FLARE Was There: Aldo's 40th Anniversary Bash

On a rainy Wednesday night in Montreal, footwear mega-chain Aldo celebrated their 40th anniversary with a party at what will soon become their new flagship store at 1007 Ste-Catherine St, West. The guest of honour, Aldo Bensadoun, held court with a guest list that included designers Denis Gagnon and Travis Taddeo--on deck for a Spring 2013 shoe collaboration with Aldo Rise--as well as Imran Amed, editor of London-based website The Business of Fashion and model Anaïs Pouliot, star of Aldo's current campaign. The crowd mingled amongst vitrines that highlighted the company's history, design process and ad campaigns, and listened to electronic soul duo Quadron, who were flown in from Denmark especially for the occasion.