declining millinery industry, as women increasingly abandoned hats in favor of bouffant hairstyles.

Couture and Ready-to-Wear

When hats fell out of fashion, Halston moved on to designing clothing, made possible by Estelle Marsh, a millionaire from Amarillo, Texas. Marsh was his sole financial backer during this critical time of development. In 1966, Bergdorf Goodman introduced the first clothing collection by Halston, designed to bridge the gap between

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