Halston Skirt Suit, Two Skirts, and Dress, 1980s

This lot includes five Halston pieces.

In the early 1950s, while attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Roy Halston Frowick (American, 1932-90) began a business designing and making women's hats. Halston gained a well-known clientele designing for the Chicago elite, including Peg Zwecker, a fashion editor for the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News. Zwecker was an early supporter of Halston. Later Halston became the head milliner for the high-end New York City department store Bergdorf Goodman. His fame rose when he designed the pill-box hat that Jacqueline Kennedy wore to the inauguration of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, in 1961. In the late 1960s, Halston made the transition to women's clothing, opening a boutique on Madison Avenue in New York, and started a ready-to-wear line eventually rising to international fame in the 1970s with countless licensing agreements.

THE FIRST - Fall 1983
Double-breasted jacket in double-face red wool. Single-button-closure. Two slash pockets at hips. Unlined.
Label: Halston
Size Label: N/A
Style/Serial No.: N/A

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 16"
Chest: 38
Waist: 39
Hips: 40"
Length (high shoulder point to hem):
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 31

THE SECOND - Fall 1983
A-line wrap skirt in double-face red wool. Slash pockets at hips with snap and hook closures at waist. Unlined.
Label: Halston
Size Label: N/A
Style/Serial No.: N/A

Approximate Measurements:
Waist: 24"
Hips: 38"
Length (high waist point down side seam to hem): 26"

THE THIRD
A-line skirt in nude crepe de chine. Skirt features light pleating at waist, rear zipper and hook closure, and a full lining.
Label: Unlabeled (attributed to Halston)
Size Label: N/A
Style/Serial No.: N/A

Approximate Measurements:
Waist: 25"
Hips: 34"
Length (high waist point down side seam to hem): 25.5"

THE FOURTH
A-line skirt in black crepe de chine. Skirt features light pleating at waist, rear zipper and hook closure, and a full lining.
Label: Unlabeled (attributed to Halston)
Size Label: N/A
Style/Serial No.: N/A

Approximate Measurements:
Waist: 25"
Hips: 34"
Length (high waist point down side seam to hem): 25.5"

THE FIFTH
Long sleeve, round-neck dress in wool jersey knit that flares out towards the bottom. Dress features "seamless" sleeves. Unlined.
Label: Halston
Size Label: N/A
Style/Serial No.: N/A

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 15.5"
Chest: 36"
Waist: 34"
Hips: 38"
Length (high shoulder point to hem): 46"
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 31"

Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields