 -Brava! -[woman] Wonderful! 277 00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:09,582 -Liza! -[Liza] Hm? 278 00:15:09,658 --> 00:15:10,778 Meet Halston. 279 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:11,788 [laughing] Oh! 280 00:15:11,869 --> 00:15:13,449 Yeah, I saw you out there. 281 00:15:13,537 --> 00:15:15,867 Everyone else is going berserk, 282 00:15:15,956 --> 00:15:19,206 and you are sitting there like you're in a Dutch Masters painting. 283 00:15:19,293 --> 00:15:20,503 [man laughs] 284 00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:24,506 If I'm honest, I was a little distracted by the Buster Brown getup. 285 00:15:25,049 --> 00:15:26,719 I think you need a new look. 286 00:15:27,384 --> 00:15:28,224 [Liza] Oh. 287 00:15:29,303 --> 00:15:31,973 -I love him already. [chuckles] -I knew you would. 288 00:15:32,056 --> 00:15:35,636 [Halston] Exactly. The collection was a disaster, and I knew it. 289 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:37,476 So I decided to throw it all away. 290 00:15:37,561 --> 00:15:40,521 I left Bergdorf's and destroyed my life, basically. 291 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:43,566 No. No, you can't think of it like that. 292 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:48,319 You didn't throw anything away. You just gave yourself an enormous gift. 293 00:15:48,864 --> 00:15:51,664 You left everything you knew behind, which means 294 00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:54,541 you are open to inspiration. 295 00:15:55,204 --> 00:15:57,414 And inspiration is going to find you. 296 00:15:58,332 --> 00:15:59,292 [Liza] Mmm. 297 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:00,535 You know what? 298 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:06,259 That pillbox hat that Jackie wore? That is your Judy Garland. 299 00:16:07,049 --> 00:16:09,389 You and me are living under the shadow of something, 300 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:11,638 and we're both trying to do the same thing. 301 00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:16,927 We're walking away. Saying, "No. I wanna be taken seriously on my own." 302 00:16:17,726 --> 00:16:18,766 I'm-- 303 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:20,308 I… 304 00:16:20,938 --> 00:16:23,188 I don't wanna be just Judy Garland's daughter. 305 00:16:23,691 --> 00:16:25,991 Like you don't wanna just be Jackie O's hatmaker. 306 00:16:28,112 --> 00:16:29,992 Why are you dressing like a little girl? 307 00:16:30,072 --> 00:16:31,492 [Liza laughs] 308 00:16:31,573 --> 00:16:33,993 Okay, see? Exactly. Why do I do that? 309 00:16:34,076 --> 00:16:37,656 I mean, it's cute, sure, but it's not you. I don't think. 310 00:16:37,746 --> 00:16:39,496 You're a woman. You should be dressed like one. 311 00:16:39,581 --> 00:16:40,501 [Liza] Mmm. 312 00:16:40,582 --> 00:16:43,252 And I suppose you're just the fella to help. 313 00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:45,593 Yes, I think I am. 314 00:16:47,381 --> 00:16:50,761 ♪ Sunday morning ♪ 315 00:16:51,885 --> 00:16:55,095 ♪ Brings the dawning ♪ 316 00:16:56,473 --> 00:16:59,983 ♪ It's just a restless feeling ♪ 317 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:03,730 ♪ By my side ♪ 318 00:17:05,899 --> 00:17:09,029 ♪ Early dawning ♪ 319 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:13,572 ♪ Sunday morning ♪ 320 00:17:14,616 --> 00:17:17,536 ♪ It's just the wasted years ♪ 321 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:22,079 ♪ So close behind ♪ 322 00:17:23,083 --> 00:17:27,383 ♪ Watch out, the world's behind you ♪ 323 00:17:27,463 --> 00:17:33,973 ♪ There's always someone around you Who will call ♪ 324 00:17:34,845 --> 00:17:38,595 ♪ It's nothing at all ♪ 325 00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:45,399 ♪ Sunday morning ♪ 326 00:17:46,315 --> 00:17:49,855 ♪ And I'm falling ♪ 327 00:17:50,986 --> 00:17:53,406 ♪ I've got a feeling ♪ 328 00:17:53,489 --> 00:17:58,449 ♪ I don't want to know ♪ 329 00:17:59,995 --> 00:18:03,325 ♪ Early dawning ♪ 330 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:07,916 ♪ Sunday morning ♪ 331 00:18:09,004 --> 00:18:11,804 ♪ It's all the streets you crossed ♪ 332 00:18:11,882 --> 00:18:16,682 ♪ Not so long ago ♪ 333 00:18:17,429 --> 00:18:21,559 ♪ Watch out, the world's behind you ♪ 334 00:18:22,059 --> 00:18:25,519 ♪ There's always someone around you… ♪ 335 00:18:25,604 --> 00:18:27,444 Let's lose the bra and panties. 336 00:18:28,357 --> 00:18:31,357 Halston, are you getting fresh with me? 337 00:18:32,194 --> 00:18:34,454 -Hardly. -[chuckles] 338 00:18:37,533 --> 00:18:38,533 [Liza] Ooh! 339 00:18:43,163 --> 00:18:46,003 Now, hold this. That's your neck there. 