WHITE HOT

Hollywood has had a love affair with head-turning white gowns both on-screen and off for more than half a century. Who can forget Marilyn Monroe’s white Travilla halter dress billowing around her waist as she stands atop a subway grate in the 1955 film “The Seven Year Itch”? Or Audrey Hepburn’s sleeveless, belted white floral lace dress, designed by Edith Head, from the last scene of the 1953 film “Roman Holiday”? The actress liked it so much, she wore it a second time, when she picked up her lead actress award at the 1954 Oscars ceremony. The recent craze for white on the red carpet kicked off at last year’s Academy Awards, when Gwyneth Paltrow wowed in a minimalist white gown and matching cape by Tom Ford. Here are a few more of our favorite white-hot looks from recent months.