Why I’m Partnering "With Love Halston", Couture Co. & Fashion’s Future
A celebration of fashion, creativity, mentorship, and the next generation of talent in Nashville
On October 1, 2026, I’ll have the opportunity to bring together two worlds that have shaped my career: real estate and design.
As a New Home Specialist with Legacy South, I spend my days helping people envision what is possible in their next home. But long before I entered the world of new construction and real estate, I was fascinated by another kind of design—the world of fashion, merchandising, interiors, visual storytelling, and the creative people who make culture move forward.
That is why partnering with "With Love Halston", Couture Co., and Fashion’s Future feels particularly meaningful to me.
On October 1 from 5:30–8:00 p.m., I’ll be hosting a pre-event sponsor networking gathering at 504 Edwin Street #15 in Highland Gardens, Legacy South’s East Nashville community.
The evening is designed to bring together sponsors, creatives, designers, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and members of Nashville’s fashion and creative community ahead of the larger “HALSTON: A Legacy of Style & Taste” experience taking place later in October.
For me, this isn't simply another networking event.
It is about creating a room where people can meet, exchange ideas, build relationships, and recognize the importance of giving emerging creatives an opportunity to be seen.
Why Halston?
Roy Halston Frowick—known simply as Halston—was one of the most influential American fashion designers of the 20th century.
His career began with illustration and window display before moving into millinery and eventually fashion design. He became internationally recognized for a distinctly American approach to luxury characterized by clean lines, fluid silhouettes, innovative materials, and an emphasis on movement and ease.
But what interests me most about Halston isn't simply the clothing.
It is the creative ecosystem surrounding the work.
Halston understood the power of visual presentation. He understood the relationship between fashion, interiors, architecture, nightlife, celebrity, art, music, and culture. His work existed within a larger world.
That idea resonates with me because I have always believed that great creative work doesn't happen in isolation.
It happens when people are given access.
It happens when someone opens a door.
It happens when a young designer gets a scholarship, an emerging artist gets a platform, a creative gets introduced to the right person, or someone with an idea gets invited into the room.
That is the part of Halston's legacy that I want to help celebrate.
My Connection to New York, Fashion & Design
My connection to this story is personal.
In 2003, I moved to New York City.
I had the opportunity to experience Manhattan during a period when the city's fashion, retail, entertainment, and design industries were an incredible source of inspiration.
I designed & installed windows on Fifth Avenue, experiencing firsthand how visual merchandising could transform a storefront into an experience.
I worked as a merchandiser.
I had opportunities to style celebrities.
And I began my freshman season studying interior design.
Those experiences taught me something that has stayed with me throughout my career: Design matters.
It matters because it changes how people experience a space.
It matters because it creates emotion.
It matters because it communicates identity before anyone says a word.
And it matters because creative people need opportunities to take their ideas from imagination into reality.
My career eventually moved in another direction, ultimately bringing me to Nashville and into real estate and new-home development.
But the creative foundation never left.
Today, I see many of the same principles in real estate that I first encountered in fashion.
A home is a product—but it is also an experience.
A community has architecture, interiors, landscaping, branding, photography, merchandising, storytelling, and lifestyle.
The way a home is presented influences how someone feels about it.
And ultimately, great marketing is about helping people see possibilities.
Why With Love Halston?
That is why With Love Halston is such a natural organization for me to support.
With Love Halston was established to honor and preserve Halston's legacy while helping support the next generation of fashion designers. The organization has worked with leading fashion schools and institutions, including FIT, Istituto Marangoni, Drexel University, Edinburgh College of Art & Design, San Francisco Academy of Art, and others.
The organization doesn't simply look backward.
It uses history as a way to inspire the future.
Through its design challenges and scholarship initiatives, students are given an opportunity to study Halston's work and interpret his design philosophy through their own creative perspectives. Past scholarship recipients have come from institutions in Barcelona, Paris, Miami, Mumbai, Johannesburg, New York, and elsewhere.
That mission is incredibly important.
Preserving creative history matters.
But creating access for the next generation matters just as much.
Lesley Frowick, Halston's niece and guardian of his personal archives, has played a central role in preserving and sharing that history. With Love Halston describes its mission as honoring Halston's artistry while uplifting the next generation of designers.
That combination of legacy + opportunity is what attracted me to the partnership.
The Nashville Connection
Nashville has evolved into far more than a music city.
It is a city where fashion, hospitality, architecture, food, art, design, entrepreneurship, and entertainment increasingly intersect.
And that makes Nashville an exciting place to celebrate Halston.
The October 2026 “HALSTON: A Legacy of Style & Taste” program brings together several of these creative disciplines.
The event includes a private patron's dinner, a Halston archive and art exhibition, a Lipscomb University student design challenge and runway show, and a House of Halston afterparty inspired by the energy of Studio 54.
Perhaps most importantly, the Lipscomb component creates an opportunity for students to interpret Halston's aesthetic through their own work.
