White: Purity, Innocence, Empowerment, Goodness, Cleanliness

More than 1,200 guests donned white garb for the fresh concept of Dîner en Blanc’s flash-mob-style dinner in New York in 2011.
Photo: Mark Addison

The 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards gala in Los Angeles had a striking but simple look, with bunches of upside-down calla lillies hanging overhead. White furnishings were arranged in lounge-like formations.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography

Lightsabers made for an eye-catching display at the premiere party.
Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney

All-white lounge areas held lampshades printed with snowflakes; the bases of the lamps appeared to be filled with glistening snow.
Photo: Nancy Behall

Lamps with rings of real white roses crowned tables.
Photo: Nancy Behall
ArtHampton's Jackson Pollock Centennial

On July 13, ArtHamptons celebrated the centennial of Jackson Pollock's birth—and raised funds for the Jackson Pollock Lee Krasner Study House—with an event that included a performance art installation of a couple getting paint thrown at them.
Photo: Michael Heller