Submitted by ema9102 t3_yevg42 in LifeProTips
As someone who constantly spills things on my shirt or sweats through it on the dance floor, it helps to have a back up on hand just in case. If you drove, leave it hanging in your car otherwise formal events usually have a coat closet you can hang it up in.
I can confirm that as a groom, I sweat through 3 white shirts by the end of my wedding night. It is so practical to have spare white shirts during these types of events.
I meant a white button down dress shirt. If you are wearing a black/navy/gray suit with a tie (or even without), most the times people are wearing a white button down dress shirt tucked in. Those are the scenarios this tip was meant for.
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At some point on your wedding night, it's ok to go without a shirt.
I keep one in my car and one in my desk at work (not that I’m there very often!).
Can confirm. Attended a beach wedding. Was mingling before the bride and groom arrived and not 5 minutes into being there, I was carpet bomb shit on by a seagull. Sent wife to nearby Target to buy a new shirt while I desperately tried to get the dead fish smell off of me in the car. Good times.
What they're telling you is that a "button down" shirt is a specific type of dress shirt where there are buttons to hold your collar tips. A button UP shirt is the generic term for a dress shirt.
Wow, I've never heard that distinction. TIL
LPT: Own 2 white button down shirts.
A lot of stores do have specials around buying 2 or more shirts, so definitely doable and a good idea.
Who would wear a button down shirt to a wedding? Is this some sort of business very casual affair in your mind?
Don’t wear a button down shirt to a wedding, that’s a casual weekend shirt.
I meant a button up shirt, up until today I had no idea there was a distinction in names
No way. For me, that's an excuse to leave.
Nah, I'll just go home.
Nah I just wear Hawaiian or paisley or something loud what you can't tell has stains if you accidentally do spill. Find the right one and it looks great.
“Ohh naoow not the shirt! Take my bloody eyes but not the shirt”
The real LPT is in the comments…
I think the only time I wore a white shirt in the last decade was my wedding day for this exact reason lol.
Don’t have to. If you’re wearing a blue shirt and blue tie, and spill, your white backup shirt will still match your tie.
I am picturing you walking into a formal event, dressed to the nines, a girl on each arm, a twinkle in the your eye, and your extra white button down dress shirt in tow.
I just looked it up and still barely understand the difference. Apparently it's about collar buttons? I really don't get how having buttons on the collar or not makes it formal or not.
But why does having buttons on the collar make it not formal?
https://www.suitsexpert.com/blog/button-up-vs-button-down-shirt/
Interesting article on the topic. Apparently, the "button down" shirt with buttons on the collar was for rugby players to keep the collars of their shirts out of their faces. Who knew??? The style eventually made it into other men's clothing.
Button up shirts on the other hand are considered "dressier" and are more what I think of when I think of a dress shirt: stiff, almost starched cuffs and collar. No need to button down the collar to keep it in place.
Sure, but if you add two buttons to a stiff dress shirt suddenly it isn't formal? I'm almost certain I've owned formal white horribly stiff shirts with collar buttons, I don't see why such a small distinction matters. I'm never looking at someone's collar closely enough to even notice.
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Only having one shirt is my get out of social event free card. It's a great excuse to dip
Life pro tip #2. Don’t wear white.
Works for the workplace too.
Yes, most people do not know how to dress and it shows. Dress shirts don’t have buttoned collars.
Honey…is that you?
No I left it hanging in my ferrari 😎
A button-down shirt is not a (button-up) dress shirt. A button-down shirt is made from Oxford cloth and has little buttons that fasten the collar points to the shirt. It is never appropriate for business or formal wear.
Buttoned collars were specifically invented for non-formal events. The buttons are to keep your collar from flapping in the breeze while you do rich people sports, like sailing and polo
Some people just don't care about frivolous details like this. I'm not at a wedding to stress about irrelevant things like a few extra buttons, I'm there to celebrate my friends.or family.
I started to do the same thing with socks. My feet get hot and then my socks get drenched in sweat. It feels like i'm standing in water. It is nice to take off the wet ones and put on dry ones.
I don't know, I think a white button-down would look a little strange over my stained dress?
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