I really liked the 2019 documentary Halston, about the famed designer. I’m not into high fashion, but I like looking at the archival footage of NYC in the 70’s and 80’s, admiring the glamorous dresses, and getting into the corporate drama of Halston getting booted out from his own company. I especially liked the interviews with Liza Minnelli (who always sounded like she was about to burst into song) and Elsa Peretti’s jaded coolness in her 1990 interview.
The part that wasn’t necessary was Tavi Gevinson as the fictional narrator. It was fine as an opening framing device, but whenever the film cut back to her, it felt jarring and out of place, and felt very unimportant in comparison with all the other interviews and archival footage.
Overall, it was a very interesting documentary about a highly influential designer who had a very intriguing public persona that was at both charismatic yet remote.
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