In celebration of the 2014 Grammys and a very good year in music (Daft Punk, Lorde), Roger Zamudio’s Red Carpet Events L.A. (redcarpeteventsla.com/) staged an intimate and very tasteful event at the W Westwood that was as much a celebration of clever accessories and items made in the U.S.A. and Los Angeles, in particular.
Celebrities on hand included Joe La Portia, Michael Wansley,Tank, Chrisette Michelle, Mikky Ekko, Ray Dalton, Bizzy Bone and Chris Gheringer.
Although the banner charity, African Millennium Foundation (AMF, http://1amf.org), benefits women and children half-way around the world, it is certainly a cause many of the celebrities in attendance can get behind. One of the most admirable of the “made in L.A.” inventions on display was the work of Los Angeles high school student Leigh More, who helped establish the AMF-affiliated project Girls Helping Girls, which trains young women orphaned by AIDS to express themselves creatively through jewelry making, with the fruits of their labor,
