Fashions from ‘Dynasty:’ Red velvet ball gown worn by Joan Collins; Dress and cape trimmed in fox worn by Diahann Carroll, and dress and cape with fur hat worn by Joan Collins. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) ‘Dynasty’ set trends, but so did the Galleria DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com More than a decade before we had Karen Walker and Jack on Will & Grace, we had Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington and Al Corley as one of TV’s first out gay characters, Steven Carrington, on Dynasty.
But Dynasty isn’t remembered as much for its pioneering place in LGBTQ history as it is for setting the trend in fashion for the 1980s.