In 2000, amfAR held a fashion show with models from Victoria's Secret (don't ask me why).
The group was funded by a grant from amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, and the National Institutes of Health.
In the 1980s, Ms. Taylor presided at many of the amfAR benefit auctions held at Cannes to raise money for AIDS research.
Until January, the U.S. was one of seven countries with laws barring entry of people with HIV, according to amfAR, an AIDS research organization.
Rebecca Minkoff and Kenneth Cole beamed live tweets on the walls, with Cole pledging donations to amFAR if a certain hashtag was used during the show.
"Many people won't want to take an antiretroviral every day, " said Chris Collins, vice president and director of public policy at amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research.
He paid the highest bid for the seat at the 20th amfAR bash, the Cinema Against AIDS charity auction held annually on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Chris Collins, a vice president of amFAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, said many people don't realize what an important role Koop played in the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.
Otherwise, he seems relaxed, neither tired nor daunted by the week that lies ahead of him, with fashion week, the amfAR gala and market week for retailers all coming at the same time.
He is to be honored Wednesday night at the amfAR gala that is expected to draw celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Harry Belafonte and fellow honorees Janet Jackson and Heidi Klum.
Few people can stir a call to action like Cole, whether it's to shop at his stores or donate to AIDS charities, says Kevin Frost, chief executive of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.
Two Italian brands that turn heads on the red carpet are teaming up for the AmfAR charity gala during the Cannes film festival at the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc in Antibes on May 19 to benefit AIDS research.
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