Quote Originally Posted by Daaaaang View Post
If I ever need to go to a white tie event (my own wedding? I dunno) I will get the stand up collar, but until then, I'm happy to never have to touch one.
A few years ago, my best friend was lamenting that she never had an occasion to wear her formal dress. So we invented one. We decided that our New Year's Party that year would be black tie. We printed invitations, gave them to our friends, specified black tie.

Come new year's eve, there were about fifty people in tuxedos and formal gowns in my house! Everyone looked great, we had a good time, and we looked smashing! Moral of the story: if you want to wear it, create an occasion, don't wait for one to come up!