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| THE PERFECT WHITE PARTY: Your favorite summer whites, days near the water, and sparkling wines and cocktails: just a few of the elements for an end-of-season send-off to remember the joys of summer. |
White parties. The contemporary end-of-summer tradition where you gather on the last of summer's eves, to kiss the season goodbye as you head into the beginning of fall. It's a symbolic season's end to sumptuous summer cocktails and dining al fresco. The last chance to enjoy that favorite white linen shirt or maxidress, or your favorite white shoes. The White Party is the one last gathering where we say farewell to all things summer before we ready ourselves to create our autumn cocoons, gearing up for the next phase of seasonal activities, holidays, and celebrations in the coming fall and winter.
While White Parties in the U.S. originally jumpstarted on the charity and humanitarian gala circuit, since the 1990s they have become a defining moment in American party tradition that signifies summer's end on a social calendar, becoming a popular event for America's Labor Day holiday, or birthdays and other social events taking place in late August/early September. While there have been references to white attire parties on the upper echelons of closed societies throughout history, the mass scale, modern version of this party tradition on appears to have its earliest pop culture roots in 1970's St.Tropez and crossing the ocean to America for the mainstream in the 1980s.
Attire for a White Party evening calls for just that, all-white- or, in more casual settings, allows adjacent hues like cream, eggshell, or offwhite. While we know of White Parties in large metropolitan cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Miami, they are wildly popular in smaller satellite cities as well as vacation hubs and resort towns by the sea, and not surprsingly (due to its European origin) also a great way to enjoy an evening out in Paris or Hong Kong. While temperatures are set to cool off for a few days, the weather forecasts predict mildly warm, golden rays for dawning days of September, perfectly in keeping for White Party days and nights to kiss summer goodbye. Whether you'll be planning your own White Party farewell to the season, or attending someone else's, NUY 40+ has the perfect style edit for you- with a combo of white separates and adjacent hues appropriate for a mix of venues and dress codes, and best of all, most items are on sale!
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| (LEFT) Add a little night coverage with this Zweireihiger Trenchcoat (29,99 €) from MANGO; (RIGHT) Flexible on its own or used as a top to your favorite skinny pants or leggings, this Bodyflirt Strickkleid (32,99 €) from BonPrix will easily transition from a mild day temperature to a cooler one for the evening as we stand on the cusp of fall. |
