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Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston UK Trailer - out on DVD 07/11/2011

No one represented the glamour, style and excess of the 70's quite like legendary designer Halston and in this new documentary, Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, filmmaker Whitney Sudler -Smith takes us on a fabulous fun-and-fact filled journey through his life and times. Halston was also emperor of another world, namely New York City nightlife, and the fabled Studio 54 was where he held court, surrounding himself with the likes of Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli and Truman Capote. Every night was a party, full of dancing, drinking and drugging. Ultrasuede combines archival footage and an array of interviews with various witnesses and survivors of Halston's empire including, his best friend Liza Minnelli, two of his leading models, Anjelica Huston and Pat Cleveland; fellow designers Dianne von Furstenberg, Stephen Burrows, Naeem Khan and Ralph Rucci; musicians Billy Joel and Nile Rogers (both of whom used "Halston" as a lyric in hit songs); journalists Bob Colacello and Glenn O'Brien (of Andy Warhol's Interview), Jim Moore of GQ, Cathy Horyn of the New York Times, Amy Fine Collins of Vanity Fair, and Andre Leon Talley of Vogue, among others.