cravat
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“How beautiful she is in her shining raiment,” he rhapsodizes, “her birch-bark body, her sable bodice, her white cravat, her goffered ruff.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
And, of course, there is Lisa, who spends the first episode doing a posh take on Diane Keaton’s “Annie Hall” wardrobe, complete with a lavender cravat.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
Davis, though, would certainly take one of those silk cashmere scarves Ms. Nichanian substituted for a cravat and knot it outside his shirt.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Men are required to wear lounge suits, or jackets, or blazers with trousers, together with a tie or a cravat.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021
And then a young man, the agents clerk in his neat suit and cravat, appeared at her side and asked her to come with him to the agent’s office.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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