Gerard Butler, Paul Haggis and Lee Daniels at Artists for Peace & Justice hosted by Brioni & Vanity Fair

Brioni and Vanity Fair supported Artists for Peace & Justice, dressing celebrity attendees like host Gerard Butler, Ben Stiller, Jon Hamm, and Paul Haggis. Other guests included; Producer Ryan Kavanaugh, Actress Olivia Wilde, Cuba Gooding Jr, Diane Lane, Hayden Panettiere, Kristen Bell, Maria Bello, and Terri Seymour. The fashionable crowd aimed to raise awareness and funds for Haiti.

Artists for Peace & Justice, established in early 2009, is a fundraising effort founded by Paul Haggis and friends that encourages peace and social justice and addresses issues of poverty and enfranchisement in communities around the world. The organization’s immediate goal is to build schools to serve the poorest areas of Haiti, providing an education, hot meals, clean drinking water and regular medical treatments to the children living in the slums. www.artistsforpeaceandjustice.com

It just shows you that once again, the most stylish people are those who are concerned about the scene around the world and using fashion and media to bring together hope is something we can all feel good about. When you buy Brioni you know you’re buying a product that gives back to those in need. Luxury can in fact make a difference.

The exhibit was the first of its kind for Vanity Fair. Guests had the opportunity to view numerous VF covers, rare photos from the archives, and video playing on plasma televisions throughout the musem featuring behind the scenes footage from famous editorial photoshoots, including one with George Clooney.  And who can forget the infamous “Moore Demi Moore” cover.

This August 1991 Vanity Fair cover with a pregnant Demi Moore is one of the most highly regarded magazine covers of all time, and it is one of photographer Annie Leibovitz's best known works. This cover was very controversial at the time with critics saying it was obscene. This cover made pregnancy photos fashionable.

This cover is on display at LACMA or, as SSD discovered, you can purchase your own for just under $30 on ebay.

The party was a hot ticket, drawing out numerous celebrities, including Mischa Barton, Joan Collins, Rosario Dawson, Illeana Douglas, Minnie Driver, Brian Grazer, George Hamilton, Mandy Moore, and Rainn Wilson.  You can see what these celebs were wearing, and our SSD review, in the gallery below.

The lovely gift bag girls. Photo credit: SSD.

At the end of the evenings, invited guests received a Burberry gift bag that included a Vanity Fair Portraits Coffee Table book. 

The Los Angeles presentation, which is sponsored by Burberry, will be the only U.S. stop on the exhibition’s international tour.  The exhibit is open to the public and will go from October 26 to March.  For tickets visit www.lacma.org.