Is Halston on Netflix based on a true story?

Ewan McGregor channels American fashion designer Roy Halston in, the limited Netflix series created and directed by Daniel Minahan, it’s hard not to be enraptured by Krysta Rodriguez, who fully transforms into his best friend and longtime performer, Liza Minnelli. As the Broadway and screen actress, who has a dedicated following thanks to the beloved but short-lived series, tells ET’s Leanne Aguilera, it was a role that she was born to play.

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.

In Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix series “Halston”, Ewan McGregor plays the late American fashion designer Roy Halston who became the face of an international brand but almost lost it all with a spiralling addiction to drug and alcohol. Having gotten sober years ago, McGregor says he’s more than familiar with Halston’s struggles.

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.

Halston on , the -produced miniseries about the legendary fashion designer. The glittery, dramatic takes place in the 1970s, when Halston was rising to fame and Studio 54 was the place to be.

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.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticHalston, the mononymous designer whose peak fame dovetailed with the celebrity whirl of Studio 54-era New York, rose thanks to his originality and coasted thanks to his willingness to be duplicated.

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 Halston Netflix: Where is Halston filmed The majority of filming for Halston took place on location in New York, US. In 2020, Ewan McGregor, who portrays Halston was spotted on Fifth Avenue, Manhatten filming scenes for the drama.

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.

Ewan McGregor is set to make his debut as legendary fashion designer Halston in Netflix’s limited series of the same name.