Ahead of Ryan Murphy's latest five-part mini series on the rise and fall of Halston, starring Ewan McGregor, Vogue's Hamish Bowles speaks with Murphy and Tom Ford, the designer most influenced by Halston, in a candid and wide-ranging conversation from Vogue's May issue.

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