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- THEN AND NOW: THE MALE SUPERMOLS OF THE 1990SSOME LOOKS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 22, 2017/5:48 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE/HBO/SATC/BARRY KG/WIREIMAGEBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 22, 2017 / 5:48 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THEN AND NOW: THE MALE SUPERMOLS OF THE 1990S","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-22T21:48:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-22T21:48:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"STYLE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU THK OF '90S SUPERMOLS, YOU THK LDA, NAOMI AND CDY. AND WHILE THOSE LADI WERE THE QUEENS OF THE NWAY, WE N'T FET ABOUT THE MEN WHOSE VISAG GRACED MAGAZ AND TWALKS THE WORLD OVER (AND HELPED MANY OF EXPERIENCE OUR FIRST SEXUAL AWAKENGS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE HOTTT MALE MOLS OF THE 1990S AND CHECK WH THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH KEVYN AU: BETY & THE BEAST ME, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 9/8C ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC SCHENKENBERGBCE WEBER FOR CALV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC SCHENKENBERG H SUPERMOL STAT THE EARLY '90S THANKS TO STARRG MPAIGNS FOR VERSACE AND CALV KLE.INSTAGRAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SWEDISH LOOKER IS STILL GOG STRONG TODAY AT 49.INSTAGRAM/MARCSCHENKENBERGINSTAGRAM/MARCSCHENKENBERGJIM SPELLMAN/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE WNG SAMANTHA'S HEART AS SMH JERROD ON SEX & THE CY, JASON LEWIS WON OUR HEARTS AS A MEMBER OF THE '90S MALE SUPERMOL CLAN. NOW 46, LEWIS IS BACK ON THE SMALL SCREEN, AS A GAY ANGEL ON NBC'S MIDNIGHT, TEXASMIDNIGHT TEXAS/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, THEY GOT THE ANGEL PART RIGHT.INSTAGRAM/JASONLEELEWISROCHELLE BROD/GETTY IMAG FOR DE RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY MAJOR FASHN HOE WANTED MARK VANRLOO THE '90S, AND WHO N BLAME THEM? HE LAND MPAIGNS WH CALV KLE, VERSACE, HUGO BOSS, DKNY AND GUS, TO NAME A FEW.INSTAGRAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW 49, THE DUTCH HUNK IS STILL MOLG—HE'S APPEARED MPAIGNS FOR ETTORE BUGATTI AND HIS LIKENS WAS ED FOR THE MALE VERSN OF COMMANR SHEPARD THE POPULAR MASS EFFECT VIO GAME SERI.ETTORE BUGATIMIQUEL BENEZ/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYSON BECKFORDRALPH LREN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1993 TYSON BECKFORD WAS RECED BY RALPH LREN TO ONT THE PANY'S POLO SPORTSWEAR, APPEARG ENOUGH SEXY SHOOTS TO BE NAMED ONE OF VH1'S "40 HOTTT HOTTI OF THE '90S."RALPH LREN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW 46, HE'S PROVG TO BE JT AS DREAMY THE 21ST CENTURY. AFTER HOSTG TWO SEASONS OF MAKE ME A SUPERMOL AND STARRG THE MOVIE CHOLATE CY, BECKORD IS STILL MAKG PANTI WET AS PART OF CHIPPENDAL LAS VEGAS.INSTAGRAM/TYSONCBECKFORDDENISE TSCELLO/WIREIMAGELAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 07: ACTOR/MOL TYSON BECKFORD BEGS A CELEBRY GUT HOST RINCY WH THE CHIPPENDAL AT THE R HOTEL & CASO ON APRIL 7, 2017 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. ON APRIL 7, 2017 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. (PHOTO BY DENISE TSCELLO/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL WTCALV KLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISVERED