Excellency Hall of Fame: Elsa Peretti as Photographed by Helmut Newton

Applauding the ever recognizable and undeniable personal and professional integrity and Excellency of Elsa Peretti, Italian-born, legendarily Outstanding and fiery-tempered designer of understated, fluid and sensually formed jewels for Halston, Oscar de la Renta, Giorgio di Sant’Angelo and, of course, Tiffany.

Portrait of Elsa Peretti as Bunny, New York Gelatin silver print. 1975. Signed, titled and dated in ink, Paris, France copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the verso.17 x 11 3/8in. (43.2 x 28.8cm.) Image via Christie's. Price realized: $7,638. Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000.

THE EXQUISITE EXCELLENCE OF MARIOS SCHWAB for HALSTON

Applauding the Excellently exquisite premiere Fall/Winter 2010 collection of 34-year-old Austrian-born, London-based designer Marios Schwab for Halston. Eyes of Laura Mars-inspired set by Gideon Ponte.

Exquisitely Excellent looks from Marios Schwab's Fall/Winter 2010 collection for Halston. Image via Catwalking/Getty Images via The New York Times.

LESSONS IN EXCELLENCY: PAT CLEVELAND

Presenting Her Excellency Pat Cleveland, vintage (yet still in-demand, for select and exclusive special occasions), original, top international fashion runway model, muse to Halston, among others, and living proof that  Runway takes nerves of steel. The ability to change clothes in a hot phone booth in 30 seconds and to prance out unwrinkled and smiling, in step with a hot, hard disco beat. A good runway model carries a designer’s reputation on her body. Every stitch she puts on must move like a million dollars.”

POLAROID EXCELLENCE: VICTOR HUGO by ANDY WARHOL

Presenting His Excellency Victor Hugo, Outstandingly notorious and exhibitionistic Columbian window dresser, lover of Halston, and chic 1970s Manhattan superstar, as photographed by His Excellency Andy Warhol in 1977.

Andy Warhol, Nude Model (Victor Hugo), 1977. Polacolor Type 108. Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. to The Mildred Lane Kempner Museum of Art, St. Louis, 2008. Not on view.

THE SCENT OF EXCELLENCE (Vintage Essence)

Presenting a commercial, Excellently starring Roy Halston Frowick, more widely known as His Excellency Halston, for Halston perfume, available as a Christmas gift at Chicago’s Carson Pirie Scott & Co. in 1981.

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