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Showing posts with label Studio 54. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Studio 54. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Halston Film, ‘But This Time It’ll Be Good’

Story written By @ Stylecaster.com
We've been gearing up for this holiday for a while it seems and now that it's just around the corner, we can almost smell mom's home-cooked dinner and feel the warmth of our fuzzy flannels. With that in mind, we made a solid list of movies we plan on enjoying for solid hours (let's be honest – days) that we haven't had a chance to watch just yet.  In our quest to ensure we have an ample veg-out sesh, we stumbled upon several movies that have yet to be released (Batman anyone?!) but one got us super excited: Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston. No, this isn't about a 90's nightclub -- we have Limelight for that - this documentary focuses on the life, tragedy, and talent of the man behind Halston.  Finally! Film-maker Whitney Sudler-Smith interviews Halston's muses, friends, and clients in this film that depicts the designer's career starting as a hat maker at Bergdorf Goodman, through the glitter-speckled nights at Studio 54 and ultimately, selling his namesake to the likes of JC Penney, decades before any other brand caught onto the diffusion line trend.We’ve been gearing up for this holiday for a while it seems and now that it’s just around the corner, we can almost smell mom’s home-cooked dinner and feel the warmth of our fuzzy flannels. With that in mind, we made a solid list of movies we plan on enjoying for solid hours (let’s be honest – days) that we haven’t had a chance to watch just yet. In our quest to ensure we have an ample veg-out sesh, we stumbled upon several movies that have yet to be released (Batman anyone?!) but one got us super excited: Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston. No, this isn’t about a 90′s nightclub — we have Limelight for that – this documentary focuses on the life, tragedy, and talent of the man behind Halston. Finally! Film-maker Whitney Sudler-Smith interviews Halston’s muses, friends, and clients in this film that depicts the designer’s career starting as a hat maker at Bergdorf Goodman, through the glitter-speckled nights at Studio 54 and ultimately, selling his namesake to the likes of JC Penney, decades before any other brand caught onto the diffusion line trend. – - more

Friday, January 21, 2011

Stephen Burrows: Host “Tribute to American Fashion” @ Met Museum

Retrospect: Stephen Burrows at Studio 54 in 1977
Mr. Burrows gathered some of  his Model Greats like Bethann Hardison, Amina Warsuma, Billie Blair, Pat Cleveland, Alva Chinn, Norma Jean Darden, Barbara Johnson, China Mechado & Ramona Saunders.

Event held at  Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the annals of fashion smackdowns, few events have attained anything resembling the legendary status of the 1973 Grand Divertissement à Versailles. A stunt benefit ginned up by Eleanor Lambert, the publicist who invented the Best Dressed List, this fabled fashion show, promoted as a Franco-American collaboration, was always destined to be seen as a battle for dominance: the Old World slugging it out with the New, a muscular group of comers with Studio 54 as their shared point of reference taking on the fusty world of the haute couture.

Read More in NY Times Article by Guy Trebay | Published: January 12, 2011