Not everyone can carry off a white suit with matching mink trim – in May, at that. But Will Phelps, a party promoter from Detroit, was not about to be caught twinning with a guest wearing the same outfit at one of his legendary white parties, which he’s thrown since his 34th birthday in 1998.
He commissioned the custom ensemble for his 2010 fete, requesting snowy fur on the pockets, zipper and the knot of his wide tie. Because Phelps’s philosophy is go big or go home, he tried to one-up himself from each party to the next. One year, he ordered a pair of white alligator boots. Another time, he mandated that only white cars be admitted to the VIP parking lining the street outside the club where the party was held. In 2018, five couples got married at the white party. And there was the year he advertised the event using muscular men decked out in tiny white swim trunks. Their pecs and abs bore invitations to attend the soiree, written in white body paint.
