He always dressed for dinner in a velvet suit and silk cravat, before his two Martinis.

He wore a plaid plus-fours suit and a silk cravat.

He slung an old silk cravat about his neck and fastened it with a flourish.

Once he had worn a silk cravat, secured by a diamond pin, but now about his neck hung an old school tie.

A black silk cravat spilled over the top of his red velvet waistcoat.

Dr Elliot leaned back and played with her blue silk cravat.

She returned just before dinner with a new silk cravat for Sam.

Davis fiddled with the black silk cravat under his wing collar.

The women soldiers also wore a silk cravat in their battalion colour.

"I've worn the uniform for 35 years," he says, cradling a silk cravat in his hand.