BY A PHOTOGRAPHER AT A DAIRY QUEEN, JOEL WT WAS SOON BARG (ALMOST) ALL FOR CALV KLE.CALV KLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE THE '90S, HE'S TRANSNED TO ACTG ON SHOWS LIKE HERO AND CSI: MIAMI, AND KEEPS TRIM BY CYCLG.INSTAGRAM/JOELAWTINSTAGRAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEXANR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEX LUNDQVIST’S REER BEGAN THE SUMMER OF 1994, WHEN HE WAS SPOTTED BY A WILHELMA AGENT WHO BOOKED HIM FOR A GLOBAL VERSACE MPAIGN.HUGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WENT ON TO WORK WH GUS, HUGO BOSS AND LAGERFELD, CEMENTG HIS PLACE THE '90S MALE-MOL HALL OF FAME.RON GALELLA, LTD./{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY THE 41-YEAR-OLD SWE STILL TAK THE OCSNAL MOLG GIG—LIKE OLIVER PEOPLE'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY MPAIGN.INSTAGRAM/THEREALALEXLUNDQVISTINSTAGRAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- GAY OR STRAIGHT? HARD TO TELL
- INSI HALSTON’S DTCTIVE REAL-LIFE RELATNSHIP WH VICTOR HUGO“THAT VENEZUELAN LL BOY WAS HIS DOWNFALL,” ANDRé LEON TALLEY RECENTLY SAID OF HUGO, WHOSE RELATNSHIP WH THE SIGNER IS CENTRAL TO NETFLIX’S HALSTON. “HE WAS A GRIFTER WHO CLUNG ON LIKE A PARASE, LIKE A BARNACLE ON A SHIP.”BY JULIE MILLERMAY 14, 2021FROM RON GALELLA COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVESOME BLAME SIGNER HALSTON’S EPIC FALL—OM A SUPERSTAR EMPIRE BUILR TO A MAN FIRED OM HIS OWN BRAND—ON DGS, STUD 54 EXCS, AND BAD BS CISNS. OTHERS BLAME VICTOR HUGO, THE VENEZUELAN SEX WORKER HALSTON MET 1972, DATED FOR OVER A , AND FOLLOWED DOWN A PATH OF RECKLS STCTN.HALSTON, THE SUBJECT OF RYAN MURPHY’S EPONYMO NEW LIMED SERI STARRG EWAN MCGREGOR THE TLE ROLE, HAD BOYIENDS BEFORE HUGO. THE MOST NOTABLE OF THEM WAS ED AT (PLAYED ONSCREEN BY SULLIVAN JON), A HANDSOME MENSWEAR BUYER MCGREGOR’S HALSTON PICKS UP WH THE FIRST FIVE MUT OF THE SERI A MEET-CUTE RIPPED ALMOST DIRECTLY OM REAL LIFE. BUT WHEN THAT RELATNSHIP FIZZLED, ACRDG TO SIMPLY HALSTON—THE STEVEN GA BGRAPHY ON WHICH NETFLIX’S SERI IS BASED—THE SIGNER TOOK TO LLG RTS. AS GA WR:HE WOULD PERHAPS ORR THEM BOTH A STEAK AND A BAKED POTATO LIVERED UP, THEN TAKE THEM TO BED AND SHOW THEM THE DOOR. JOE EULA, THE FASHN ILLTRATOR AND ONE OF HALSTON’S CLOST NFIDANTS, TOOK TO LLG THIS PRACTICE “DIAL-A-STEAK, DIAL-A-DICK,” WHICH HALSTON THOUGHT WAS HYSTERILLY FUNNY. ONE NIGHT 1972, THE YOUNG MAN WHO SHOWED UP AT HALSTON’S APARTMENT OM THE LL-BOY SERVICE CHANGED HIS LIFE.THE 24-YEAR-OLD TOLD HALSTON THAT HIS NAME WAS VICTOR HUGO—A PUN ON HIS ANATOMY, RATHER THAN AN HOMAGE TO THE FRENCH WRER AND POET RPONSIBLE FOR L MISéRABL. (“BELIEVE ME, HE WASN’T READG FRENCH LERATURE,” SNIPED FORMER VOGUE EDOR ANDRé LEON TALLEY A RECENT TERVIEW WH THE NEW YORK TIM.)“IT WAS PURE LT. I THK HALSTON HAD A LIFE THAT WAS BARREN OF ROMANCE AND TENRNS,” GA TOLD VANY FAIR. HALSTON RIVED WARMTH OM HIS IENDSHIPS WH WOMEN LIKE LIZA MNELLI AND ELSA PERETTI; HIS ATTRACTN TO HUGO, GA THEORIZED TO LOGO, WAS MORE PLITED. “HALSTON LIKED BEG HUIATED AND HAVG THE SHOCK VALUE OF HAVG VICTOR AROUND,” HE SAID. “IT WAS A WHOLE OTHER SI TO HALSTON…. HALSTON LIKED TO BE ON THE SHOCKG END OF THGS. VICTOR WOULD SHOW UP AT STUD 54 WEARG A HOSE OVER HIS DICK. AND HE PISSED AND ME ON NVAS FOR ANDY WARHOL…. VICTOR ALSO END UP BEG ILL AND HAD NO RPECT FOR ANYTHG. HE THOUGHT HE WAS UNTOUCHABLE.”THOUGH HALSTON ULD BE LD, CUTTG, AND IMPER LATER HIS