340 00:18:51,672 --> 00:18:52,592 Now… 341 00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:57,680 ♪ Watch out, the world's behind you ♪ 342 00:18:58,178 --> 00:19:04,228 ♪ There's always someone around you Who will call… ♪ 343 00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:05,389 -[Halston] Ready? -Mm-hmm. 344 00:19:05,477 --> 00:19:08,897 ♪ It's nothing at all… ♪ 345 00:19:09,439 --> 00:19:10,689 [Liza gasps] 346 00:19:11,692 --> 00:19:12,732 There, now. 347 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:15,323 That's a Halston. 348 00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:17,454 Oh my God! [laughs] 349 00:19:18,198 --> 00:19:21,158 Oh! Halston, you're a genius. 350 00:19:21,243 --> 00:19:23,913 ♪ Sunday morning… ♪ 351 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:25,206 Oh my. 352 00:19:26,373 --> 00:19:27,293 Beautiful. 353 00:19:27,875 --> 00:19:30,875 [Halston] This place will be your blank canvas. 354 00:19:30,961 --> 00:19:32,171 Third floor is the sewing room. 355 00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:35,674 All state of the art like Balenciaga in Paris. 356 00:19:35,757 --> 00:19:37,467 And this will be the lounge. 357 00:19:37,551 --> 00:19:41,391 And in here will be the salon where it's all really gonna happen. 358 00:19:41,471 --> 00:19:44,181 I wanna create a new kind of experience. 359 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:45,636 I want women to come here 360 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:49,436 and feel like they've been transported to a different world. 361 00:19:49,521 --> 00:19:51,651 What sort of design are you picturing? 362 00:19:52,232 --> 00:19:55,942 Well, you know, Halston, rich, textural, cool. 363 00:19:56,778 --> 00:19:59,568 Like Shangri-La on the Upper East Side. 364 00:19:59,656 --> 00:20:03,286 Okay. Halston, how long have we known one another? 365 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:04,408 Uh-oh. 366 00:20:04,494 --> 00:20:05,754 I love you like family. 367 00:20:05,829 --> 00:20:09,669 But what you're describing costs money, and I happen to know you don't got any. 368 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:12,130 -Not true! Not true. -Mmm. 369 00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:15,424 In all of humanity, you're the only one who can do this. 370 00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:17,465 What you did with the Opera Club at the Met… 371 00:20:17,549 --> 00:20:19,799 That cost a zillion dollars. 372 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:22,005 You're the only one who can do it. 373 00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:24,805 You made fucking Key West fashionable, Angelo. 374 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,640 [sighs] Halston, you can't afford me. 375 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:29,306 Well, can't you do it at cost? 376 00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:31,234 It's like your ears don't work. 377 00:20:31,313 --> 00:20:35,073 Look, I'm giving you the opportunity to have the cream of New York society 378 00:20:35,150 --> 00:20:37,530 coming through these doors and looking at this place going, 379 00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:41,451 "Oh, it's spectacular. Who designed it?" 380 00:20:41,949 --> 00:20:45,619 God as my witness, that's worth more than whatever the Opera Club paid you. 381 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:49,370 -Do you mean that? -Have I ever lied to you? 382 00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:54,589 -Okay. -Oh, my hero. My hero! 383 00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:56,550 -Knock it off. -So, what do you think? 384 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:58,630 [piano music playing] 385 00:21:07,307 --> 00:21:08,927 Someone's in a good mood. 386 00:21:09,017 --> 00:21:10,267 It's always been my dream 387 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:13,112 to have a showroom with a workshop on another floor. 388 00:21:13,188 --> 00:21:15,228 And I found it, and I rented it. 389 00:21:15,816 --> 00:21:17,566 -Where? -68th and Madison. 390 00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:20,651 Wait till you see it. Literally wait to see it. It's a mess. 391 00:21:20,737 --> 00:21:24,737 And I found my team. Merry misfits, each and every one of them. 392 00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:28,245 [Halston] Joe Eula's gonna be my illustrator. He's fantastic. 393 00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:32,538 He drew collections for Vogue, for Givenchy, for Coco Chanel. 394 00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:36,504 Chic is hard to capture. It's elusive, but he can do it. 395 00:21:36,586 --> 00:21:38,006 Why do you need an illustrator? 396 00:21:38,088 --> 00:21:40,628 I want to see a whole collection laid out in front of me. 397 00:21:40,716 --> 00:21:43,046 "Get rid of that. Lower that neckline." 