Josh31,
chulent is a “special maychel shabbos” and should be saved for shabbos, and eating it before shabbos is a zilzul in the kavod shabbos.”
I feel the same way about white shirts.
You consider white shirts a “special maychel shabbos”? 🙂
Seriously, there are two differences. First, there is specifically a minhag to eat cholent on Shabbos (based on the dispute between the Perushim and one of the groups of kofrim about how to understand “lo s’vaaru aish b’chol moshvoseichem”. Even if white shirts were only worn on Shabbos, I don’t think it reaches the status of “special beged Shabbos”.
Second, white shirts are not only worn on Shabbos. They are worn for most formal occasions, such as weddings, bar mitzvahs, business meetings, shul dinners, etc. (I would mention that many yeshivaleit wear them for all occasions, but that would still call into question how that was allowed to develop).