Halston helped define the sleek glamour of the 1970s disco era. Now the fashion designer’s legacy returns to San Francisco in a fashion show rooted in his archives.
Born Roy Halston Frowick, he became a single-name dynamo, with his minimalist style favored by stars including Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor and Anjelica Huston.
When Halston died in San Francisco in 1990 at age 57, he had appointed his niece, Lesley Frowick, as guardian of his archives. Frowick has since worked to extend that legacy, founding the Love Halston Foundation to support fashion students through scholarships. On Friday, May 8, Love Halston will partner with SF in Bloom and the Academy of Art University to present a fashion show benefiting the foundation’s scholarship fund.
The event begins at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel with a vehicle activation by sponsor Bentley and a Halston archive exhibit at the Top of the Mark restaurant. Models and designers will proceed to Union Square on a cable car before a fashion show on a floral runway. The looks presented will be from 10 Academy of Art student collections created after the designers studied Halston’s archives. The show will be the final step in competing for the Love Halston Foundation scholarship.
Consider it a rare chance to see how Halston continues to shape fashion’s future.