398 00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:47,255 It's a very intimate relationship between a designer and his illustrator. 399 00:21:47,764 --> 00:21:51,104 Joe's more of like a second brain, but stop breaking my train of thought. 400 00:21:51,184 --> 00:21:52,854 -Sorry. -Elsa Peretti. 401 00:21:52,936 --> 00:21:55,226 She's gonna be my fit model. She's Italian. 402 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:57,524 Comes from money, but she's left all that behind. 403 00:21:57,607 --> 00:22:00,027 She's stunning. You can't take your eyes off her. 404 00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:03,320 Some models just wear clothes. Elsa, she makes them her own. 405 00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:06,775 -I thought Liza was your muse? -Well, you can't have too many muses. 406 00:22:07,743 --> 00:22:09,243 Don't be jealous, Ed. 407 00:22:10,787 --> 00:22:11,827 [Ed chuckles] 408 00:22:11,913 --> 00:22:13,543 Then there's this kid, Schumacher. 409 00:22:15,375 --> 00:22:18,915 He does the windows at Paraphernalia. He'll bring me that young attitude. 410 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,090 -Excuse me. Did you do this? -Yes. 411 00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:24,835 -Did you do this? -Yes. I… 412 00:22:24,926 --> 00:22:26,296 [Halston] The team's all in place. 413 00:22:26,386 --> 00:22:28,256 Last thing I need to do is find the money. 414 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:30,717 Last? I'd have thought that's the first thing you had to do. 415 00:22:30,807 --> 00:22:33,097 I just need a teensy-weensy million dollars. 416 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,135 A million dollars? 417 00:22:34,227 --> 00:22:37,437 The idea was to go to the rich husbands of my old clients at Bergdorf's 418 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:38,442 and ask them. 419 00:22:38,523 --> 00:22:41,863 Arthur Vanderbilt, Charles Engelhard, Baron de Rothschild. 420 00:22:41,943 --> 00:22:43,613 And how did that work out? 421 00:22:44,404 --> 00:22:45,914 Well, they didn't say no. 422 00:22:48,617 --> 00:22:49,827 Anyway, I'm not worried. 423 00:22:50,327 --> 00:22:52,327 Tomorrow I have a meeting with Estelle Marsh. 424 00:22:52,412 --> 00:22:54,412 She's the wife of a Texas oil baron. 425 00:22:54,498 --> 00:22:57,328 Don't look at me like that. I've got this sewn up. 426 00:22:57,834 --> 00:22:59,964 [spoon clinking] 427 00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:06,134 [Halston] Mrs. Marsh, when was the last time anyone asked you, 428 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:07,338 really asked you 429 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:09,683 what you need? 430 00:23:11,556 --> 00:23:14,476 When I was at Bergdorf's, I'd have my ladies sit in my chair, 431 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:18,229 and I'd say, "Tell me your troubles. What's bothering you? What do you need?" 432 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:22,730 Such a small question which would almost without fail be met with, well, 433 00:23:22,818 --> 00:23:24,568 at first, a little sorrow. 434 00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:27,863 Because so few people in their lives, especially the men, 435 00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:29,698 ever thought to ask them that. 436 00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:33,083 The way my ex-husband used to put it was, "What the fuck do you want?" 437 00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:36,868 [both laugh] 438 00:23:39,876 --> 00:23:40,916 Mrs. Marsh. 439 00:23:41,002 --> 00:23:42,212 [teacup clinks on table] 440 00:23:42,295 --> 00:23:45,795 Did you ever visit Balenciaga in Paris for Made to Order? 441 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:49,934 Come. 442 00:23:52,305 --> 00:23:55,475 Balenciaga loves making women feel afraid. 443 00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:57,639 When you climb the stairs to his atelier, 444 00:23:57,727 --> 00:24:03,567 you're met by a very stern secretary who makes you feel unimportant, even ugly. 445 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,736 That won't happen here. 446 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:10,409 This will be the lounge, where you'll take a breath, 447 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:12,950 let go, tell us what you need, 448 00:24:13,034 --> 00:24:15,374 be reminded of what you're capable of. 449 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,374 There'll be tea, champagne… 450 00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:21,043 Some of our younger staff may even be able to get you marijuana. 