Converting a white image to a vector

Hello,

I have a fairly complicated logo (too complicated to recreate using the pen tool) which I created in Photoshop which I have made into a vector on Illustrator. I need to make this label white without a background. I have tried doing this in illustrator and a white box appears where my image once was. I have also tried inverting the image to black and then using image trace to ignore the white and then inverting it once more (but this deletes my image as my image is white). I've also tried importing my image back into photoshop, creating a white image with a clear background there and exporting it back into illustrator to turn back into a vector but again I get that same white box. Can somebody give me some advice? All I can see is the 'image trace' option or to invert the image and neither of these have worked for me! Thank you ☺️