REER, HUGO—A BRASH, ENTLED ER AND WARHOL ENTOURAGE FIGURE—PROVED TO BE HALSTON’S KRYPTONE. “HE ULDN’T GET RID OF HIM,” GA TOLD V.F. “AND BELIEVE ME, VICTOR WOULDN’T LET HIM GO.”THE YEAR AFTER HALSTON MET HUGO, THE SIGNER WAS ARGUABLY AT THE TOP OF HIS REER—GROSSG NEARLY $30 LN RETAIL SAL, HAVG AMASSED THREE PRTIG COTY AWARDS (A FASHN WORLD PRECSOR TO THE CFDA AWARDS), AND BEG EMED “ONE OF THE GREATS” BY WOMEN’S WEAR. “HALSTON’S MONEY AND HUGO’S APPETE FOR EXCS MA THE PAIR AN ACCINT WAG TO HAPPEN,” MED TELEGRAPH A RETROSPECTIVE PUBLISHED 2001.HALSTON MOVED HUGO TO HIS HOME, PUT HIM ON THE PANY PAYROLL, AND EVENTUALLY LET HIS BOYIEND DRS THE WDOWS OF HIS BOUTIQUE—EVEN THOUGH HALSTON’S PREV BOYIEND, AT, WAS ALREADY DOG THAT JOB. THE NFLICT BETWEEN THEM ME TO A HEAD DURG THE CHRISTMAS SEASON OF 1973, WHEN HALSTON HAD HUGO RERATE A WDOW AT HAD SIGNED.“I WAS FIRED. CHRISTMAS EVE, THANK YOU—OUT THE DOOR, NO SEVERANCE, NOTHG,” AT TOLD GA, REVEALG THAT HE NEVER SAW THE SIGNER AGA.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISIN THE MID-’70S, HALSTON WAS UNR TREMENDO PRSURE, AS HIS EMPIRE EXPAND TO AGRANCE, LUGGAGE, MENSWEAR, LGERIE, AND HANDBAGS. HE WAS PRIMED FOR A RELEASE VALVE WHEN STUD 54 OPENED 1977—AND HALSTON JUMPED HEADFIRST TO THE NEW VENUE, CHANGG HIS OFFICE HOURS TO TER TO HIS PARTYG SCHLE AND SUPPORTG HUGO AS HE PLAYED HOST TO LAVISH AFTER-PARTI AT HALSTON’S UPPER EAST SI TOWNHOME. THE PARTI, ACRDG TO THE NEW YORK POST, FEATURED “MAN-ON-MAN I LATE TO THE NIGHT [THAT ANDY] WARHOL ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHG OM THE SIL.” AS PUBLICIST R. COURI HAY TOLD THE POST, “VICTOR HAD THE KEYS TO THE SAFE WH THE E.”“VICTOR WAS A STCTIVE FORCE,” SAID LONGTIME VANY FAIR SPECIAL RRPONNT BOB COLACELLO 2019’S HALSTON DOCUMENTARY. “ANDY DID VICTOR’S PORTRAS. HE DID TWO. ONE DAY HE SHOWS UP, AND THE PATG IS PLETELY VERED WH GRAFFI. [VICTOR] HAD PATED OVER THEM, THKG THAT THIS WAS TAKG ANDY’S ART TO ANOTHER LEVEL. AND ANDY WAS REALLY MAD. HE WAS LIKE, ‘DON’T THK I’M DOG NEW ON, VICTOR.’”WHEN HALSTON AND HUGO STOPPED SLEEPG TOGETHER, THE FASHN SIGNER TURNED TO OTHER RTS LIKE ROBERT ROGERS, “AN UNASSUMG BLACK MAN OF MEDIUM HEIGHT AND BUILD HIS LATE TWENTI WHO WAS ONE OF MANHATTAN’S MOST SUCCSFUL MALE PROSTUT,” WROTE GA.BUT HALSTON ULD NOT PLETELY CUT OFF HIS FORMER PARTNER—EVEN WHEN HUGO BEGAN STEALG OM HIM TO FUND HIS DG HAB. “HE STOLE SOME WARHOLS, BUT HE ALSO TOOK THE STERLG SILVER ELSA PERETTI NDLTICKS ON THE TABLE,” GA TOLD V.F., REVEALG THAT HALSTON NTUED TO BANKROLL HUGO’S LIFTYLE AFTER THEY BROKE UP—PAYG FOR HIS HOG AND WRG HIM CHECKS.“THE PERSON THAT HALSTON LOVED, MORE THAN HIS OWN LIFE, WAS VICTOR,” HALSTON’S PERSONAL ASSISTANT PECH VALLS TOLD GA. HALSTON’S IEND SASSY JOHNSON HAD ANOTHER TAKE ON THE RELATNSHIP.“MY THEORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT HALSTON ME OM AN ALHOLIC FAY, THAT HIS FATHER HAD A PROBLEM,” SAID JOHNSON 2019’S HALSTON. “AND THAT HALSTON RECREATED HIS FAY LIFE WH VICTOR AS THE DYSFUNCTNAL PERSON WHO IS NSTANTLY GOG TO KEEP EVERYTHG OFF BALANCE.”