451 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:22,876 [Mrs. Marsh laughs] 452 00:24:22,961 --> 00:24:23,921 [Halston] Come. 453 00:24:24,004 --> 00:24:24,964 Here. 454 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:27,841 This will be the salon. 455 00:24:27,924 --> 00:24:30,684 I'll have my girls model the latest collection. 456 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,760 Then you'll choose from those designs, 457 00:24:32,846 --> 00:24:35,636 and then I'll build your choices to your measurements. 458 00:24:36,391 --> 00:24:37,521 Mrs. Marsh, 459 00:24:38,101 --> 00:24:41,611 because women like Catherine Deneuve, Jackie Kennedy, 460 00:24:41,688 --> 00:24:45,478 you custom order your clothing here, within five years, 461 00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:49,107 Halston Limited will be picked up by every reputable department store 462 00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:50,406 in the United States. 463 00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:53,948 I'm gonna change the face of American fashion. 464 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:56,454 And it will all be because of you. 465 00:24:58,079 --> 00:25:00,329 You could talk a leopard out of its spots. 466 00:25:00,415 --> 00:25:01,535 [Halston chuckles, inhales] 467 00:25:03,251 --> 00:25:06,301 How much, exactly, are you looking for? 468 00:25:06,922 --> 00:25:08,132 A million dollars. 469 00:25:09,257 --> 00:25:10,297 Ooh. 470 00:25:12,552 --> 00:25:13,972 I'll give you 100,000. 471 00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:17,474 Oh, and you're gonna hire my son, Michael. 472 00:25:17,557 --> 00:25:18,677 He's handy. 473 00:25:19,267 --> 00:25:22,977 He can do all sorts of work. He could even model. 474 00:25:23,063 --> 00:25:23,903 Deal. 475 00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:26,570 [laughs] 476 00:25:27,275 --> 00:25:30,445 Thank you, Mrs. Marsh. Thank you. Come. Let's have tea. 477 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:36,946 [sewing machine stitching] 478 00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:39,246 [sewing machine stops] 479 00:25:41,665 --> 00:25:43,575 [Halston inhales deeply] 480 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:46,247 This is fucking terrible. Who made this one? 481 00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:47,625 I did. 482 00:25:48,129 --> 00:25:49,549 Don't take this the wrong way, 483 00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:52,341 but that's the worst fucking dress I've ever seen. 484 00:25:52,425 --> 00:25:54,795 Looks like a prom dress, but for a Martian. 485 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:57,506 -[woman] Dai, Halston. -Okay, Halston, easy. 486 00:25:57,597 --> 00:25:58,637 Don't "easy" me, Joe. 487 00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:01,483 We have a fucking show in two weeks. These designs are shit. 488 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,350 I think if she had a nice, big piece of chunky jewelry-- 489 00:26:04,437 --> 00:26:09,187 We're not selling jewelry, Elsa! We're selling dresses to human women. 490 00:26:09,276 --> 00:26:11,736 -Take it off. -Maybe in the right color? 491 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:13,320 You do not get to talk. 492 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:17,326 Joel, these designs are not working. You must be able to see that. 493 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:19,539 -Sorry. -No, don't say sorry. Do better. 494 00:26:19,619 --> 00:26:22,999 Halston, please! You're mad at yourself and taking it out on the kid. 495 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:25,331 I cannot do this all on my own, everybody! 496 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:28,087 I didn't hire you so that I could do all the work myself. 497 00:26:28,169 --> 00:26:30,629 -That's what's happening! -Why don't we take a break? 498 00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:32,224 Because we haven't got time. 499 00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:42,730 There's not one of these designs I would put my name to. Not one. 500 00:26:46,229 --> 00:26:47,229 [inhales deeply] 501 00:26:47,731 --> 00:26:49,231 The fucking embarrassment. 502 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:52,646 Where's the suede trench coat? 503 00:26:53,903 --> 00:26:56,073 Uh… Yeah, just one second. 504 00:26:56,906 --> 00:26:57,816 [clears throat] 505 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:05,535 [sniffs, sighs] 506 00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:07,499 What happened? 507 00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:10,844 Um… Well, this is stupid. It was raining today. 508 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,300 Who wore it out in the rain? 509 00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:14,090 It's a trench coat, Halston. 