House of Valentino vice president June Haynes hosted a celebrity charity event to benefit Atlanta area youth. The gala at the upscale Phipps Plaza in the Buckhead section of Atlanta featured music impresario L.A. Reid, producer Dallas Austin, singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, producer Sean Garrett, Tyler Perry Studios producer Roger Bobb and music maven Michael Mauldin among others.
The event, which benefits the Barbara Brewton Cameron Foundation, also coincided with the recent opening of the Valentino boutique shop in Atlanta and L.A. Reid’s return to Atlanta.
Haynes, the global retail management executive responsible for Valentino’s North American boutiques in New York, Boston, Bal Harbor, Fla., Las Vegas and other locales, said she firmly believes in giving back to the community. “Well, first of all LA Reid and his wife Erica are dear friends and also clients of the House of Valentino. When Catherine Brewton [of the Barbara Brewton Cameron Foundation] approached me and mentioned that L.A. was coming to Atlanta, we wanted to partner up to do an event,” Haynes says. “It was absolutely an honor for me to be in such great company.”
Reid is returning to Atlanta to establish a publishing company. The gala enabled Haynes to put some star power behind the event and sell luxury wares to benefit community.
–terry shropshire
