Cravats? A bit Edward Fox / Terry Thomas and something of the louche lounge lizard about the wearers, surely?
"Hello, helllo, hello, Mrs (pongo) - I say, ding dong, woof woof, eh what?"
The Spams, who of course have no class, refer to them as 'ascots', it seems. Remember the 'Nuke 'em Now' SAC Command Crew comics of the 1970s with photos of subterranean missile geeks in flying suits? Always with some garish neckware...not even tied properly, but 'ready made' with a fastener at the back of the neck
. Certain sartorial suicide if you're ever caught wearing one of those; even worse than a ready made bow tie!