Ascot tie

An ascot tie or ascot is a neckband with wide pointed wings, traditionally made of pale

called a cravat, or sometimes as a day cravat to distinguish it from the formal ascot or dress cravat. The casual form is made from a thinner woven silk that is more comfortable when worn against the skin, often with ornate and colourful printed patterns.

History

The ascot is descended from the

in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries.

Civilian use

• 
  Ascot cravat and pin (1904)
• 
  Boni de Castellane, unknown date
• 
  George Augustus Sala, British journalist; after 1863
• 
  John Singer Sargent in a pleated Ascot tie c. 1880

Students at the

. In the Dutch Army, it is a part of the uniform, for barrack use, the ascot is often in the weapon colors, and with a logo, and when in combat uniform, a DPM or desert version is used. Likewise the Royal Danish Army employs an ascot for the ceremonial version of the barrack dress, its colors vary between each company.^[1]

• In Scooby-Doo, an American horror comedy cartoon franchise, the character Fred Jones wears a signature orange ascot, sometimes mistaken for a scarf. The look was part of the mod look for teenage and young adult men from the late-1960s era Scooby-Doo originates from,^[2] and Fred's anachronistic retention of the ascot in some modern incarnations of the series becomes a source of comedy.^[3]
• The Eighth Doctor, played by Paul McGann wore a midnight blue ascot tie on the Doctor Who special The Night of the Doctor.
• Bruce Wayne wears an ascot in various incarnations of Batman
  media.

See also

• Cravat
• Tie

Further reading

• Villarosa, Riccardo (1992). The Elegant Man: How to Construct the Ideal Wardrobe. Random House.
  ISBN 0-679-42101-7
  .

External links

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