510 00:27:14,174 --> 00:27:15,304 I… I did. 511 00:27:15,842 --> 00:27:19,432 Suede is not waterproof, as it turns out, and it just… 512 00:27:19,512 --> 00:27:21,352 As you can see, it's just not going to work. 513 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:23,811 Well, the cut's fantastic. Look at it. 514 00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:26,522 It's just the wrong material, but it's the right idea. 515 00:27:26,603 --> 00:27:28,943 No, suede is not waterproof. 516 00:27:30,106 --> 00:27:31,606 But it is the right idea. 517 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:35,954 No one else is doing that. I wanted that. I wanted that… 518 00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:38,569 that sensation. 519 00:27:39,074 --> 00:27:41,584 [mysterious music playing] 520 00:28:00,887 --> 00:28:04,307 Everyone knows suede is not waterproof. 521 00:28:04,391 --> 00:28:05,521 I know, Halston. I'm sorry. 522 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,020 Schumacher, you're a junior partner, right? 523 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,063 -That's your title. -Yeah. 524 00:28:10,146 --> 00:28:12,726 Do you think you're earning that title as of now? 525 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:17,781 It's a simple yes or no question. 526 00:28:17,862 --> 00:28:20,572 Are you earning the title of junior partner 527 00:28:21,616 --> 00:28:22,446 right now? 528 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:24,490 No. 529 00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:28,330 Oh fuck. 530 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:37,094 [Joe] Halston. 531 00:28:42,637 --> 00:28:44,717 [elevator running] 532 00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:49,097 [elevator stops] 533 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:08,248 [Joel] Jesus! 534 00:29:08,329 --> 00:29:10,329 Sorry, thought I locked it. Sorry. 535 00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:12,956 What are you doing? 536 00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,713 I was just taking a second to collect my thoughts. 537 00:29:15,795 --> 00:29:17,085 [Halston] No. What are you doing? 538 00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:19,335 Is it heroin? 539 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:22,514 No. No, it's… it's just speed. 540 00:29:24,888 --> 00:29:26,468 How often do you do that? 541 00:29:26,556 --> 00:29:28,806 Not-- I'm-- I don't know, every… 542 00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:30,636 Every day? 543 00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:31,977 No, not always. 544 00:29:32,061 --> 00:29:33,811 You shoot speed every day? 545 00:29:35,398 --> 00:29:36,268 Yeah. 546 00:29:36,983 --> 00:29:37,983 Yes, I do. 547 00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:40,743 With all the work we're doing, it's… 548 00:29:41,321 --> 00:29:43,871 So, you started doing this when you came to work for me? 549 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:45,368 No. No. 550 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:47,831 It's just a thing I do. 551 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:52,373 You know, it keeps me focused. It's… It's how I get into the groove. 552 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:58,514 Do I need to do something here? Take you somewhere? 553 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,052 Do I need to be worried? 554 00:30:03,676 --> 00:30:04,586 No. 555 00:30:07,722 --> 00:30:09,432 I… I don't know. 556 00:30:09,516 --> 00:30:10,516 Um… 557 00:30:12,185 --> 00:30:14,055 I… I don't belong here, do I? 558 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:23,146 I think we're… 559 00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:26,909 we're all a bit like little ships lost at sea. 560 00:30:28,535 --> 00:30:30,245 We've all been through a lot. 561 00:30:30,328 --> 00:30:33,498 Left our families, been rejected one way or another. 562 00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:38,880 Bunch of queers and freaks and girls who haven't grown up yet. 563 00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:41,133 I think you belong here. 564 00:30:41,214 --> 00:30:42,474 [chuckles] 565 00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:46,469 You're very talented, Joel, but there's too much at stake here. 566 00:30:47,303 --> 00:30:48,563 I think you can see that. 567 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:52,348 If you wanna keep working for me, you gotta get clean. 568 00:30:52,433 --> 00:30:54,773 I do. I mean, I will. 569 00:30:56,104 --> 00:30:57,234 It's just-- 570 00:30:57,313 --> 00:30:59,523 When you bite my head off about the designs-- 571 00:30:59,607 --> 00:31:01,607 If you stop shooting speed, 572 00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:04,282 I'll stop biting your head off. 573 00:31:07,448 --> 00:31:08,278 Okay. 574 00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:09,526 -Okay? -Okay. 575 00:31:13,246 --> 00:31:14,076 Halston. 