1932-
Designer

Casual and Sexy.

As the 1971 and 1972 winner of the Coty American Fashion Critic's top award (Winnie), Halston was the premier fashion designer of the early 1970s. Halston established himself as one of the guiding forces in fashion by adapting the classical look of sportswear to the active life of American women. As one critic commented, Halston's "special brand of casual but sexy has become one of the most recognizable and individual looks in American fashion."

Life.

Roy Halston Frowick was born in April 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa, the second of four children. Halston's first attempt at fashion design came in the way of a homemade red hat which "was a smash and really flattered my mother." After World War II Halston attended the University of Indiana for two years before enrolling at the Chicago Art Institute as a fine arts major. While a student he...