Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Dîner en Blanc 2012!

The first ever Dîner en Blanc took place in Vancouver on August 30th to much success...

The first ever Dîner en Blanc took place in Vancouver on August 30th to much success...

For the unfamiliar the event unfolds as follows:

"At the last minute, the location is given to thousands of friends and acquaintances 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.

Over the course of an evening, the diners enhance the function and value of their city's public space by participating in the unexpected.

Beyond the spectacle and refined elegance of the dinner itself, guests are brought together from diverse backgrounds by a love of beauty and good taste.

Le 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."

The event location, the Vancouver Convention Centre, was released at 7pm and thousands of people flooded downtown, dressed in white, to set up their meals.

Here is a series of photos that showed how the night unfolded until the end of dinner was signaled by everyone holding up a sparkler. It was truly beautiful.

(follow the jump for more photos!)