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. 

This lot contains three designer items. 

THE FIRST 
Mint 100% cotton shirt with cutaway collar, three-quarter length sleeves, center front top stitching and pieced design.
Label: Chado / Ralph Rucci
Size Label: 6 
Style/Serial No.: N/A 

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 16"
Chest: 44"
Waist: 40"
Hips: 42"
Length (high shoulder point to hem): 31.5"
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 30"

THE SECOND 
Red cashmere knit open front cardigan with oversized three-quarter length sleeves. 
Label: Halston (the label has partially been removed) 
Size Label: removed 
Style/Serial No.: N/A 

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 18.5"
Chest: 50"
Waist: 49"
Hips: 48"
Length (high shoulder point to hem): 30.5"
Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 25.5"

THE THIRD 
Black wool long collarless cape with single hook and eye closure at the neck. 
Label: Halston 
Size Label: not sized 
Style/Serial No.: N/A 

Approximate Measurements:
Shoulders: 21"
Chest: 76"
Length (high shoulder point to hem): 42"