I'll fly away.
Let's quickly talk collar stays. It amazes us how frequently we see men around here in a jacket and tie with point or spread collars that are wings out and ready to take flight. We are left wondering whether these gents don't look in a mirror, whether they look in a mirror but don't realize how noticeable and poor the effect is, or whether they didn't put their tie on until later in the day and forgot to bring collar stays with them.
Some of your shirts may have collars that are stiff enough to avoid curling up with your tie. For those that don't, it's easy and cheap to rectify the problem. Your shirt probably came with collar stays, but if it didn't or you've misplaced them, buy some and use them: just slide them into the little pocket behind the point of the collar that's there for that purpose. Keep those collars grounded!
Of course, there's always the exception for those men who know the rules. Here's an example. And here's another (although it involves buttondowns, rather than collar-stay shirts). The point being that these gentlemen's overall outfits show that their curled curled collars are not the result of oversight or ignorance, but rather a personal style choice made by men who know style. These are not choices we would make, but they show it can be done.
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