576 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:16,833 There's something I wanna show you. 577 00:31:16,916 --> 00:31:19,706 I didn't show you because I thought you'd get mad, but… 578 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:22,335 it might be good. 579 00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:25,715 [ethereal music playing] 580 00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:30,929 How did you make it? 581 00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:32,848 Uh, just in my kitchen. 582 00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:35,943 -Boiling dyes on the stove. -Oh, I love it. 583 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:38,685 No one's doing this. 584 00:31:38,771 --> 00:31:40,771 So modern, sensual. 585 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,780 Here, help me find the middle of the length. 586 00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:49,573 Okay. Lay it down. 587 00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:53,453 Scissors, someone. 588 00:31:56,706 --> 00:31:57,706 Thank you, Joe. 589 00:32:02,086 --> 00:32:03,876 Elsa, come. 590 00:32:04,797 --> 00:32:06,797 [dramatic music playing] 591 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:12,603 Now. 592 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:13,510 Lose that. 593 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,433 There's something there. 594 00:32:16,517 --> 00:32:18,227 Joel, just pin down this edge 595 00:32:18,311 --> 00:32:21,271 and bring these two edges together in a diagonal going right down. 596 00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:24,150 Now, what about the lengths, Joe? 597 00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:25,944 I'm thinking lower. 598 00:32:26,486 --> 00:32:27,736 Maybe bring up the hem. 599 00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:29,240 [Halston] Yeah, let me see. 600 00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:32,239 [scissors snipping] 601 00:32:32,992 --> 00:32:33,952 Now. 602 00:32:36,871 --> 00:32:38,041 Che bello. 603 00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:41,084 Something's not right. 604 00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:44,421 It's the hair. 605 00:32:53,763 --> 00:32:54,603 Et voilà. 606 00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:56,019 Yes. 607 00:32:57,558 --> 00:32:59,188 Now. Walk. 608 00:33:01,396 --> 00:33:03,476 [Italian pop song playing] 609 00:33:55,324 --> 00:33:57,334 [song continues] 610 00:34:14,510 --> 00:34:16,470 [applause] 611 00:34:29,984 --> 00:34:30,824 [Halston] Thank you. 612 00:34:33,362 --> 00:34:36,242 Oh, they loved it! I think they loved it. 613 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:39,239 Fuck. 614 00:34:39,327 --> 00:34:42,207 -Well, Halston, these are not bad. -They're not good. 615 00:34:42,288 --> 00:34:43,708 Yes, this one is. 616 00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:45,670 Senti. "Effortless and elegant, 617 00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:48,840 Halston is an exciting new voice in women's fashion." 618 00:34:51,672 --> 00:34:52,592 Well… 619 00:34:53,341 --> 00:34:56,931 "The look they've assembled here is thrown together or contrived." 620 00:34:57,011 --> 00:35:00,141 Well, which is it, Bernadine Morris? Thrown together or contrived? 621 00:35:00,223 --> 00:35:03,563 This one says, "'You're either young or old,' says Halston." 622 00:35:04,060 --> 00:35:06,520 Well, that's neither good nor bad. That's just a quote. 623 00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:08,274 He never ever gets to talk. 624 00:35:08,356 --> 00:35:10,726 A collection isn't a success until there are orders. 625 00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:12,357 How many orders do we have, Joel? 626 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:13,533 Not many. 627 00:35:13,611 --> 00:35:16,241 Correct. Zero. Which is, yes, not many. 628 00:35:16,322 --> 00:35:18,072 Well, on to the next collection. 629 00:35:18,157 --> 00:35:20,077 What? There won't be a next collection. 630 00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:22,749 This was fucking it. We're $200,000 in debt. 631 00:35:22,829 --> 00:35:26,209 We haven't paid the rent. In two weeks, they'll turn the lights out. 632 00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:29,630 Well, if we're talking about money, you could maybe spend less on orchids. 633 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,800 That is missing the thrust of what I'm saying, 634 00:35:31,879 --> 00:35:33,799 and orchids are part of my process. 