Last night (Oct 29), Rihanna presented Tom Ford with the amFar Award of Inspiration in recognition of his support in helping battle the decades long AIDS crisis at the annual Los Angeles Inspiration Gala.
“Tom has inspired so many aspects of my art over the years, not to mention his clothes give me a real bad attitude,” Rih said of Tom. “His commitment to the cause and commitment to amfAR is truly admirable.”
Gwyneth Paltrow hosted the black-tie fundraiser at Milk Studios.
Previous Inspiration honorees include Goldie Hawn, Jennifer Lopez, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ricky Martin, James Franco, Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa and Fergie.
The events have raised more than $15 million.
In April, Ford announced he and his partner of 25 years Richard Buckley secretly got married.
“I lost so many friends in college–I would say more than half of my closest friends. Richard, my partner of 27 years, had also gone through something also quite tough in his life. We are now married, which is nice,” the designer reportedly said at the opening of the Regent Street Apple store in London. “I know that was just made legal in the UK which is great; we were married in the States.”
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