Using archival footage of and interviews about fashion designer and icon Halston (1932-1990), Whitney Smith looks at the 1970s in Manhattan. Smith is interested in the parties and the excess, which contrast with Halston's minimalist lines. There is a rough chronology for Halston: from milliner to couture to an unsuccessful attempt to bring his designs to the customers of J.C. Penney. The principal focus is on the world of Studio 54 and Halston's part in it.... (Full plot summary below)
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Using archival footage of and interviews about fashion designer and icon Halston (1932-1990), Whitney Smith looks at the 1970s in Manhattan. Smith is interested in the parties and the excess, which contrast with Halston's minimalist lines. There is a rough chronology for Halston: from milliner to couture to an unsuccessful attempt to bring his designs to the customers of J.C. Penney. The principal focus is on the world of Studio 54 and Halston's part in it.
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| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsPeculiar, picaresque and presided over by a self-appointed fashion paradigm. |
| TV GuideCammila AlbertsonIt becomes clear throughout the movie that you don't have to be a fanboy or fashionista to appreciate the story of such a smart, flawed, fabulous man. |
| Times-PicayuneMike ScottHalston's name is in the title, but the faintly irritating Ultrasuede isn't necessarily about the fashion designer. It's about director Whitney Sudler-Smith |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeIt as least as much about the journey as about the man at the heart of it all. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineWhile the elusive subject of this documentary is fascinating, filmmaker Sudler-Smith us almost as interested in his own celebrity as in that of iconic fashion designer Halston. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmSudler-Smith interviews Minnelli and other celebrities in a somewhat amateurish fashion. But it's the era that's intriguing rather than the man. |
| Total FilmCarmen GrayThis documentary seeks out bestie Liza Minnelli and others to unearth the man behind the lifestyle. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeI want to believe that Whitney Sudler-Smith, the director and camera-hogging "presenter" of Ultrasuede: In Search Of Halston, is some kind of Bruno-like parody of a fashion victim. He's too gloriously, self- importantly inept to be real, surely? |
| Time OutDave CalhounThe film is poorly structured, and most of Sudler-Smith's conclusions are trite. |
| Independent (UK)Anthony Quinn[It's directed by] an unknown amateur named Whitney Sudler-Smith who looks a bit like Julian Assange and seems almost surprised to be making a film at all. |
