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When Halston died last week at the age of 57, the first reports gave the cause simply as cancer. The designer's brother, Robert Frowick, however, quickly confirmed the rumors that for months had rippled through the fitting rooms and executive suites of the glittering haute couture world. The truth was that Halston, who introduced U.S. women to the pillbox hat, slinky jerseys, tunics and Ultrasuede, who dressed Betty Ford, Liza Minnelli, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor, and who partied hard with the best of the jet set, had succumbed to AIDS...
...head of the class is Halston, born Roy Halston Frowick in Des Moines 43 years ago. The first to take the "less-is-more" approach to designing clothes, Halston revived the once fashionable sweater set and sweater dress by using cashmere, argyle and matte jersey, and four years ago introduced Japanese-made ultrasuede, the most sought-after covering since the fig leaf. While he dresses some of the world's most fashionable women,* Halston's soft, tactile approach to sportswear has also won him immense success as a ready-to-wear magnate; his off-the-peg clothes sell...
Halston, né Roy Halston Frowick, is one of high fashion's best designers -and best business minds. Unheard of 15 years ago, he built a custom and ready-to-wear business that will sell $28 million worth of high-priced fashions this year, including thousands of "ultra suede" dresses that go for $220 apiece...