Quotes from Halston

I think once you call yourself a genius, you stop growing.

Halston: "Some models just wear clothes. Elsa, she makes them her own."
Ed: "I thought Liza was your muse?"
Halston: "Well, you can't have too many muses."

Or someone might say, "Lisa, what a nice hat you have on." And I'll say, "Thank you very much, but my name is Liza. And that's my hair."

Joe: "That collection you did for Bergdorf's? Looked like cement. Nobody wanted 'em."
Halston: "Nobody understood them."
Joe: "You don't want to understand a dress. You want to love it."

Halston: "I'm gonna do what Ralph Lifshitz did, only bigger."
Ed: "Why don't I know this name?"
Halston: "Because he changed his last name to fing 'Lauren'."

Henry: "Hat sales are down 30% from last quarter, and the previous quarter down 40%."
Halston: "We're trending up, is what you're saying."

Ed Austin: "No, thanks. I don't accept drinks from strangers."
Halston: "Then tell me your name. We won't be strangers."

Can't put a budget on inspiration.

If I can get my designs on the one right person, I can get them on every woman in America.

Henry: "People just don't wear hats anymore. What are you going to do about it?"
Halston: "Well I'm hard at work making the sun brighter, but until I get my rainmaking machine working, I don't know what I'll do. Except maybe drink after this meeting."

People gather by the thousands to witness the inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. As the motorcade makes its way down Pennsylvania Avenue, they hope to catch a glimpse of First Lady Jackie Kennedy in a dress by designer Oleg Cassini and a simple, yet elegant pillbox by hatmaker Mr. Halston.