As is the case every year, the annual MAC Ball benefiting our cultural gem, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal exceeded even the loftiest of expectations (ironically set by them the previous year) to rocket guests into an event experience that was nothing short of almighty … ENJOY. Photography VINCENZO D’ALTO with a selection by MAX MESSIER
BEVY OF MAC BEAUTIES: Ball Committee members, chair MARIE-JOSÉE SIMARD (in LARUELLE), STÉPHANIE LARIVIÈRE, VIOLETTE COHEN (in LARUELLE), NATHALIE GOYETTE (in LARUELLE), DEBBIE ZAKAIB (in DENIS GAGNON), NICOLAS URLI, SOPHIE BANFORD (in DENIS GAGNON) and ELIZABETH CAMIRÉ (in LARUELLE).
IMPRESSION-MAKERS: Media mogul MITSOU GÉLINAS and husband, Dazmo VP IOHANN MARTIN.
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME: Performers go next level, literally breaking out of walls.
TRACKING: Singer-songwriter/pianist FLORENCE K, and BEN RILEY.
MAYOR AT THE MAC: New MAC head designer, architect GILLES SAUCIER, Montreal mayor VALÉRIE PLANTE.
POLITI-COOL: Montreal mayor VALÉRIE PLANTE and love PIERRE-ANTOINE HARVEY.
MODEL MOMENT: New MAC head designer, architect GILLES SAUCIER and MAC director/chief curator JOHN ZEPPETELLI, unveil a sleek new look for the MAC.
HON. CORNER: Hon. presidents, NATHALIE GOYETTE, ÉRIC BUJOLD, and FRANCE MARGARET BÉLANGER.
SUPERSTAR SQUAD: Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group CEO DANIEL LAMARRE and and wife EMMANUELLE DUPERRÉ.
THOMAS H VIBES!
SISTERS SO LOVELY: ANNA ANTONOPOULOS in DENIS GAGNON, MARIA ANTONOPOULOS in GUCCI.
FOUR MORE FAB: DANIEL CERULLI, ADRIENNE COUTURE, AUDREY ST-PIERRE, JEAN PELADEAU.
TRES BELLLE BESTIES; ADRIENNE COUTURE, AUDREY ST-PIERRE.
MELLOW YELLOW: ADRIENNE COUTURE, DANIEL CERULLI.
ELEGANCE CENTRAL: MARIE-EVE LEMAY in EDITIONS DE ROBE and husband, hon. president ÉRIC BUJOLD.
TEAM TANGUAY!
CAUGHT ON THE GLAMCAM: Committee member VIOLETTE COHEN, JOSEE MARCOTTE.
GOOD DNA! DNA Capital’s DANIEL LABRECQUE and wife, LISE.
MAC ME HAPPY! Committee member and mmode director DEBBIE ZAKAIB in DENIS GAGNON.
GORGE & GLAM: ANDREW BISSETT and wife FANNIE CHARRON.
THE KIT KREW! Power player KIT DALAROY extreme right) with friends.
CATTELANING: BITA CATTELAN in CAVALLI, husband PAOLO CATTELAN in ZEGNA.
THE KISS:PAOLO CATTELAN plants one on wife, BITA CATTELAN.
POWER GAL BRIGADE!
POWER GAL BRIGADE!
WOMEN WHO RULE THE WORLD INSPIRE: Bon Look founder SOPHIE BOULANGER and Sid Lee chief strategy officer, ELANA GORBATYUK.
LOOKING GOODDDD: Sid Lee chief strategy officer, ELANA GORBATYUK.
ONE. HOT. SHOT: JOSÉE NOISEUX and DEBBIE ZAKAIB, in DENIS GAGNON.
WELL HELLO THERE: JOSÉE NOISEUX.
WOW WEBSTERS: CLAIRE WEBSTER and husband STUART WEBSTER.
WHERE’S SOPHIE?! FRANE CARON and husband ANDRÉ ROY.
ELEGANTLY EXPECTANT:MAC Foundation communications maestro ANNE-MARIE BARNARD.
COCKTAIL CATCHUP! MITSOU GÉLINAS, ANDY NULMAN, wife LYNN NULMAN.
DIARY EXCLUSIVE: Federal Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie MÉLANIE JOLY and Montreal mayor VALÉRIE PLANTE.
POWER BROKERS: Carbonleo president/CEO ANDREW LUTFY, partner, exec vice-president CLAUDE MARCOTTE, Montreal international president HUBERT BOLDUC, DAZMO vice-president IOHANN MARTIN.
