Halston: A Legacy of Style & Taste
Examining the designer’s enduring cultural influence through scholarship and collaboration.
WITH LOVE HALSTON
CULTURE & CO.
FASHION’S FUTURE
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We ‘re excited to announce our partnership with
With Love Halston
for their Fall 2026 Design Challenge!
Halston: A Legacy of Style & Taste is a multidisciplinary scholarship event examining the designer’s lasting impression on culture through commissioned artwork, Halston inspired haute cuisine, curriculum-based fashion production, and curated presentation.
Join us in Nashville, TN
October 17th, 2026!
Curated
Collaboration
1 Hotel Nashville
We’re thrilled to be hosted by 1 Hotel Nashville- a Michelin Key accommodation where nature, luxury, and guests are prioritized.
Our Patron’s Dinner, held in the hotel’s 1 Kitchen, is Haute Couture inspired, featuring fresh, local, and sustainably sourced farm-to-table cuisine. Our Sponsor guests will share this intimate experience with the Halston family/team. All guests will enjoy canapes throughout the evening.
MENU SNEAK PEAK
Archive & Art Exhibition
A collection featuring his family’s archive & historic images + a new commission by artists Audrey Schilt and Genesis The Greykid. This duo has collaborated for over a decade, blending storytelling and styles to produce extraordinary works. Together, Audrey- who began her expansive career as Halston’s illustrator- and Genesis, an internationally recognized poet & painter, will present an art piece honoring Halston.
Design Challenge Runway Show
Under the guidance of Audrey Schilt, students will create an original capsule collection inspired by Halston's aesthetic. These designs will make their debut on the runway, where the winning designer will receive the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation scholarship & open box heart designed by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co.
‘House of Halston’ Afterparty
We’re bringing Studio 54 to the Music City!
Halston and his entourage spent countless nights at the legendary Studio 54 club, making him the undisputed King and Tastemaker of its’ era. Following the Runway Show, we’re celebrating this magical weekend in true Halston fashion - dancing the night away on Harriet’s rooftop!
TICKETS BREAKDOWN
Ultrasuede Dinner begins at 6pm
Main Event begins at 7:30pm
Featured Artwork
Limited Edition Fashion Print by Karla Bivens (Red-not framed)
High fashion and art connect through symbolism: both use color, shape, texture, objects, and the body to communicate identity, emotion, status, and power. A garment can function like a painting or sculpture, it can tell a story before anyone speaks. Museums explicitly explore clothing as a way of expressing class, gender, belief, belonging, and difference.
I’m looking for practical words that name the journey from inherited patterns to intentional growth- words like grounded and unmuted that describe not just what you think, but who you are becoming.
Limited Edition Fashion Print by Karla Bivens (Red - framed)
High fashion and art connect through symbolism: both use color, shape, texture, objects, and the body to communicate identity, emotion, status, and power. A garment can function like a painting or sculpture, it can tell a story before anyone speaks. Museums explicitly explore clothing as a way of expressing class, gender, belief, belonging, and difference.
I’m looking for practical words that name the journey from inherited patterns to intentional growth- words like grounded and unmuted that describe not just what you think, but who you are becoming.
Limited Edition Fashion Print by Karla Bivens (Beige-not framed)
High fashion and art connect through symbolism: both use color, shape, texture, objects, and the body to communicate identity, emotion, status, and power. A garment can function like a painting or sculpture, it can tell a story before anyone speaks. Museums explicitly explore clothing as a way of expressing class, gender, belief, belonging, and difference.
I’m looking for practical words that name the journey from inherited patterns to intentional growth- words like grounded and unmuted that describe not just what you think, but who you are becoming.
Limited Edition Fashion Print by Karla Bivens (Beige - framed)
High fashion and art connect through symbolism: both use color, shape, texture, objects, and the body to communicate identity, emotion, status, and power. A garment can function like a painting or sculpture, it can tell a story before anyone speaks. Museums explicitly explore clothing as a way of expressing class, gender, belief, belonging, and difference.
I’m looking for practical words that name the journey from inherited patterns to intentional growth- words like grounded and unmuted that describe not just what you think, but who you are becoming.
A collaboration piece by Genesis The Greykid and Audrey Schilt reflecting on the life & legacy of Halston. This duo has collaborated for over a decade, blending storytelling and styles to produce extraordinary works. Together, Audrey- who began her expansive career as Halston’s illustrator- and Genesis, an internationally recognized poet & painter, will present an art piece honoring Halston.