Rebecca Dayan, who plays Elsa Peretti in the new Halston docuseries, recently said that the free-spirited design legend “deserves her own show.” She’s not the only one to think that, judging by our social media feeds, yet there’s little precedent for such a project.

The majority of recent fashion documentaries have been focused on male designers, many with self-destructive traits. Predictably, the shows often follow a dramatic rise-and-fall plotline.