“I THK THAT’S PROBABLY A VERY GOOD ANALYSIS,” SAID GA, EXPLAG THAT HALSTON’S FATHER DID “PRETTY HORRIBLE THGS” TO THE FAY WHEN THEY WERE GROWG UP EVANSVILLE, INDIANA—CLUDG TO HALSTON’S SISTER AND BROTHER. “AND THEY WEREN’T GAY. I THK HALSTON HAD A VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH TIME. I N’T IMAGE WHAT WAS LIKE FOR A GAY LTLE BOY TO BE THERE.”AFTER HALSTON WAS DIAGNOSED WH HIV 1988, HE MOVED TO SAN FRANCIS TO BE CLOSER TO HIS FAY—AND TO GET AWAY OM HUGO. HALSTON’S NIECE LLEY FROWICK TOLD PEOPLE THAT HALSTON’S FAL YEARS, “HE TOLERATED [HUGO], BUT HE WAS TROUBLE.”EVEN AFTER HALSTON’S 1990 ATH, HUGO NTUED TO TRY TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE SIGNER, ACRDG TO GA. “VICTOR ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT GIVE ME AN TERVIEW UNLS I PAID HIM. ALL THE MONEY JT WENT UP HIS NOSE AND ON CRAZY SPENDG AND STCTIVE STUFF.”MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISTHREE S LATER, HALSTON’S IENDS STILL POT FGERS AT HUGO FOR HIS NEGATIVE FLUENCE ON THE SIGNER.“THAT VENEZUELAN LL BOY WAS HIS DOWNFALL,” LONGTIME TALLEY TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM. “HE WAS A GRIFTER WHO CLUNG ON LIKE A PARASE, LIKE A BARNACLE ON A SHIP.”AND 2019’S HALSTON DOCUMENTARY, FILMMAKER FRéDéRIC TCHENG ASKED THE SIGNER’S ILLTRATOR AND NFIDANT JOE EULA FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF THE STCTIVE RELATNSHIP. EULA MCED NO WORDS.“WHY DID HALSTON PUT UP WH VICTOR?” TCHENG ASKS.“BEE HE WAS LOVE WH HIM,” EULA REPLI.“WHEN DID FALL APART?” TCHENG PRS.“THE DAY THEY MET,” EULA RPONDS, WHOUT HATN.IN MAKG NETFLIX’S HALSTON, THOUGH, THE SERI CREATORS WANTED TO MAKE HUGO (PLAYED BY GIAN FRAN RODRIGUEZ) A FULLY DIMENSNAL CHARACTER—AND DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DANIEL MAHAN WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO UNRSTAND HIM.“VICTOR WAS THE HARST CHARACTER TO WRE BEE HE WAS A DISPTOR,” MAHAN TOLD VANY FAIR, REVEALG THAT HE SPOKE TO FASHN SIGNER AND HALSTON PROTéGé NAEEM KHAN BEFORE FILMG. KHAN TOLD HIM THAT “SPE ALL OF HIS SANY AND THE DISPTN, VICTOR WAS A PERSON WHO ULD MAKE YOU SEE THGS A DIFFERENT WAY.”“BEE HALSTON AND HUGO MET THIS TRANSACTNAL WAY, WHEN VICTOR WAS A HTLER, AT LEAST OUR STORY, THE DYNAMIC IS THAT HALSTON IS NEVER SURE WHETHER HE N FULLY TST VICTOR,” EXPLAED MAHAN. “HE DON’T KNOW WHETHER VICTOR REALLY LOV HIM, OR WHETHER HE’S THERE FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND THE MONEY. AND I THK VICTOR IS NOT SURE WHETHER HALSTON REALLY LOV HIM BEE HE MET HIM AS A PROSTUTE. I THK ’S THIS REALLY LOAD SORT OF DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.”“I THK VICTOR GOT SO EP TO HIS ADDICTN AND SO OVERWHELMED AND DNK OFF THE ATTENTN THEY WERE GETTG THAT HE BEME A REALLY STCTIVE FORCE,” NTUED MAHAN. “I THK MAYBE VICTOR, THE BEGNG, WAS THE PERSON WHO ULD TELL HALSTON THE TTH ABOUT THGS. BUT THEN THAT BEME SOMETHG MORE MANIPULATIVE. THEIR RELATNSHIP IS A SAD STORY. BUT I THK WE KD OF TRY TO PTURE THE EXCEMENT OF AND THE DANGER OF , AND THEN FALLY THE DYSFUNCTN OF .”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR — AFTER JEN SHAH’S ARRT, HOW CAN WE KEEP ENJOYG REAL HOEWIV?— BARRY JENKS ON BRGG THE UNRGROUND RAILROAD TO TV— HOW SWIMMG WH SHARKS TRIED TO WARN US ABOUT STT RUD— QUIL LEMONS’S 2021 VANY FAIR OSR PORTRAS— ANDREW MCCARTHY ON PRETTY PK AND THE BRAT PACK— THE 2021 OSR CEREMONY WAS A NOBLE, DOOMED EXPERIMENT— ELLT PAGE FALLY FEELS “ABLE TO JT EXIST”— FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE UNSKABLE JENNIFER ANISTON— NOT A SUBSCRIBER? JO VANY FAIR TO RECEIVE FULL ACCS TO AND THE PLETE ONLE ARCHIVE NOW.JULIE MILLER
