Carine Roitfeld: Cinema Against Aids Gala 2016

The 23rd amfAR Cinema Against Aids Gala raised over $25 million dollars with the highlight being the auction of 31 looks curated by Carine Roitfeld in the spirit of the disco era. The star studded event at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes featured Uma Thurman as mistress of events in Schiaparelli; Leonardo DiCaprio as auctioneer, offering bidders a chance to spend a week at his place; and Katy Perry, The Village People, Sister Sledge, and The Bluebell Girls performed live for guests. Among those were amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole, amfAR Ambassador Milla Jovovich, Harvey Weinstein, Dame Helen Mirren, and Faye Dunaway. Carine chose a très sexy black dress by Alexandre Vauthier for herself for the evening.

               

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Carine Roitfeld: Cinema Against AIDS Gala

Carine Roitfeld: Cinema Against AIDS Gala
By Jessica Eritou

For the fourth year running, Carine Roitfeld curated yet another successful star-studded runway show at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes in partnership to benefit the 22nd amfAR Cinema Against Aids Gala which raised nearly $30 million dollars.

The event included top models Gigi Hadid and Karolina Kurkova who were part of a show featuring nearly fifty looks. Among the designers featured were Tom Ford and Alexander Wang with shoes by Gianvito Rossi and jewels by Harry Winston. Since the dresses auctioned off were mostly sample sizes, the prizes were not aimed to be physically worn by each of the top bidders, measurements and sizes vary.

Gigi Hadid in Tom Ford

“What is amazing about the amfAR event in Cannes is that it is not only an incredible red carpet but people are very relaxed. It’s the South of France, it’s the Riviera, and there is a kind of freedom,” Carine Roitfeld told WWD in early May before the event. “The people who attend really enjoy themselves, and that’s why all the models want to be there.”

Hanaa Ben Abdesslem in Giorgio Armani

The Sixties theme drew inspiration from Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy, Jean Shrimpton, and Veruschka. “I didn’t want to have a show with only princess dresses,” Carine said to WWD. “I think a collection needs a bit of both — day and night.” Charli XCX also performed as part of the show. Roitfeld hoped to have nearly raised $5 million to match the previous year's amount for the fashion runway portion of the fundraiser.

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The Roitfelds At Cinema Against AIDS Gala

For the annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala at Cannes, this year Carine Roitfeld chose a silver dress by Saint Laurent while Julia appeared in a black gown by Givenchy. I love that Carine continues her Cannes tradition by wearing her beloved Alaïa lace ups, quelle femme.

See Carine Roitfeld on the red carpet

See Julia Restoin Roitfeld on the red carpet

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Carine Roitfeld: The Ultimate Gold Collection

Carine Roitfeld shined in Cannes this week as she bestowed her golden touch upon "The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show," the runway extravaganza that she organized as a special benefit for amfAR as part of their 20th Annual Cinema Against AIDS event. Many of the world's top models shimmered in custom metallic gowns, many of which were gold as advertised although some of the dresses were silver or even lilac; all of the gowns were auctioned as part of the evening, raising more than $1.5 million dollars. For herself, Carine Roitfeld chose a Comme des Garçons top and a Rick Owens skirt. When asked about her decision to feature the precious metal for this year's fundraiser, Carine explained: “I have themed the collection around the color gold — because it represents warmth, love and success…For me, this is really a tribute to Elizabeth Taylor. When you think of her in Cleopatra, you have this very powerful image of gold and beauty… I picked the gold theme because gold is extraordinary. Since it's the 20th year of this event, I thought people should walk away with an incredible memory."

Watch the show in its entirety thanks to LoveGold.com

Who were the glamorous gracing Carine's golden runway in "The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show"? Here is a list of the models and the designers they wore, visit the gallery for more:

Karolina Kurkova in Roberto Cavalli

Jon Kortajarena in Roberto Cavalli

Joan Smalls in Givenchy

Lily Donaldson in Armani

Irina Shayk in Prada

Toni Garrn in Vionnet

Julia Restoin Roitfeld in Valentino

Chiharu Okunugi in Dior

Jessica Hart in Giambattista Valli

Soo Joo Park in Comme des Garçons

Giovanna Battaglia in Miu Miu

Katharina Damm in L’Wren Scott

Jacey Elthalion in Moncler

Stephanie van der Laan in Marchesa

Alessandra Ambrosio in Gucci

Senait Gidey in Kenneth Cole

Sui He in Schiatzy Chen

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Alexander McQueen

Liberty Ross in Altazurra

Cora Emmanuel in Lanvin

Bao Bao Wan in Alexander Wang

Marine Deleeuw in Michael Kors

Lisa Verberght in Rick Owens

Angela Lindvall in Burberry

Isabeli Fontana in Missoni

Ana Beatriz Barros in Thom Browne

Danny Beauchamp in Thom Browne

Magda Laguinge in Marc Jacobs

Karlie Kloss in Tarun Tahiliani

Andres Velencoso Segura in Tarun Tahiliani

Anna Dello Russo in Pucci

Kati Nescher in Armani Prive

Izabel Goulart in Versace

Tilda Lindstam in JW Anderson

Ashleigh Good in Chanel

Bara Holotova in Chanel

Dalianeh Arekion in Ralph Lauren

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The Roitfelds In Cannes 2012

amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS Gala

For the annual Cinema Against AIDS Gala held by amfAR, Carine Roitfeld chose to wear a custom-made black halter dress, silk tank, and crystal studded earrings, all by Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy.

Carine Roitfeld and Kenneth Cole

Carine Roitfeld and Karl Lagerfeld

Carine Roitfeld's “Perfect Black Wardrobe"

Carine Roitfeld curated the first ever Cannes fashion show as part of the amfAR Gala at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc last week. The theme was "Perfect Black Wardrobe," consisting entirely of black dresses by designers such as Tom Ford, Chanel, Balenciaga, Anthony Vaccarello, Christopher Kane, Dior, Lanvin, Alexander Wang, Roberto Cavalli, and Versace. Hosting the show were Antonio Banderas, Adrien Brody, Eva Herzigova, and Karolina Kurkova. Modeling the collection of black gowns were Ana Beatriz Barros, Hanaa Ben Abdesslem, Cara Delevigne, Lily Donaldson, Jourdan Dunn, Cora Emmanuel, Isabeli Fontana, Kate Upton, Edita Vilkeviciute, Lindsey Wixson, and Ming Xi. The entire wardrobe selected by Carine was auctioned for $377,000. The auction broke all former records, raising nearly $11 million to help fight AIDS.

De Grisogono Party

Carine Roitfeld wore a vintage sequin dress created by Norma Kamali in 1977 for the de Grisogono party at Cannes.

Carine Roitfeld and Fawaz Gruosi

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld at Le Baron

Carine Roitfeld photos © 2012 Condé Nast, Getty Images, Wire Image, purple.fr, bauergriffin.com, nowfashion.com