The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts inaugural gala

Salvatore Ferragamo Group’s creative director, Massimiliano Giornetti, and actress Demi Moore, wearing Ferragamo, attend the inaugural gala for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. (Donato Sardella / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Oct. 18, 2013 5:09 PM PT

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The event: The inaugural gala to celebrate the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. Presented by Salvatore Ferragamo, the affair came with cocktails, a gala dinner, fashion show of the Italian designer’s latest collection and the first-ever performance in the center’s 500-seat Bram Goldsmith Theater.

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts inaugural gala

Singer Gwen Stefani, left, wears Ferragamo to the gala, where she shares a table with, continuing to the right, jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, actress Courteney Cox and television personality and designer Nicole Richie. (Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Evangeline Lilly, left, Jason Bateman and Bateman’s actress wife, Amanda Anka. (Stefanie Keenan / (Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Gala chairwomen Jamie Tisch, left, and Wallis Annenberg. (Stefanie Keenan / (Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Actresses Diane Lane, left, and, dressed in Ferragamo, Charlize Theron. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, left, wears Ferragamo. She’s with gala co-chair Jamie Tisch and designer Brian Atwood. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Josh Duhamel, left, hangs out with James Caan. (Donato Sardella / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Danna Ruscha, left, and Irena Medavoy positively bloom beside a costumed woman of mystery. (Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Jodie Foster (Donato Sardella / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Jason Bateman is greeted by Amy Adams. Bateman’s actress-wife, Amanda Anka, looks on. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Marvel Chief Executive Avi Arad, left, and wife Joyce Arad pause to pose with Jerry Magnin, chairman of the board of directors of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. (Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Wallis Annenberg, left, is joined by choreographer Debbie Allen and actors Kevin Spacey and Charlize Theron. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Ferruccio Ferragamo speaks on behalf of the Ferragamo family. He’s the eldest son of Salvatore Ferragamo. (Jason Kempin / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

Joanna Shimkus, left, with husband Sidney Poitier. They’re standing with Wendy Goldman and gala co-chairwoman Jamie Tisch. (Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)

City National Bank Chairman and Chief Executive Russell Goldsmith, left, stands with other power players Sherry Lansing and Michael Milken. (Donato Sardella / Getty Images for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)