635 00:35:33,881 --> 00:35:36,051 Can't put a budget on inspiration. 636 00:35:37,426 --> 00:35:38,336 [sighs] 637 00:35:38,845 --> 00:35:40,845 [telephone ringing] 638 00:35:43,891 --> 00:35:44,851 I'll get it. 639 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:47,560 Pronto, Halston Limited. 640 00:35:49,063 --> 00:35:51,483 Why does he always leave when I raise my voice? 641 00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:54,436 -Am I that abrasive? -You want me to answer that question? 642 00:35:54,527 --> 00:35:56,947 -[Elsa] Halston. -Who is it? Do they have any money? 643 00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:02,372 Hello? 644 00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:05,538 [door opens] 645 00:36:07,874 --> 00:36:09,504 Oh, hi. 646 00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:11,674 You forgot to flush the toilet. 647 00:36:11,752 --> 00:36:13,212 It's 'cause… um… 648 00:36:14,297 --> 00:36:15,207 Sorry. 649 00:36:18,426 --> 00:36:20,426 [toilet flushes] 650 00:36:23,639 --> 00:36:24,639 Come here. 651 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:28,265 We had a deal. 652 00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:31,939 I'm under way too much pressure to be having a junkie on my team. 653 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,233 It's so much stress. 654 00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:35,936 I know. How… how can you even handle it? 655 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:40,356 Because it only takes one person, 656 00:36:41,741 --> 00:36:44,201 one socialite to change everything. 657 00:36:45,953 --> 00:36:49,173 If I can get my designs on the one right person, 658 00:36:49,957 --> 00:36:52,377 I can get them on every woman in America. 659 00:36:53,336 --> 00:36:55,126 It just takes one "yes" 660 00:36:55,963 --> 00:36:59,383 from the most sophisticated socialite in New York City, 661 00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:01,507 and I just got off the phone with her. 662 00:37:01,594 --> 00:37:04,894 Babe Paley just called, and she wants to see our collection. 663 00:37:04,972 --> 00:37:06,602 Babe Paley? Are you serious? 664 00:37:06,682 --> 00:37:09,602 Yes. Now get your fucking shit together. 665 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:15,231 [soft music playing] 666 00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:23,155 [blow dryer clicks on] 667 00:37:24,575 --> 00:37:25,735 [blow dryer clicks off] 668 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:29,912 [soft music continues] 669 00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:52,754 [knocking at door] 670 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:54,210 [Halston laughing] 671 00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:56,830 No, I didn't say that. No, no, no. 672 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,170 No, no. It's… it's just my takeout. 673 00:39:00,963 --> 00:39:03,053 I mean, I love Liza. You know I do. 674 00:39:03,132 --> 00:39:06,642 But I don't think I can sit through another Liza with a "Z." 675 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,929 [Halston laughs] 676 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:12,483 I know. All right, honey. I'll let you go. 677 00:39:12,558 --> 00:39:13,558 Ciao, ciao. 678 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:14,890 [phone hangs up] 679 00:39:20,483 --> 00:39:21,483 [inhales deeply] 680 00:39:21,984 --> 00:39:23,074 [exhales] 681 00:39:23,778 --> 00:39:25,198 Can I ask you something? 682 00:39:27,073 --> 00:39:28,663 What's going on here? 683 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:30,623 What do you mean? 684 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:32,831 The past few weeks, I haven't seen you smile. 685 00:39:32,912 --> 00:39:34,542 You dress different. You're… 686 00:39:35,414 --> 00:39:37,504 You're talking different, for God's sake. 687 00:39:39,752 --> 00:39:41,382 I could be more to you. 688 00:39:41,462 --> 00:39:42,842 Is this not working? 689 00:39:45,758 --> 00:39:47,428 No, it's just that I… 690 00:39:51,847 --> 00:39:54,347 We see each other two, three nights a week? 691 00:39:56,018 --> 00:39:58,058 And I still don't feel like I really know you. 692 00:39:58,145 --> 00:39:59,685 That's all. I wanna know you. 693 00:39:59,772 --> 00:40:01,732 I think you know me very well, Ed. 694 00:40:01,816 --> 00:40:05,356 "I think you know me very well, Ed." What is it with the voice? 695 00:40:05,444 --> 00:40:07,154 -What voice? -That one. 696 00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:09,988 You're from Indiana. It's like you're imitating somebody. 697 00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:10,994 I am not. 698 00:40:11,826 --> 00:40:14,656 I take offense to that. I've always been this person. 