God’s Love We Deliver at Carriage House

Tom Ford was the only man wearing a necktie at a cocktail party for God’s Love We Deliver at the Carriage House. 

The fashion designer, who sold his company to Estée Lauder Company for a billion dollars, explained that he had to meet a higher standard since he was the host.

Ford, who has moved to Palm Beach and doesn’t seem to age, praised Blaine Trump for her tireless efforts on behalf of the charity founded in 1989 to feed patients with HIV/AIDS.

Jon Bon Jovi, Dorothea Bongiovi, and Tom Ford.
(Photos by Mary Hilliard)

“Blaine recalls me and my husband of 35 years, Richard Buckley, sitting on the floor packing up deliveries,” Ford told the crowd, including Kelly Klein, Vanessa Rooks, Dee and Tommy Hilfiger, and Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea. 

Vanessa Rooks with Richard Johnson and Sessa Von Richtofen

Kelly Klein

Blaine was wearing a bedazzled, 10 lb., Tom Ford jacket, one of three ever made. 

Steven Simon and Blaine Trump

The charity’s CEO David Ludwigson said God’s Love now feeds patients with 200 different diagnoses, about 75 percent people of color. Last year, the group served 4 million meals. 

Some guests who were new to the Carriage House were disappointed they couldn’t tour the private club, where membership costs $250,000.  Compassion and charity only go so far.

Dorothea Bongiovi, Stephen Covello, Jon Bon Jovi, David Ludwigson, and LaMont Craig