In Honor of Elsa Peretti- Please Post Your Favorite Pieces

[limom]

More beans! Love this photo! I like her earrings too... are they jumbo teardrops? I can't seem to find them online.
Thanks for finding this photo... very inspirational!

Note to Myself: "Must resist the beans, necklace not for you , you'll mess up making the necklace anyway".

Tear drop earrings with bean worn as a choker.
I had forgotten about Margaux, she was such a great model/actress.

 

[etoile de mer]

Here is a screen shot for you
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Thanks, so nice of you!

 

[BigAkoya]

I just watched an amazing documentary on H (YT) from 2019 and interviewing EP: . Coincidentally, for the first time, I saw this series is coming out through a newspaper article.

I'm so pleased the wonderful work of H and Elsa are having another moment in the spotlight.

@MatAllston @etoile de mer @A1aGypsy If you watch this documentary... wow... there is a person wearing your jumbo silver bean keychain sideways, like a short necklace. It's the same jumbo size and looks really cool!

 

[BigAkoya]

She was more than his muse and we have him to thank for her working with Tif. Her work was substantially influential on him, those belts designed for Halston way before Tiffany sold them, his iconic perfume bottle her creation, and it was H that took her to Tiffany and set-up what turned into a lifelong relationship. I am shocked at the article's language using the word "trinkets"

You are so right! I did not realize until much later that Elsa designed the Halston bottle and those belts.
In the movie, the models wear those belts with many outfits. It looks so chic. I also saw a silver heart crossbody bag. So many pieces!

Thank you for posting this documentary... I really enjoyed it.

 

[skyqueen]

How is the Halston Series?

I just binge-watched and loved it. When I lived in Manhattan I went to Studio 54 several times. Everytime I went there I saw Halston.
There was a catwalk above the dance floor and Halston would stand and checkout the the dancers/patrons. Very elegent...always in a turtleneck, sports jacket and gorgeous slacks, usually monotone. He actually made smoking look cool! I didn't know, although suspected, about all the drug/sex shenanigans going on in the back VIP rooms...nobody invited me
Over 40 years ago but I still have wonderful memories.....

She was more than his muse and we have him to thank for her working with Tif. Her work was substantially influential on him, those belts designed for Halston way before Tiffany sold them, his iconic perfume bottle her creation, and it was H that took her to Tiffany and set-up what turned into a lifelong relationship. I am shocked at the article's language using the word "trinkets"

Who knows what's fact/fiction but I didn't realize he had a falling out with Peretti. He introduced her to Tiffany but she made herself an icon!

 

[limom]

I just binge-watched and loved it. When I lived in Manhattan I went to Studio 54 several times. Everytime I went there I saw Halston.
There was a catwalk above the dance floor and Halston would stand and checkout the the dancers/patrons. Very elegent...always in a turtleneck, sports jacket and gorgeous slacks, usually monotone. He actually made smoking look cool! I didn't know, although suspected, about all the drug/sex shenanigans going on in the back VIP rooms...nobody invited me
Over 40 years ago but I still have wonderful memories.....

Who knows what's fact/fiction but I didn't realize he had a falling out with Peretti. He introduced her to Tiffany but she made herself an icon!

By the time, I got to NYC, the studio was closed. I was a limelight/tunnel girl
Prior, I partied elsewhere
Same shenanigans,
Halston had issues with everybody. He basically died completely alone and broke.
I give him a break, those were horrific times. Aids was no joke.
Interestingly, his townhouse is now owned by Tom Ford who imo has a very similar esthetic..
As far as Peretti, her designs are timeless.
It seems like she was in love with him thus the fallout.
At the end, she is still, the most influential and financially successful woman jewelry designer. (For now)

 

[MatAllston]

@MatAllston @etoile de mer @A1aGypsy If you watch this documentary... wow... there is a person wearing your jumbo silver bean keychain sideways, like a short necklace. It's the same jumbo size and looks really cool!

Thank you, I plan to watch it then.

 

[papertiger]

By the time, I got to NYC, the studio was closed. I was a limelight/tunnel girl
Prior, I partied elsewhere
Same shenanigans,
Halston had issues with everybody. He basically died completely alone and broke.
I give him a break, those were horrific times. Aids was no joke.
Interestingly, his townhouse is now owned by Tom Ford who imo has a very similar esthetic..
As far as Peretti, her designs are timeless.
It seems like she was in love with him thus the fallout.
At the end, she is still, the most influential and financially successful woman jewelry designer. (For now)

Tom Ford is soooo influenced by Halston, so true

 

[etoile de mer]

Regarding the Halston set design, excerpt below is from an Architectural Digest article. It notes Tiffany loaned Peretti designed items for use on set.

“That penchant for minimalism is most evident in Halston’s awe-inspiring four-story Brutalist-style town house, designed by Paul Rudolph. The Upper East Side home gets the Halston white, black, and grey treatment, with an iconic free-floating staircase, sunken living room, and fireplace frequented by the likes of Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Bianca Jagger, and Liza Minnelli. Known as the Halston House, the home was later purchased by designer Tom Ford. Since Ford’s home was unavailable for filming, the location team found the perfect house with all the right bones in Brooklyn’s Red Hook. For the sunken living room, Hale slipcovered the Olympic Tower pieces and added a marble six-foot-square coffee table. In a case of life imitating art, Tiffany and Co. loaned $40,000 worth of home accessories from the collection of the late Elsa Peretti (former Halston muse, model, and pal) for the town house and Olympic Tower interiors.”

