The White Party on the Terrace

Concept and palette were locked two weeks out: all-white summer soirée, built around every white, shadow white, silver edge. Florals — white hydrangea, orchids and roses in tonal layers — were prepared in our studio the day before.

An all-white brief lives or dies on texture — silk, linen, lacquer and petal each had to read distinctly at night.

Sixty-five guests in white against a white terrace photographed like a cloudbank at golden hour; the host’s only note: "again next year".