699 00:40:15,162 --> 00:40:17,542 If anyone in this room has changed, it's you. 700 00:40:17,623 --> 00:40:19,713 -Me? -Yes, I make you insecure. 701 00:40:19,792 --> 00:40:21,002 My ambition. 702 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:24,125 Didn't use to be the case, but it obviously is now. 703 00:40:24,213 --> 00:40:26,343 Looking for things to pick at. My voice? Good Lord. 704 00:40:27,883 --> 00:40:29,053 Well, all right. 705 00:40:29,969 --> 00:40:31,049 I don't wanna argue. 706 00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:32,257 I don't either. 707 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:35,348 I think I'll turn in. 708 00:40:36,892 --> 00:40:37,732 Okay. 709 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:43,693 I'd like to sleep alone. 710 00:40:44,191 --> 00:40:47,651 [somber music playing] 711 00:40:47,736 --> 00:40:48,896 [glass clinking] 712 00:41:02,084 --> 00:41:03,134 [door closes] 713 00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:09,183 [somber music continues] 714 00:41:30,029 --> 00:41:32,029 [soft jazz playing in background] 715 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:55,432 Beautiful. 716 00:41:55,930 --> 00:41:57,680 Stunning, actually. 717 00:41:59,975 --> 00:42:01,885 But I can't wear them every day. 718 00:42:03,437 --> 00:42:06,267 -You're… you're interested in every day? -Mm-hmm. 719 00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:08,937 Then let me show you something I've been developing. 720 00:42:09,944 --> 00:42:10,784 Elsa. 721 00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:27,917 I call it Ultrasuede. 722 00:42:28,587 --> 00:42:30,667 I was working a lot with suede, which I adore. 723 00:42:30,756 --> 00:42:32,626 But wear it in the rain and it's ruined. 724 00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:35,966 So, it occurred to me, I should create my own. 725 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:38,394 This is a new synthetic. 726 00:42:38,472 --> 00:42:41,682 You can throw it in the wash. You can dress it up. 727 00:42:41,767 --> 00:42:44,727 You can wear it to lunch. You can take the kids to school in it. 728 00:42:44,812 --> 00:42:47,112 It's sexy. It's comfort. 729 00:42:47,189 --> 00:42:48,319 It's freedom. 730 00:42:49,858 --> 00:42:51,568 I'll take one in every color. 731 00:42:53,862 --> 00:42:57,202 [soul music playing] 732 00:43:05,374 --> 00:43:09,214 ♪ Everybody is a star ♪ 733 00:43:10,796 --> 00:43:14,966 ♪ Who would rain and chase the dust away ♪ 734 00:43:16,051 --> 00:43:20,431 ♪ Everybody wants to shine ♪ 735 00:43:21,557 --> 00:43:25,767 ♪ Who'll come out on a cloudy day ♪ 736 00:43:26,812 --> 00:43:31,192 ♪ Till the sun that loves you proud ♪ 737 00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:36,566 ♪ When the system tries To bring you down ♪ 738 00:43:37,740 --> 00:43:43,040 ♪ Ever had to shine tonight ♪ 739 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:47,120 ♪ You don't need darkness To do what you think is right ♪ 740 00:43:48,584 --> 00:43:55,474 ♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba ♪ 741 00:43:55,966 --> 00:43:58,006 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 742 00:43:58,093 --> 00:43:59,553 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 743 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:02,767 ♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba ♪ 744 00:44:02,848 --> 00:44:05,098 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 745 00:44:05,184 --> 00:44:06,774 ♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba ♪ 746 00:44:06,852 --> 00:44:10,112 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 747 00:44:10,189 --> 00:44:14,319 ♪ Everybody is a star ♪ 748 00:44:15,611 --> 00:44:19,951 ♪ I can feel it when you shine on me ♪ 749 00:44:21,033 --> 00:44:25,793 ♪ I love you for who you are ♪ 750 00:44:26,538 --> 00:44:30,958 ♪ Not the one you feel you need to be ♪ 751 00:44:31,835 --> 00:44:36,295 ♪ Ever catch a falling star? ♪ 752 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:41,761 ♪ Ain't no stopping Till it's in the ground ♪ 753 00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:47,176 ♪ Everybody is a star ♪ 754 00:44:48,268 --> 00:44:52,768 ♪ One big circle goin' round and round ♪ 755 00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:58,821 ♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba ♪ 756 00:45:01,198 --> 00:45:03,988 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 757 00:45:04,076 --> 00:45:04,906 ♪ Yeah ♪ 758 00:45:04,993 --> 00:45:11,753 ♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba ♪ 759 00:45:12,251 --> 00:45:15,301 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 760 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:21,299 ♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba ♪ 761 00:45:23,262 --> 00:45:25,262 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