It may have been my first time at the Let’s Bond Benefit Event at Le Salon Richmond but it certainly won’t be my last. The organizing crew and event producers at 4u2c Creative Agency Group outdid themselves, dazzling the 1000+ young influencers in attendance with a slew of star-making highlights, from the first-rate food and drink to moving performances by the likes of Valerie Daure and DJ Toddy Flores. Topping off the ‘90s in Siberia’ James Bond-themed spectacular? Over a quarter mil for the Mental Illness and Douglas Institute Foundations. Bonding done right. Photography DAN PROKOPOWICZ
LBD CENTRAL: Rose PR founder / owner ASHLEY ROSENBERGER in ATELIER PRIVE MTL, Diary’s JENN CAMPBELL and TANIA BALOUKAS in NOUVEAU NOIR BOUTIQUE. BOND BABES BEWARE. BIG 3: RBC Royal Bank president, Quebec headquarters MARTIN THIBODEAU, C2 senior director business development ANICK BEAULIEU and Harden Group vice-president development CHRIS HARDEN. OH SO CUTE & POWERFUL: Onivino Wine and Spirits president CAROLINE BROWNSTEIN and Nectar Consulting Group founding partner BRENDAN BAXTER. DRESSED TO FRILL: Committee member ANICK BEAULIEU in ASOS. BLUE LIPS, HOT TIPS: NATALIE NADAIRA in ALICE & OLIVIA. SUITING UP: Floral designer DAVID LAPIERRE and Holt Renfrew Ogilvy divisional vice president NORMAND CIARLO. WHITE BOWTIE WOWER: ALFRED ZELHOF in GUCCI. STYLING BIG: CAROLINE DESMARAIS in VINTAGE and NICK MURRAY in WAXMAN. PAPERMAN POSSE: EVAN PAPERMAN and cuz JARRED PAPERMAN. LEAN ON US: Rose PR founder / owner and committee member ASHLEY ROSENBERGER in ATELIER PRIVÉ MTL, Frank and Oak CEO ETHAN SONG, committee member ANICK BEAULIEU and entrepreneur / marketing pro NA‘EEM ADAM. KOOL KOUPLE: C2’s MAUDE GENDRON in VINTAGE and love, RYAN HILLIER of Novalex in CLUSIER. POWER PAIR: ANICK BEAULIEU in ASOS and love, FREDERICK ROCHON in MATINIQUE. FACE TO LACE: Quadbridge’s RYAN PETERS and wife ALISSIA PETERS. TOP TIER: Committee members ANICK BEAULIEU and CHRIS HARDEN. GORGE & GLAM: JOANY RIVARD in LA PETITE ROBE and pal LEA FECTEAU in MARCIANO. THERE’S A BABY IN THERE! Buanonotte’s GIANPAOLO DERIGGI and La Petite Robe Noire partner VANESSA LAJEUNESSE in LA PETITE ROBE NOIRE. SEXY IN STRAPLESS: ANNA-ISABELLE MORENCY-BOTELL in LA PETITE ROBE NOIR BLONDES IN BABE BLACK: MATHILDE LECOMTE in BCBGMAXAZRIA and STEPHANIE FUGERE. ARTIST ON SCENE: Beloved artist FLORENCE K. and committee member ANNA-ISABELLE MORENCY-BOTELL. RYUTASTIC: Diary’s JENN CAMPBELL and RYU restopreneur DAVID DAYAN. PRETTY IN PRIVE: CHRISTINA PACIOTTI in ATELIER PRIVE MTL. PAILLETES SO PRETTY: ANNA KHANANIAN in FRENCH CONNECTION. BONDING AT THE PARTY PORTAL. 😉