Halston Gets One Thing Very Right: Liza Minnelli Is The Real Halston’s Fiercest Defender

Ryan Murphy has announced the first round of actors that will be appearing in his upcoming American Horror Stories series!

, the limited Netflix series created and directed by Daniel Minahan and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, follows designer Roy Halston Frowick (Ewan McGregor) as he navigates the ups and downs of his life and career, it’s hard not to take notice when Victor Hugo plays a key role in it.

Wigs. If Cynthia Nixon is going to pull off starring in three series at one time it’s going to be thanks to the power of wigs.

By All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.There's a lot of flashy, glamorous things about Halston, Netflix's that follows the rise and fall of the innovative fashion designer, played by Ewan McGregor.

Ewan McGregor didn’t know a whole lot about 1960s and ’70s fashion icon Halston before he signed on to play the role in Netflix’s five-part limited series, except maybe that he was best friends with Liza Minnelli. That would be because Halston not only made a huge impact on the fashion world, but also in the social whirl of New York City during his prime years.

Halston (★★★☆☆), from the House of uber-producer Ryan Murphy.The five-episode series, based on the 1991 biography Simply Halston by Steven Gaines, is more concerned with marking the designer’s fall, fueled by hubris, cocaine, and a genius artist’s singular distaste for mastering the details of business. But don’t be mistaken — Halston, portrayed by Ewan McGregor with a sense of humor as dry and crisp as a martini, definitely likes money.

The name Halston is synonymous with American fashion and New York City nightlife during the disco era — now, the famed fashionista the subject of a new Netflix docu-series. Moulin Rouge star Ewan McGregor stars as the iconic designer in the Ryan Murphy-produced biopic, which follows the life of the eccentric fashion powerhouse. Before watching the new series, learn more about who Halston was.

Netflix series from “American Horror Story” producer Ryan Murphy — charts the spectacular rise and fall of the mononymous disco-era designer, born Roy Halston Frowick.

Ryan Murphy, follows the life of legendary fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick, portrayed by Ewan McGregor.  is available to stream now, and in honor of the series' release, we're in the mood to shop for clothes that take us back to the '70s in New York City — an era synonymous with glamour, disco and Halston himself.Think billowy gowns to slinky club dresses, featuring statement-making details like metallics, sequins and halter necklines.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Getting out of my own head should be the title of my autobiography.”That’s the first thing Krysta Rodriguez says in a Zoom conversation about her new role as the legendary Liza Minnelli in Netflix’s limited series “Halston.” To be fair, though, this quick quip is in response to a question posed about whether preparing to portray such a well-known figure is as much mental as it is physical.“When I got the audition for this, I saw ‘Liza Minnelli’ and

Halston, Roy Halston Frowick was an American fashion designer who rose to prominence in the 1960s before going on to define the Studio 54 era of the ‘70s and early ‘80s until he lost control of his fashion house. During that time, Jacqueline Kennedy famously wore one of Halston’s pillbox hats to husband John F. Kennedy’s 1961 presidential inauguration.

If ’70s fashion designer Halston is a creation, a persona, an idea of a person (one with taste), one that eventually gets watered down and then wisps away under the thumb of mass marketing beyond its initial couture means and origins, “Halston,” the glorified SparksNotes posing as prestige mini-series of the rise and fall of the fashion icon created by Sharr White and executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan is similarly hollow to the mass-marketed garbage he peddled in the ‘80.

Netflix limited series from executive producer Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story) which follows the eponymous fashion designer known, played here by Golden Globe-winning actor Ewan McGregor, and is based on the biography Simply Halston by journalist Steven Haines.

Netflix series about the late designer “an inaccurate, fictionalised account”.The limited series, which is executive produced by Ryan Murphy and stars Ewan McGregor as Halston, follows the legendary fashionista’s hedonistic lifestyle in the 1970s and 1980s. It arrives on the streaming platform this Friday (May 14).In a statement shared on Monday (via PR Newswire), Halston’s family claimed that they had not been consulted by Netflix regarding the series.Calling the series “inaccurate” and

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFashion designer Halston’s tie-dye collection first dropped in the late 1960s.