THEN AND NOW: THE MALE SUPERMOLS OF THE 1990SSOME LOOKS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 22, 2017/5:48 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE/HBO/SATC/BARRY KG/WIREIMAGEBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 22, 2017 / 5:48 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THEN AND NOW: THE MALE SUPERMOLS OF THE 1990S","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-22T21:48:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-22T21:48:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"STYLE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU THK OF '90S SUPERMOLS, YOU THK LDA, NAOMI AND CDY. AND WHILE THOSE LADI WERE THE QUEENS OF THE NWAY, WE N'T FET ABOUT THE MEN WHOSE VISAG GRACED MAGAZ AND TWALKS THE WORLD OVER (AND HELPED MANY OF EXPERIENCE OUR FIRST SEXUAL AWAKENGS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE HOTTT MALE MOLS OF THE 1990S AND CHECK WH THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH KEVYN AU: BETY & THE BEAST ME, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 9/8C ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC SCHENKENBERGBCE WEBER FOR CALV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC SCHENKENBERG H SUPERMOL STAT THE EARLY '90S THANKS TO STARRG MPAIGNS FOR VERSACE AND CALV KLE.INSTAGRAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SWEDISH LOOKER IS STILL GOG STRONG TODAY AT 49.INSTAGRAM/MARCSCHENKENBERGINSTAGRAM/MARCSCHENKENBERGJIM SPELLMAN/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE WNG SAMANTHA'S HEART AS SMH JERROD ON SEX & THE CY, JASON LEWIS WON OUR HEARTS AS A MEMBER OF THE '90S MALE SUPERMOL CLAN. NOW 46, LEWIS IS BACK ON THE SMALL SCREEN, AS A GAY ANGEL ON NBC'S MIDNIGHT, TEXASMIDNIGHT TEXAS/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, THEY GOT THE ANGEL PART RIGHT.INSTAGRAM/JASONLEELEWISROCHELLE BROD/GETTY IMAG FOR DE RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY MAJOR FASHN HOE WANTED MARK VANRLOO THE '90S, AND WHO N BLAME THEM? HE LAND MPAIGNS WH CALV KLE, VERSACE, HUGO BOSS, DKNY AND GUS, TO NAME A FEW.INSTAGRAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW 49, THE DUTCH HUNK IS STILL MOLG—HE'S APPEARED MPAIGNS FOR ETTORE BUGATTI AND HIS LIKENS WAS ED FOR THE MALE VERSN OF COMMANR SHEPARD THE POPULAR MASS EFFECT VIO GAME SERI.ETTORE BUGATIMIQUEL BENEZ/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TYSON BECKFORDRALPH LREN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1993 TYSON BECKFORD WAS RECED BY RALPH LREN TO ONT THE PANY'S POLO SPORTSWEAR, APPEARG ENOUGH SEXY SHOOTS TO BE NAMED ONE OF VH1'S "40 HOTTT HOTTI OF THE '90S."RALPH LREN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW 46, HE'S PROVG TO BE JT AS DREAMY THE 21ST CENTURY. AFTER HOSTG TWO SEASONS OF MAKE ME A SUPERMOL AND STARRG THE MOVIE CHOLATE CY, BECKORD IS STILL MAKG PANTI WET AS PART OF CHIPPENDAL LAS VEGAS.INSTAGRAM/TYSONCBECKFORDDENISE TSCELLO/WIREIMAGELAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 07: ACTOR/MOL TYSON BECKFORD BEGS A CELEBRY GUT HOST RINCY WH THE CHIPPENDAL AT THE R HOTEL & CASO ON APRIL 7, 2017 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. ON APRIL 7, 2017 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. (PHOTO BY DENISE TSCELLO/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEL WTCALV KLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISVERED BY A PHOTOGRAPHER AT A DAIRY QUEEN, JOEL WT WAS SOON BARG (ALMOST) ALL FOR CALV KLE.CALV KLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE THE '90S, HE'S TRANSNED TO ACTG ON SHOWS LIKE HERO AND CSI: MIAMI, AND KEEPS TRIM BY