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'Halston' dresses up Ewan McGregor as the fashion icon in an era of excess
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"Halston" follows the familiar rise-and-fall structure of cinematic biographies — think "Citizen Kane," only with more sex, better clothes and disco.
Spanning three decades in the designer's tempestuous life, "Halston" has to be watched as much in spite of its sneering, easily provoked leading man as because of him. His career arc, however, invariably keeps finding conflict in resistance to those pushing him to make financially motivated decisions instead of staying true to his aesthetic vision. A name-dropper's paradise, producer Ryan Murphy's latest salacious ode to the glamorous past (following "Feud: Bette and Joan," "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace" and the fictionalized "Hollywood") kicks off in 1961, with Halston (the only name by which he's known) achieving fame after one of his hat designs has been worn by First Lady Jackie Kennedy.More Related News