Best shirt for black tie event?

[Steve Ashton]

I'm going to agree here.

Black Tie on the invitation means Tuxedo or tuxedo equivalent. That means you wear a Prince Charlie Coatee with 3 button vest or cummerbund.

The only shirt is a tux shirt. The difference between a tux shirt and dress shirt is that a tux shirt does not have buttons in the front or at the cuffs. You use studs and cufflinks. Most guides say that the studs and cufflinks should be the same. (Leave the fancy cufflinks for your French or rolled cuff dress shirts.)

There are basically three different collars on tux shirts. Stand-and-Fall like a dress shirt - Wing - and removable. Which you choose is personal preference.

And today the pleated front shirts are gone. Never mind the ruffled shirts of the 70's.

For a really formal look the front of the shirt will have a placket starched board stiff.

And I would not use a red bow tie to a black tie invitation event. If I wanted to add a holiday theme to my tux I would use a red satin or silk cummerbund. With the pleats pointing up to hold your tickets.

[ThistleDown]

In the UK a tuxedo is referred to as a dinner suit. The appropriate shirt today is a Marcello, worn with studs as Steve says. The tie is always a black bow. If a cummerbund is worn then that replaces a waistcoat.

[gealach]

In the UK a tuxedo is referred to as a dinner suit. ...

Don't forget 'dinner jacket' or just 'dj' which are just as, or even more common.