American fashion designer and film director Tom Ford will be honoured at the 2014 Los Angeles Inspiration Gala. amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole, philanthropist Aileen Getty and MD of Creative Artists Agency Bryan Lourd will chair the 2014 Gala, alongside Hollywood executive producer Rebecca Wang to celebrate Ford’s indelible support of amfAR and the fight against AIDS.

1. Rebecca
Wang
to
chair
upcoming
amfAR
Inspiration
Gala
2014
honoring
longtime
supporter
Tom
Ford
American
fashion
designer
and
film
director
Tom
Ford
will
be
honoured
at
the
2014
Los
Angeles
Inspiration
Gala.
amfAR
Chairman
Kenneth
Cole,
philanthropist
Aileen
Getty
and
MD
of
Creative
Artists
Agency
Bryan
Lourd
will
chair
the
2014
Gala,
alongside
Hollywood
executive
producer
Rebecca
Wang
to
celebrate
Ford’s
indelible
support
of
amfAR
and
the
fight
against
AIDS.
The
2014
Inspiration
Gala
Los
Angeles
will
take
place
at
the
Milk
Studios,
North
Cahuenga
Boulevard
on
the
evening
of
Wednesday,
October
29,
to
celebrate
amfAR,
the
American
Foundation
for
AIDS
Research,
and
the
organisation’s
groundbreaking
work.
International
designer
and
film
director
Tom
Ford
is
to
be
awarded
an
honour
in
recognition
of
his
enduring
support
for
amfAR
and
the
battle
against
AIDS.
Losing
many
friends
to
AIDS
in
the
1980s,
Tom
Ford
has
been
a
longtime
supporter
of
initiatives
against
the
illness.
While
at
Gucci,
in
addition
to
overhauling
the
brand
and
turning
its
revenue
from
$200
million
to
$3
billion,
he
established
Gucci's
charitable
work
for
people
living
with
HIV
and
AIDS,
which
won
him
a
Commitment
to
Life
Award
from
AIDS
Project
Los
Angeles.
amfAR
Chairman
Kenneth
Cole,
AIDS
survivor
Aileen
Getty
and
Creative
Artists
Agency
MD
Bryan
Lord
will
chair
the
2014
Gala,
alongside
Hollywood
executive
producer
Rebecca
Wang.
Tom
Ford,
film
producer
and
director
JJ
Abrams
and
his
wife
Katie
McGrath
will
act
as
vice-­‐chairs.
Gwyneth
Paltrow
will
host
the
black
tie
event
which
starts
at
6.30pm
with
a
cocktail
reception
prior
to
the
fashion
show.
Dinner
will
follow
at
8pm
accompanied
by
live
entertainment,
including
a
rare
American
performance
by
renowned
Welsh
singer
Shirley
Bassey,
before
the
evening's
cornerstone
activity,
the
live
auction.

2. Title
Sponsors
for
the
gala
are
cosmetics
brand
MAC
VIVA
GLAM
and
financial
company
Wells
Fargo.
The
event
will
be
produced
by
Josh
Wood
Productions.
Launched
in
2010,
amfAR
Inspiration
Series
celebrates
men's
fashion
and
style,
while
simultaneously
raising
funds
for
their
AIDS
research
programs.
To
date,
Inspiration
Galas
have
been
held
in
New
York,
Los
Angeles,
Paris,
Sao
Paolo,
Rio
de
Janiero,
Toronto,
and
Miami.
Via
the
Inspiration
series
and
other
high-­‐profile
fundraising
events,
amfAR
has,
since
its
founding
in
1985,
invested
over
$338
million
into
its
programs
and
awarded
over
3,300
grants
to
research
teams
worldwide.