CYCLG.INSTAGRAM/JOELAWTINSTAGRAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEXANR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEX LUNDQVIST’S REER BEGAN THE SUMMER OF 1994, WHEN HE WAS SPOTTED BY A WILHELMA AGENT WHO BOOKED HIM FOR A GLOBAL VERSACE MPAIGN.HUGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WENT ON TO WORK WH GUS, HUGO BOSS AND LAGERFELD, CEMENTG HIS PLACE THE '90S MALE-MOL HALL OF FAME.RON GALELLA, LTD./{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY THE 41-YEAR-OLD SWE STILL TAK THE OCSNAL MOLG GIG—LIKE OLIVER PEOPLE'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY MPAIGN.INSTAGRAM/THEREALALEXLUNDQVISTINSTAGRAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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INSI HALSTON’S DTCTIVE REAL-LIFE RELATNSHIP WH VICTOR HUGO“THAT VENEZUELAN LL BOY WAS HIS DOWNFALL,” ANDRé LEON TALLEY RECENTLY SAID OF HUGO, WHOSE RELATNSHIP WH THE SIGNER IS CENTRAL TO NETFLIX’S HALSTON. “HE WAS A GRIFTER WHO CLUNG ON LIKE A PARASE, LIKE A BARNACLE ON A SHIP.”BY JULIE MILLERMAY 14, 2021FROM RON GALELLA COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVESOME BLAME SIGNER HALSTON’S EPIC FALL—OM A SUPERSTAR EMPIRE BUILR TO A MAN FIRED OM HIS OWN BRAND—ON DGS, STUD 54 EXCS, AND BAD BS CISNS. OTHERS BLAME VICTOR HUGO, THE VENEZUELAN SEX WORKER HALSTON MET 1972, DATED FOR OVER A , AND FOLLOWED DOWN A PATH OF RECKLS STCTN.HALSTON, THE SUBJECT OF RYAN MURPHY’S EPONYMO NEW LIMED SERI STARRG EWAN MCGREGOR THE TLE ROLE, HAD BOYIENDS BEFORE HUGO. THE MOST NOTABLE OF THEM WAS ED AT (PLAYED ONSCREEN BY SULLIVAN JON), A HANDSOME MENSWEAR BUYER MCGREGOR’S HALSTON PICKS UP WH THE FIRST FIVE MUT OF THE SERI A MEET-CUTE RIPPED ALMOST DIRECTLY OM REAL LIFE. BUT WHEN THAT RELATNSHIP FIZZLED, ACRDG TO SIMPLY HALSTON—THE STEVEN GA BGRAPHY ON WHICH NETFLIX’S SERI IS BASED—THE SIGNER TOOK TO LLG RTS. AS GA WR:HE WOULD PERHAPS ORR THEM BOTH A STEAK AND A BAKED POTATO LIVERED UP, THEN TAKE THEM TO BED AND SHOW THEM THE DOOR. JOE EULA, THE FASHN ILLTRATOR AND ONE OF HALSTON’S CLOST NFIDANTS, TOOK TO LLG THIS PRACTICE “DIAL-A-STEAK, DIAL-A-DICK,” WHICH HALSTON THOUGHT WAS HYSTERILLY FUNNY. ONE NIGHT 1972, THE YOUNG MAN WHO SHOWED UP AT HALSTON’S APARTMENT OM THE LL-BOY SERVICE CHANGED HIS LIFE.THE 24-YEAR-OLD TOLD HALSTON THAT HIS NAME WAS VICTOR HUGO—A PUN ON HIS ANATOMY, RATHER THAN AN HOMAGE TO THE FRENCH WRER AND POET RPONSIBLE FOR L MISéRABL. (“BELIEVE ME, HE WASN’T READG FRENCH LERATURE,” SNIPED FORMER VOGUE EDOR ANDRé LEON TALLEY A RECENT TERVIEW WH THE NEW YORK TIM.)“IT WAS PURE LT. I THK HALSTON HAD A LIFE THAT WAS BARREN OF ROMANCE AND TENRNS,” GA TOLD VANY FAIR. HALSTON RIVED WARMTH OM HIS IENDSHIPS WH WOMEN LIKE LIZA MNELLI AND ELSA PERETTI; HIS ATTRACTN TO HUGO, GA THEORIZED TO LOGO, WAS MORE PLITED. “HALSTON LIKED BEG HUIATED AND HAVG THE SHOCK VALUE OF HAVG VICTOR AROUND,” HE SAID. “IT WAS A WHOLE OTHER SI TO HALSTON…. HALSTON LIKED TO BE ON THE SHOCKG END OF THGS. VICTOR WOULD SHOW UP AT STUD 54 WEARG A HOSE OVER HIS DICK. AND HE PISSED AND ME ON NVAS FOR ANDY WARHOL…. VICTOR ALSO END UP BEG ILL AND HAD NO RPECT FOR ANYTHG. HE THOUGHT HE WAS UNTOUCHABLE.”THOUGH HALSTON ULD BE LD, CUTTG, AND IMPER LATER HIS REER, HUGO—A BRASH, ENTLED ER AND WARHOL ENTOURAGE FIGURE—PROVED TO BE HALSTON’S KRYPTONE. “HE ULDN’T GET RID OF HIM,” GA TOLD V.F. “AND BELIEVE ME, VICTOR WOULDN’T LET HIM GO.”THE YEAR AFTER HALSTON MET HUGO, THE SIGNER WAS ARGUABLY