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Kelly Bishop (Portraying Eleanor Lambert) and Ewan McGregor (portraying Halston) are seen on the set of ‘Simply Halston’ (Photo by Jose Perez\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What do the Met Gala, New York Fashion W<\/a>eek<\/a>,\u00a0 the Council of Fashion Designers of America<\/a>, the International Best Dressed List and<\/em> the iconic Battle of Versailles all have in common \u2014 aside from being fashion industry staples? Their existence can all be attributed to one woman: Eleanor Lambert. Iconic fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert is considered to be the person responsible for helping create these now iconic institutions as well as helping to put American fashion on a global stage. Lambert is widely recognized as the original fashion publicist and just made her debut on the small screen thanks to Netflix’s<\/a> limited series, Halston<\/a><\/em> (streaming now).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A portrait of Eleanor Lambert of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lambert tirelessly advocated for American fashion designers, the New York fashion industry and acted as an unofficial American ambassador for arts and culture. Lambert was even appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to the National Council on the Arts of the National Endowment for the Arts<\/a>, for her work garnering global attention for American fashion and in turn helping stimulate the economy \u2014 she was kind of a big deal!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kelly Bishop. (Photo by Jason LaVeris\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Halston<\/em>, Lambert is portrayed by Tony Award-winning actress, Kelly Bishop \u2014 yes, grandma Emily Gilmore from Gilmore Girls \u2014 <\/em>and stars opposite Ewan McGregor (who stars in the title role). On the show, we first get to meet Lambert as she urges Halston to join her elite team of American fashion designers to compete in a benefit show, aiding wi<\/span>th the preservation of the palace of Versailles. Lambert was responsible for putting together the now historic event: dubbed The Battle of Versailles<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/em>The show <\/span>f<\/span>eatured the work of five American designers: Stephen Burrows, Halston, Bill Blass,\u00a0Oscar de la Renta<\/a> and Anne Klein. <\/span><\/p>\n

The American designers were pitted against French heavyweights \u00a0Yves Saint Laurent<\/a>, Pierre Cardin, Emanuel Ungaro, Marc Bohan (head designer of Dior at that time)\u00a0and Hubert de Givenchy.<\/a> This showdown between the two teams couldn’t have been any different. The French presentation was overly opulent and grand whereas the American presentation was minimal and fresh. From an opening number from Liza Minnelli, the freshness of Stephen Burrows’ signature lettuce hem, Black models like Bethann Hardison<\/a> and Pat Cleveland gliding across the stage and Halston’s seductive gowns flowing in the wind \u2014 the Americans presented the European fashion and high society sets with something they had never seen before. In the end the Americans ended their presentation to thunderous applause and as some historians tell it, won the “battle.” It was a tour de force for putting American fashion on the map. And all because of Eleanor Lambert.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eleanor Lambert. (Denver Post via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sadly Eleanor Lambert only appears in episode 2 of the limited series but in her brief screen time, we learn so much about the impact of this one woman and the way she changed the landscape of American fashion forever. And if you love fashion and fashion history, we definitely recommend checking out the rest of the series to see cameos of icons like Pat Cleveland, Alva Chinn, Bethann Hardison, Bianca Jagger and Karen Bjornson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29107,"featured_media":23065,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,17,16],"yoast_head":"\nThe 'Godmother of Fashion' Eleanor Lambert Takes Center Stage In Netflix\u2019s 'Halston'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iconic fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert is considered responsible for putting American fashion on the map. She makes her on screen debut as portrayed on Netflix's limited series, Halston. 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