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Article: Halston
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HALSTON
American designer
Born:
Roy Halston Frowick in Des Moines, Iowa, 23 April 1932.
Education:
Studied at Indiana University, Bloomington, and at the Art Institute of Chicago to 1953.
Career:
Freelance milliner, Chicago, 1952-53; window dresser, Carson Pirie Scott, Chicago, 1954-57; designer and hats division manager, Lilly Dach
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, New York, 1958-59;
millinery and clothing designer, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, 1959-68; founder/designer, Halston Ltd. couture, New York, 1962-73; with Henry Pollack Inc., established Halston International, ready-to-wear, 1970; established Halston Originals with Ben Shaw, 1972; Halston Ltd. renamed Halston Enterprises, 1973, and company, design ...