She was known as the "First Lady of Hairdressing," who styled Jennifer Jones, Betsy Bloomingdale, Elizabeth Taylor, Goldie Hawn, Camille Cosby, Ann-Margret, Elvis Presley, Sharon Tate, Brad Pitt, and Sandra Bullock, among others.
[2][3] White collaborated with Richard Avedon on shoots for Vogue, and her work appeared in Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, Allure, Vanity Fair, Ladies' Home Journal, Mademoiselle, and Glamour.
After graduating high school, she supported herself while pursuing a Cosmetology degree by working at Bob's Big Boy, modeling hats downtown in the garment district, and trying out for Playboy; she was selected as Playmate of the Month in July 1963.
In 1967 photographer Melvin Sokolsky commissioned White to act as hairdresser for Yardley commercials shot in London, with Jean Shrimpton, and India, with Donna Mitchell.
[9] From 1967 to 1977, White did American beauty product television commercials, as well as platform shows for Revlon and Clairol, on such stages as Century Plaza Ballroom and the Hollywood Palladium.
In addition, she collaborated with her fiancé Alex Holt on a Bildungsroman horror novel called Disposable Teens, which has not yet been published but is being shopped for a limited television series.