©Diner en Blanc

After Paris, Lyon, Amsterdam, Munich, Zurich, Berlin, and Montréal, New York will have at last its first Dîner en Blanc (Dinner in White) this summer !
It will take place in a secret location which will be given to all the people who have been patiently waiting to learn the “Dîner en Blanc’s” secret place. Thousand of people, dressed all in white, and conducting themselves with the greatest decorum, elegance, and etiquette, all meet for a mass “chic picnic” in a public space.
Beyond the spectacle and refined elegance of the dinner itself, guests are brought together from diverse backgrounds by the love of beauty and good taste.
The “Dîner en Blanc” recalls the elegance and glamour of court society, and diners engage one another knowing they are taking part in a truly magical event.
Diner en Blanc was launched with just a handful of friends by François Pasquier over 20 years ago, Paris’ Dîner en Blanc now assembles nearly 15,000 people each year. The French capital’s most prestigious sites have played host to it: the Pont des Arts, the Eiffel Tower site, the Louvre Pyramid, the Trocadéro Esplanade, Place Vendôme, the Château de Versailles, the Esplanade de Notre-Dame, the Esplanade des Invalides, the periphery of the Place de l'Étoile, the Champs-Élysées, Place de la Concorde and this year, on June 16 happened at The Carousel du Louvre. The Paris police tends to tolerate this ‘wild’ gathering, if not perhaps even wishing they could join in!
For this  new York first edition, the guestlist will be limited to 1000 guests. The event will take place, somewhere, in a secret location of this great city.

http://newyork.dinerenblanc.info/

Published 23.06.2011