What about it "has to work"? You are going overboard with this. You must be one fastidious dresser. Does the axis of the Earth shift when we sport black helmets? I just don't get it. I'm one big time vermillion and white supporter... but if the occasion calls for a black tie... this little fella sports his black tie. Who in the world made "black" off limits in any dress code whatsoever? I'm getting tired of this ____. Black is a very nice accessory to anything. I sometimes wear a vermillion bow tie, a white Stetson... and absolutely nothing else besides a pair of black leather chaps... and I'm smokin hot... just ask all of the old ladies.