The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Susanne Bartsch joined forces to bring LOVE BALL III to New York City’s Gotham Hall on June 25, 2019. In 1989 and 1991, Susanne Bartsch, legendary event producer and fundraiser, presented The Love Ball at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. The benefit blended high fashion and celebrities with the ballroom community from Paris Dupree’s drag houses in Harlem. Love Balls I and II funded over $2.5 million to programs for those affected by HIV/AIDS and was organized and produced by the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA). Love Ball III proceeds raised by the CFDA Foundation will benefit the CFDA-Vogue Initiative/New York City AIDS Fund of The New York Community Trust. Billy Porter, the Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning actor, singer, director, composer and playwright, and star of Pose on FX, served as the ball’s Master of Ceremonies. The evening was made possible by the generous support of corporate sponsors including M·A·C Cosmetics.