The Kering Foundation Hosts Star-Studded Charity Dinner And Auction

The Kering Foundation hosted its second annual Caring for Women dinner in New York City last night, September 12, uniting longtime supporters and friends—including Florence and the Machine’s Florence Welch, who performed at the event.

A fundraiser for NGOs addressing violence against women, the event included a live auction—led by Lydia Fenet—with items and experiences from Kering, Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Pomellato, Ginori, and others, as well as original artworks from Emily Yang (pplpleasr), Wangechi Mutu, and Cindy Sherman.

Held at the Pool in Manhattan, the dinner was hosted by award-winning journalist Lisa Ling and co-chaired by Salma Hayek Pinault and husband François-Henri Pinault (chairman and CEO of Kering), Zoë Kravitz, Cindy Sherman, Christy Turlington Burns, Olivia Wilde, Oprah Winfrey, and Malala Yousafzai.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit three NGOs devoted to stopping gender-based violence: the Malala Fund, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, and the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault.

Worldwide, one in three women is or will be a victim of violence during her lifetime. Since 2008, the Kering Foundation has been helping programs to address the origins of gender-based violence, in order to break intergenerational cycles of abuse. To maximize its impact, the foundation works with partners in France, Italy, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Korea to provide tailored services to survivors of violence and to help engage youth, early on, to encourage gender equality.

Below, check out some of the looks from the celebrity attendees at the charitable event.