AT THE TOP OF HIS REER—GROSSG NEARLY $30 LN RETAIL SAL, HAVG AMASSED THREE PRTIG COTY AWARDS (A FASHN WORLD PRECSOR TO THE CFDA AWARDS), AND BEG EMED “ONE OF THE GREATS” BY WOMEN’S WEAR. “HALSTON’S MONEY AND HUGO’S APPETE FOR EXCS MA THE PAIR AN ACCINT WAG TO HAPPEN,” MED TELEGRAPH A RETROSPECTIVE PUBLISHED 2001.HALSTON MOVED HUGO TO HIS HOME, PUT HIM ON THE PANY PAYROLL, AND EVENTUALLY LET HIS BOYIEND DRS THE WDOWS OF HIS BOUTIQUE—EVEN THOUGH HALSTON’S PREV BOYIEND, AT, WAS ALREADY DOG THAT JOB. THE NFLICT BETWEEN THEM ME TO A HEAD DURG THE CHRISTMAS SEASON OF 1973, WHEN HALSTON HAD HUGO RERATE A WDOW AT HAD SIGNED.“I WAS FIRED. CHRISTMAS EVE, THANK YOU—OUT THE DOOR, NO SEVERANCE, NOTHG,” AT TOLD GA, REVEALG THAT HE NEVER SAW THE SIGNER AGA.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISIN THE MID-’70S, HALSTON WAS UNR TREMENDO PRSURE, AS HIS EMPIRE EXPAND TO AGRANCE, LUGGAGE, MENSWEAR, LGERIE, AND HANDBAGS. HE WAS PRIMED FOR A RELEASE VALVE WHEN STUD 54 OPENED 1977—AND HALSTON JUMPED HEADFIRST TO THE NEW VENUE, CHANGG HIS OFFICE HOURS TO TER TO HIS PARTYG SCHLE AND SUPPORTG HUGO AS HE PLAYED HOST TO LAVISH AFTER-PARTI AT HALSTON’S UPPER EAST SI TOWNHOME. THE PARTI, ACRDG TO THE NEW YORK POST, FEATURED “MAN-ON-MAN I LATE TO THE NIGHT [THAT ANDY] WARHOL ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHG OM THE SIL.” AS PUBLICIST R. COURI HAY TOLD THE POST, “VICTOR HAD THE KEYS TO THE SAFE WH THE E.”“VICTOR WAS A STCTIVE FORCE,” SAID LONGTIME VANY FAIR SPECIAL RRPONNT BOB COLACELLO 2019’S HALSTON DOCUMENTARY. “ANDY DID VICTOR’S PORTRAS. HE DID TWO. ONE DAY HE SHOWS UP, AND THE PATG IS PLETELY VERED WH GRAFFI. [VICTOR] HAD PATED OVER THEM, THKG THAT THIS WAS TAKG ANDY’S ART TO ANOTHER LEVEL. AND ANDY WAS REALLY MAD. HE WAS LIKE, ‘DON’T THK I’M DOG NEW ON, VICTOR.’”WHEN HALSTON AND HUGO STOPPED SLEEPG TOGETHER, THE FASHN SIGNER TURNED TO OTHER RTS LIKE ROBERT ROGERS, “AN UNASSUMG BLACK MAN OF MEDIUM HEIGHT AND BUILD HIS LATE TWENTI WHO WAS ONE OF MANHATTAN’S MOST SUCCSFUL MALE PROSTUT,” WROTE GA.BUT HALSTON ULD NOT PLETELY CUT OFF HIS FORMER PARTNER—EVEN WHEN HUGO BEGAN STEALG OM HIM TO FUND HIS DG HAB. “HE STOLE SOME WARHOLS, BUT HE ALSO TOOK THE STERLG SILVER ELSA PERETTI NDLTICKS ON THE TABLE,” GA TOLD V.F., REVEALG THAT HALSTON NTUED TO BANKROLL HUGO’S LIFTYLE AFTER THEY BROKE UP—PAYG FOR HIS HOG AND WRG HIM CHECKS.“THE PERSON THAT HALSTON LOVED, MORE THAN HIS OWN LIFE, WAS VICTOR,” HALSTON’S PERSONAL ASSISTANT PECH VALLS TOLD GA. HALSTON’S IEND SASSY JOHNSON HAD ANOTHER TAKE ON THE RELATNSHIP.“MY THEORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT HALSTON ME OM AN ALHOLIC FAY, THAT HIS FATHER HAD A PROBLEM,” SAID JOHNSON 2019’S HALSTON. “AND THAT HALSTON RECREATED HIS FAY LIFE WH VICTOR AS THE DYSFUNCTNAL PERSON WHO IS NSTANTLY GOG TO KEEP EVERYTHG OFF BALANCE.”“I THK THAT’S PROBABLY A VERY GOOD ANALYSIS,” SAID GA, EXPLAG THAT HALSTON’S FATHER DID “PRETTY HORRIBLE THGS” TO THE FAY WHEN THEY WERE GROWG UP EVANSVILLE, INDIANA—CLUDG TO HALSTON’S SISTER AND BROTHER. “AND THEY WEREN’T GAY. I THK HALSTON HAD A VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH TIME. I N’T IMAGE WHAT WAS LIKE FOR A GAY LTLE BOY TO BE THERE.”AFTER HALSTON WAS DIAGNOSED WH HIV 1988, HE MOVED TO SAN FRANCIS TO BE CLOSER TO HIS FAY—AND TO GET AWAY OM HUGO. HALSTON’S NIECE LLEY FROWICK TOLD PEOPLE THAT HALSTON’S FAL YEARS, “HE TOLERATED [HUGO], BUT HE WAS TROUBLE.”EVEN AFTER HALSTON’S 1990 ATH, HUGO NTUED TO TRY TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE SIGNER, ACRDG TO GA. “VICTOR ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT GIVE ME AN TERVIEW UNLS I PAID HIM. ALL THE MONEY JT WENT UP HIS NOSE AND ON CRAZY SPENDG AND STCTIVE STUFF.”MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISTHREE S LATER, HALSTON’S IENDS STILL POT FGERS AT HUGO FOR HIS NEGATIVE FLUENCE ON THE SIGNER.