That is exactly the kind of creative exchange I believe Nashville needs more of.
Why I’m Hosting the October 1 Networking Event
The October 1 event at Highland Gardens is my way of helping create the connective tissue around the larger celebration.
From 5:30–8:00 p.m., 504 Edwin Street #15 will become a gathering place for people who believe in creativity, entrepreneurship, design, fashion, and the importance of relationships.
As a Legacy South community, Highland Gardens is an especially fitting setting.
The homes are designed around modern living, thoughtful architecture, and the idea that where we live should reflect how we want to live.
That makes the model home more than simply a backdrop for an event.
It becomes part of the conversation.
Architecture and fashion have always shared an interesting relationship. Both are forms of design. Both are expressions of identity. Both require an understanding of proportion, materials, color, texture, movement, and human experience.
And both are ultimately about people.
I want the October 1 gathering to reflect that same philosophy.
Not a room full of business cards.
A room full of possibilities.
A Brief Introduction to the Partners
With Love Halston
With Love Halston is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Roy Halston while supporting emerging fashion designers through scholarships, design challenges, educational partnerships, and creative programming.
The organization was founded with Halston's legacy at its center and has developed programs with fashion institutions around the world. Its work demonstrates how historical archives can become active educational tools for a new generation of designers.
Culture & Co. Museum is the presenting force behind “HALSTON: A Legacy of Style & Taste” in Nashville.
The October program brings together fashion history, art, food, student design, and cultural storytelling to examine Halston's continuing influence. The Nashville event is presented in collaboration with With Love Halston and Lipscomb University.
Couture Co. & Fashion’s Future
The collaboration with Couture Co. and Fashion’s Future adds another important dimension to the conversation—connecting fashion, creative entrepreneurship, community, and the evolving future of the industry.
For me, the significance isn't simply in the names attached to the event.
It is in the shared belief that creative talent needs community.
Emerging designers need mentors.
Artists need platforms.
Entrepreneurs need relationships.
And young creatives need people willing to say, “I see what you're doing. Keep going.”
That is something I believe we can all contribute.
Why This Matters to Me
My career has taken me from Fifth Avenue to real estate development.
From merchandising and celebrity styling to new-home sales.
From interior design classrooms to model homes.
And while those might seem like very different worlds, I don't see them that way.
I see a common thread:
Creating experiences.
Whether you're designing a garment, merchandising a retail window, styling a room, designing a home, building a community, or telling a brand story, the goal is ultimately the same.
You are creating something that makes people feel something.
That is why I believe so strongly in supporting young creatives.
I know what it feels like to be at the beginning.
I know what it means to walk into a new city and try to figure out where you fit.
I know the value of being given an opportunity to learn, participate, create, and build relationships.
And I believe that the people who have had opportunities have a responsibility to help create opportunities for others.
Building the Next Generation of Creative Nashville
The future of Nashville will not be built by one industry.
It will be built by collaboration.
Fashion needs real estate.
Real estate needs design.
Design needs technology.
Technology needs creativity.
Creative businesses need investors, mentors, customers, and community.
And all of us benefit when those worlds come together.
That is what I hope this partnership represents.
Not simply an event.
Not simply a sponsorship.
But a commitment to creating more opportunities for talented people to connect.
The October 1 gathering is one small part of that larger vision.
We will gather at Highland Gardens, share ideas, meet new people, celebrate creativity, and look ahead to the larger Halston celebration later in the month.
And hopefully, someone will leave that evening with a new connection that changes the trajectory of their business.
Maybe a designer meets a mentor.
Maybe an entrepreneur meets an investor.
Maybe a creative finds a collaborator.
Maybe a student meets someone who opens a door.
Those moments matter.
Looking Forward
Halston's legacy reminds us that great design can transcend its original moment.
A garment can become history.
A photograph can become cultural documentation.
A building can become a landmark.
A creative idea can become a movement.
But none of those things happen without people willing to invest in creativity.
For me, partnering with With Love Halston, Culture & Co., Couture Co., and Fashion's Future is an opportunity to do exactly that.
I am proud to bring my background in fashion, merchandising, interior design, marketing, real estate, and new-home development into this conversation.
And I am especially excited to bring that perspective to Nashville.
Because I believe in the work of young creatives.
I believe in the power of mentorship.
I believe in preserving the stories that shaped American design.
And most importantly, I believe in the platforms that give the next generation an opportunity to showcase what they can do.
That is why I am opening the doors of Highland Gardens on October 1.
To connect.
To celebrate.
To create.
And to help make sure that the next generation of creative talent has a place at the table.
October 1, 2026 | 5:30–8:00 p.m.504 Edwin Street #15 | Highland Gardens | East NashvilleHosted by Adam Myrick | Legacy South
Because sometimes the most important thing we can give a creative person isn't an answer.
It's an opportunity. And sometimes, it starts by simply opening the door.
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