I'm not sure how to begin when explaining this book. I watched the Netflix episode, and then bought the book from Amazon.

Roy Halson Frowick was born in the Midwest, Des Moines, Iowa. His father was abusive in his temper was uncontrollable. Unable to keep a job, his family moved frequently, increasingly to down and out dumps.

To help his mother's sadness, at an early age, he made hats for her. When an adult, he moved to Manhattan, where he was known as a hat designer. When Jackie Kennedy wore a dress by Cassini, and a hat by Halston, it was a terrific outfit and brought attention to Halston.

Difficult to make the transition from hat making when the industry closed as a result of changing ways in which women wanted to be dressed. Halston's hats were out, but soon, his incredible designs of women's clothing were the rage. His clothes were simplistically beautiful. in the 1070's, he became the king of women's couturier., and gained international fame as well. his minimalist, clean designs were made of ultrasuede and or cashmere. At the top of his success, his jumpers, evening gowns and reader to wear clothing dresses the rich and famous. In 1984 he was a four-time Coty fashion award recipient.

He clothed the famous such as Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minelli, Babe Paley, Bianca Jagger, to name a few. He was selling clothes and an image.

Bergdorf Goodman carried both his perfume and his dresses. At the height of his fame in the 1970's, all too soon the gay Halston became very much a part of Studio 54, where cocaine and various drugs were frequent. Not only dancing, but sex was exhibited in a sensational manner.

His personal life became out of control. Taking limos for just one block, it was not unusual for the accounting books to reflect thousands of dollars per month for this habit. This was not the only habit that Halston had. His cocaine habit was out of control.

In the mid 80's his ego was like the prince with no clothes. He was not uncontrollable. When his cocaine habit interfered with his ability to produce on time, his company was bought by those much larger than he. An accountant who had a reputation of turning companies around and cutting expenses to the minimum, Halston's ego would not allow anyone to tell him what to do.

Friend of the iconic fashion designer, Charles James, and the well-known artist Andy Warhol, he loved the lavish life style.

He was promiscuous in the time when AID first was discovered to cause death, and the knowledge it was transmitted thought unprotected sex, Halston paid no mind to caution.

He openly ordered men from telephone services. Never spending the night, he only wanted sex.

Sex, drinking, smoking and and ego that was sky high, alll too soon caused the company to crash. The 80's were the time of business take overs, and Halston's poorly run company all too soon was bought out by much larger companies who knew how to control their assets. He sold not only the company, but his name as well.

When he contracted aids n 1988, Halston's life was soon to be over. His long-term, incredibly decadent boy friend Victor Hugo a sex worker from Venezuela, by his own admission, had sexual contact with "thousands."

His relationship with a very out of touch, sadistic man, was his undoing. When the cash dried up and Hugo could no longer get the money he needed for his habits, he decided that he could blackmail Halston with sex tapes he recorded.

Halston's life was ending, and he moved to California where his brother and sister took care of him and forbid Hugo to be a part of his life, and then death.

Andy Warhol, was also part of the part of sex, love and drugs scene. Also a play mate of Victor Hugo, when Warhol died, his diaries were found, in them were salacious descriptions of the wild life of Halston. At the time of publication, Halston was struggling
to stay alive. The Warhol publications were the end of Halston.

He died in March of 1990, a short two years after the discovery that he carried AIDS.
He died of Kaposi's carcinoma, an AIDS-defining illness, at the Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center in San Francisco.

His star shone brightly, and faded as result of changing styles in the fashion industry, and his out of control addictions to drugs and sex. ( )

Why this book? Because I just watched the miniseries on Netflix.