“THAT VENEZUELAN LL BOY WAS HIS DOWNFALL,” LONGTIME TALLEY TOLD THE NEW YORK TIM. “HE WAS A GRIFTER WHO CLUNG ON LIKE A PARASE, LIKE A BARNACLE ON A SHIP.”AND 2019’S HALSTON DOCUMENTARY, FILMMAKER FRéDéRIC TCHENG ASKED THE SIGNER’S ILLTRATOR AND NFIDANT JOE EULA FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF THE STCTIVE RELATNSHIP. EULA MCED NO WORDS.“WHY DID HALSTON PUT UP WH VICTOR?” TCHENG ASKS.“BEE HE WAS LOVE WH HIM,” EULA REPLI.“WHEN DID FALL APART?” TCHENG PRS.“THE DAY THEY MET,” EULA RPONDS, WHOUT HATN.IN MAKG NETFLIX’S HALSTON, THOUGH, THE SERI CREATORS WANTED TO MAKE HUGO (PLAYED BY GIAN FRAN RODRIGUEZ) A FULLY DIMENSNAL CHARACTER—AND DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DANIEL MAHAN WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO UNRSTAND HIM.“VICTOR WAS THE HARST CHARACTER TO WRE BEE HE WAS A DISPTOR,” MAHAN TOLD VANY FAIR, REVEALG THAT HE SPOKE TO FASHN SIGNER AND HALSTON PROTéGé NAEEM KHAN BEFORE FILMG. KHAN TOLD HIM THAT “SPE ALL OF HIS SANY AND THE DISPTN, VICTOR WAS A PERSON WHO ULD MAKE YOU SEE THGS A DIFFERENT WAY.”“BEE HALSTON AND HUGO MET THIS TRANSACTNAL WAY, WHEN VICTOR WAS A HTLER, AT LEAST OUR STORY, THE DYNAMIC IS THAT HALSTON IS NEVER SURE WHETHER HE N FULLY TST VICTOR,” EXPLAED MAHAN. “HE DON’T KNOW WHETHER VICTOR REALLY LOV HIM, OR WHETHER HE’S THERE FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND THE MONEY. AND I THK VICTOR IS NOT SURE WHETHER HALSTON REALLY LOV HIM BEE HE MET HIM AS A PROSTUTE. I THK ’S THIS REALLY LOAD SORT OF DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.”“I THK VICTOR GOT SO EP TO HIS ADDICTN AND SO OVERWHELMED AND DNK OFF THE ATTENTN THEY WERE GETTG THAT HE BEME A REALLY STCTIVE FORCE,” NTUED MAHAN. “I THK MAYBE VICTOR, THE BEGNG, WAS THE PERSON WHO ULD TELL HALSTON THE TTH ABOUT THGS. BUT THEN THAT BEME SOMETHG MORE MANIPULATIVE. THEIR RELATNSHIP IS A SAD STORY. BUT I THK WE KD OF TRY TO PTURE THE EXCEMENT OF AND THE DANGER OF , AND THEN FALLY THE DYSFUNCTN OF .”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR — AFTER JEN SHAH’S ARRT, HOW CAN WE KEEP ENJOYG REAL HOEWIV?— BARRY JENKS ON BRGG THE UNRGROUND RAILROAD TO TV— HOW SWIMMG WH SHARKS TRIED TO WARN US ABOUT STT RUD— QUIL LEMONS’S 2021 VANY FAIR OSR PORTRAS— ANDREW MCCARTHY ON PRETTY PK AND THE BRAT PACK— THE 2021 OSR CEREMONY WAS A NOBLE, DOOMED EXPERIMENT— ELLT PAGE FALLY FEELS “ABLE TO JT EXIST”— FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE UNSKABLE JENNIFER ANISTON— NOT A SUBSCRIBER? JO VANY FAIR TO RECEIVE FULL ACCS TO AND THE PLETE ONLE ARCHIVE NOW.JULIE MILLER
And they are adoptg looks -- mcle shirts, fted jeans, sandals and shoulr bags -- that as recently as a year ago might have read as, well, rult is a new gray area that is renrg gaydar -- that totally unscientific sixth sense that many people rely on to tell if a man is gay or straight -- as outmod as Wdows 2000. It's not that straight men look more stereotypilly gay per se, or that out-of-the-closet gay men look straight. Call what you will: "gay vague" will do.