So white is the colour of innocence and the latest trend in mass picnics? This year’s Dîner en blanc offered a credible alternative to commercialised culinary mass events when it gathered hundreds of people in the name of savoir-vivre. It almost seems inevitable that the next hype after DIY is BYO – bring your own. A tradition cultivated at shared flat parties might not seem like the most innovative thing, but it is indeed when the concept means to bring your own table cloths, chairs, candlesticks and champagne flutes.
