You Can Lead a Horse to Halston, but You Can’t Make Her a Hit: The SJP Story
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
How do you solve a problem like Halston? Once the de rigeur designer of the haute fabulous set — Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Jackie Kennedy, Babe Paley, Lauren Hutton, Liz Taylor; we’re talking Glamour here — the company faltered in the early 80s with the ousting of Roy Halston. Roy, too high on caviar wishes and cocaine dreams, had sold equity in his company in 1973 and was fired in 1984 only to die of AIDS-related complications in 1990. Numerous attempts to revive the brand faltered over the last two decades with the latest manicured finger of blame being pointed dramatically at Carrie Bradshaw.
Socialites, or “socials” as they’re called today, have existed for decades and evolved as style and glamourous social life icons. From Babe Paley to Olivia Palermo, socials are famous for their money, style, connections, and jobs (that is if they even need one)…hey, sounds a bit like me! This mini-spread is really cool, feels a bit like a newspaper, a bit like a yearbook, and breaks down all of the top socialites through the years, up until 2009.