V-Necks and Half Turtlenecks? Formal wear?

I don't understand why V-necks shirts are considered to be dressier than a regular shirt. Why does the V make it more stylish? Would a square instead of a V also be dressier than the standard circle/oval?

Also, the half turtleneck...what's with that? Most of the time, it isn't even on a sweater. It is a long sleeve T-shirt with a half turtleneck. And these types of shirts are worn under suit/sports jackets. That, I truly don't understand.

I'm sure this argument can be made against any type of shirt. Why is a shirt with a collar considered dressy? Personally, I think collared shirts look better than non-collared shirts.

I'm not saying I don't own more t-shirts than I should (my drawers are overflowing with them) or that I don't follow t-shirt blogs (I love shirt.woot.com).

So, call me plain or conservative in my fashion sense, but V-necks and half turtlenecks just don't make any sense to me. Am I wrong?

Daily T-shirts...

I'm still struggling to catch up with my feeds, but I just read that Woot! has a spin-off site dedicated to T-shirts. Apparently, some T-shirts are designed by the folks at American Apparel, but some are designed by Woot! staff. Also, each week the Woot! community can submit designs which are then voted on by people who have previously purchase something at Woot!. The top three designs are sold on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Kinda a cool idea....

I like the original Woot!, although I don't always follow, because they sell random stuff on the cheap. Looking at the T-shirt blog, I'm bummed I missed out on buying this T-shirt:



Here's a little summary blurb from the website:
"America’s most sensational fashion sensation! Oh, wait, we were thinking of those rubber wiffle-slippers everybody wears now. Shirt.Woot, on the other hand, is a web site that applies the Woot model to selling t-shirts: a new one every day at midnight Central time, sold cheap. The difference is, these aren’t somebody else’s leftovers. Woot tees feature exclusive, original designs that you can’t get anywhere else (hence the terms “exclusive” and “original”)."