Cutting remarks

HALSTON’S family is claiming they weren’t consulted on Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix series about the late fashion legend. On Monday, Halston’s niece Lesley Frowick, keeper of the designer’s archives, released a statement blasting the series as “an inaccurate, fictionalized account” of her uncle’s life. “The Halston Archives remains the only definitive and comprehensive source on the man and his legacy as the personally appointed custodian of his private papers and effects,” she said. Ewan McGregor stars as the legendarily hard-partying designer, who passed away of AIDS complications in 1990 at age 57. The star reportedly even taught himself to sew in order to portray the designer. Murphy has described McGregor as “the only choice” to play Halston. Brook Drummond, another Halston relative, also recently posted about the series, calling it a “‘Real Housewives’ take on someone who was superbly elegant and sophisticated and who made enormous contributions to American fashion and culture.” A rep for the series did not get back to us.