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cravat

noun as in necktie

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Voluptuous bow ties and cravats worn scrunchily with fisherman sandals and socks.

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Other affectations such as Booth’s cravat pin, pinkie ring and monogrammed leather boots add to his carefully curated image.

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Dean, 25, wore a stiff shirt, cravat, argyle jumper and pinstripe team blazer.

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Perhaps it's because he's traipsing around Somerset and London with his shirt open – far less restrictive attire compared to the stuffy cravats, elaborate wigs and face powders that were deemed fashionable for the time.

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Grant’s commitment to his dastardly rogue barely goes beyond his cravat — he’d rather guffaw than feign gravitas.

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