The Heady, Hazy, Hedonistic Days of Halston Get the Ryan Murphy Treatment

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www.architecturaldigest.com

And for fans of architecture, diverging a bit from Peretti for a moment, more info in link below about his home. One of the articles I previously read mentioned Halston’s guests often falling down the sculptural staircase!

1966.05 Hirsch Residence — Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation

www.paulrudolphheritagefoundation.org

 

[AntiqueShopper]

Regarding the Halston set design, excerpt below is from an Architectural Digest article. It notes Tiffany loaned Peretti designed items for use on set.

“That penchant for minimalism is most evident in Halston’s awe-inspiring four-story Brutalist-style town house, designed by Paul Rudolph. The Upper East Side home gets the Halston white, black, and grey treatment, with an iconic free-floating staircase, sunken living room, and fireplace frequented by the likes of Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Bianca Jagger, and Liza Minnelli. Known as the Halston House, the home was later purchased by designer Tom Ford. Since Ford’s home was unavailable for filming, the location team found the perfect house with all the right bones in Brooklyn’s Red Hook. For the sunken living room, Hale slipcovered the Olympic Tower pieces and added a marble six-foot-square coffee table. In a case of life imitating art, Tiffany and Co. loaned $40,000 worth of home accessories from the collection of the late Elsa Peretti (former Halston muse, model, and pal) for the town house and Olympic Tower interiors.”

The Heady, Hazy, Hedonistic Days of Halston Get the Ryan Murphy Treatment

A new Netflix limited series offers a nostalgic look at the life of the legendary fashion designer

www.architecturaldigest.com

And for fans of architecture, diverging a bit from Peretti for a moment, more info in link below about his home. One of the articles I previously read mentioned Halston’s guests often falling down the sculptural staircase!

1966.05 Hirsch Residence — Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation

www.paulrudolphheritagefoundation.org

Thank you for sharing all of this. I don’t have Netflix but am enjoying reading all the information about the documentary.

 

[etoile de mer]

Thank you for sharing all of this. I don’t have Netflix but am enjoying reading all the information about the documentary.

Happy to share! As you're unable to see the Netflix series (more a dramatization), the documentary that @papertiger posted about on the previous page was very interesting! See post #512, it's available for viewing on YouTube and is nearly 2 hrs. Netflix has a tendency to munge the facts, still fun to watch, but I also enjoyed this documentary of his life. Has many interviews with those who knew him.

 

[BigAkoya]

I binged-watched this afternoon and loved it. Although I must say, Victor Hugo is super annoying.

My jewelry take away from watching the Netflix series...
- I loved the episode about the bottle necklace. That is so iconic.
- I saw the bone cuff many times, the large one as well as the classic size one.
- Red... wow... so much red! I need my red doughnut bangle! I would bet it is the same shade of "Halston red".

@MatAllston @etoile de mer @A1aGypsy
I flipped through the documentary and found the big silver bean necklace for you so you guys would not have to dig through it. The person is wearing it on a short silver chain... so cool! I took a screen shot showing the time in the documentary (see below).

Also, the second photo is stunning to me... it is Halston's niece wearing a huge round disc pendant and I think matching round disc earrings with black and red. I was actually planning on me wearing my large bottle necklace with the red doughnut bangle! Yup... the red doughnut bangle that I cannot find!

I hope you enjoy these images.

 

[etoile de mer]

I binged-watched this afternoon and loved it. Although I must say, Victor Hugo is super annoying.

My jewelry take away from watching the Netflix series...
- I loved the episode about the bottle necklace. That is so iconic.
- I saw the bone cuff many times, the large one as well as the classic size one.
- Red... wow... so much red! I need my red doughnut bangle! I would bet it is the same shade of "Halston red".

@MatAllston @etoile de mer @A1aGypsy
I flipped through the documentary and found the big silver bean necklace for you so you guys would not have to dig through it. The person is wearing it on a short silver chain... so cool! I took a screen shot showing the time in the documentary (see below).

Also, the second photo is stunning to me... it is Halston's niece wearing a huge round disc pendant and I think matching round disc earrings with black and red. I was actually planning on me wearing my large bottle necklace with the red doughnut bangle! Yup... the red doughnut bangle that I cannot find!

I hope you enjoy these images.

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Fun, thanks for sharing! I watched the documentary yesterday while doing chores, so missed seeing the Bean! But I did see his niece's large disc, was also admiring! Still no luck with the red bangle? The Fifth Ave store used to have personal shoppers. Not sure if they still have, but if so maybe one could help?

I'm going to route you back to a previous post...
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...favorite-pieces.1040964/page-35#post-34535958

 

[A1aGypsy]

@BigAkoya thank you! I am just obsessed with the giant bean. She wears it beautifully.

 

[MatAllston]

@BigAkoya thanks for the screen shots, I watched it this afternoon and I missed the bean. It looks so nice. I love seeing all the cuffs in the documentary.