History Main / ClassyCravat

More often than not, a character who wears a cravat will be quite a proponent of the GoodOldWays - if they're not already living in YeGoodeOldeDays, that is (which they often are). Typically, they will be of BlueBlood or TheBeautifulElite. The more elaborate the cravat is, the more aristocratic (or [[AristocratsAreEvil villainous]], or just [[UpperClassTwit pompous]]) the character wearing it will be.

* ''Anime/HelloSandybelle'': [[AlphaBitch Kitty]] is a rare female example as all her outfits usually have a blue cravat. She's also the heiress of the Shearer & Co. conglomerate business and a RitchBitch to boot.

* Cravats are included in the male uniforms of Kinkan/Gold Crown Academy in ''Anime/PrincessTutu''

* Prince Sidon in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' wears one, despite [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal not wearing any clothes due to him being a Zora (aquatic race of fish people)]].

* Miles Edgeworth, Manfred von Karma, and Franziska von Karma from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series all wear rather fancy jobots (incorrectly called cravats) as part of their AwesomeAnachronisticApparel. Lord Barok van Zieks in ''The Great Ace Attorney'' also wears one, but is much more setting appropriate - though the rest of his clothing is, ironically, anachronistic.

* Sasahara from ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' wears one, though it's revealed in the first episode that despite acting like an UpperClassTwit he actually comes from a family of farmers.

* Levi from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' wears one, perhaps to emphasize his [[NeatFreak surprisingly fussy]] personality.
* The cravat is part of the Shinsengumi officer uniform in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''.
* There's bound to be at least a couple of characters in any given ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series who rock a cravat.
* Reisi Munakata, the Blue King in ''Anime/{{K}}'', has one on his uniform. None of the other members of Scepter 4 have neckwear at all.
* ''Anime/TheBigO'': The cockpit hatch on the front of Big O's neck is designed to look like one, fitting with the classy ArtDeco meets SteamPunk aesthetic of the series.

* Part of the standard attire for a nobleman in [[Literature/DoctrineOfLabyrinths Marathat]].
* In ''Literature/HurricaneGold'', the WickedCultured mastermind El Huracán is described as wearing one.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', Elliot wears one on a "Girls night out" with Carla. It's played for laughs and to show how different their backgrounds are.
* ''Series/MatchGame'': Charles Nelson Reilly often wore one, along with a DistinguishedGentlemansPipe.

* In the original 1978 ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'', Commander Cain of the Pegasus wore a cravat with his Colonial Warrior Uniform. He lampshades the trope somewhat as being a "lead from the front line" warrior type, he certainly doesn't fit the "cushy" stereotype for cravat wearers.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Fourth Doctor starts out wearing a square silk scarf instead of a tie, but switches to these as his character develops into an EccentricMentor authority figure.
** The Eighth Doctor pairs a cravat with his natty WaistcoatOfStyle in the TV movie. It's a little more disheveled by "Night of the Doctor", to go with his more rough-and-tumble look overall.

* The [[LargeHam extravagant]] [[SerialRomeo Virion]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' wears one in his default outfit as an Archer; Sully nicknames him "Ruffles" for it. As quoted above, he is rather indignant when [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]] calls him a "grown man in a bib". [[spoiler: It makes even more sense when it's revealed he was [[BlueBlood the Duke of Roseanne.]]]]
* Prince Xander in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' sports one as well, highlighting his status as the eldest of the Nohrian royal siblings. Jakob wears one as part of his BattleButler uniform (so anyone that also changes into this job class also sports one), and Hinoka wears one that's so long it looks to be a scarf, but would seem to actually be a cravat.
* Constance in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has one as part of her post-timeskip design.
* Dracula in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series is usually depicted with a cravat, showing signs of WickedCultured. Alucard, his son and good mirror counterpart wears one too, but it's tied into a loose ribbon. In any case, Dracula is one of the few cases where it is used to look sinister.
* In place of the usual sash, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Arno Dorian]] wears this in his uniform instead.

* Some of the snobby aristocrats in ''VideoGame/HauntTheHouse'' wear these, to show their status.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The main character's FightingSpirit, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of GentlemanThief trope codifier Literature/ArseneLupin, wears a long white cravat around its neck, along with a fancy black top hat and other fineries. Party Member [[{{Ojou}} Haru Okumura]], heiress of Okumura Foods, wears one with a simple ruby-and-gold brooch as part of her Musketeer-themed Metaverse attire.

* Shuperi Inowey from the obscure fighting game ''VideoGame/JingiStorm'' wears a cravat as part of his elaborate attire, even though such an outfit is, well, unsuitable for taking part in a tournament of fisticuffs.

* ''Webcomic/KaitenMutenmaru'': Sick wears a simple cravat that his feathers conceal until he assumes his human disguise. He wore a different cravat [[spoiler:as a child]] to emphasize his noble birth.
* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': In an uncommon female example, a violet ascot is a standard piece of the uniform of the prestigious and [[OneGenderSchool all-girls']] private academy, Future's Promise School for {{Magical Girl}}s. Interestingly enough, a similar cravat is worn by several agents of the City Defense Department.
* ''Webcomic/{{Niels}}'': Agent 300 can often be seen wearing these when he isn't wearing a tie. True to the trope, he's an [[AManOfWealthAndTaste upper-class]] AgentPeacock who prides himself on his impeccable fashion sense.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' present us with Baron Marius von Fundshauser in the episode "Northwest Mansion Mystery." A young Austrian baron, his family owns a cravat and epaulet factory and rocks both of them snazzily. He becomes the target of affection for Mabel, Candy and Grenda though he ends up choosing Grenda (they're still together after the season and it's implied they marry in the future.)

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': The main character's FightingSpirit, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of GentlemanThief trope codifier Literature/ArseneLupin, wears a long white cravat around its neck, along with a fancy black top hat and other fineries. Party Member [[{{Ojou}} Haru Okumura]], heiress of Okumura Foods, wears one with a simple ruby-and-gold brooch as part of her Musketeer-themed Metaverse attire.

* Miles Edgeworth (pictured), Manfred von Karma, and Franziska von Karma from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series all wear rather fancy jobots (incorrectly called cravats) as part of their AwesomeAnachronisticApparel. Lord Barok van Zieks in ''The Great Ace Attorney'' also wears one, but is much more setting appropriate - though the rest of his clothing is, ironically, anachronistic.

* Before he joined D-Generation X and shortened his name to Triple H, he was Hunter Hearst Helmsley, a Connecticut blue-blood who used to wear slik shirts with a cravat. In WCW before that, he was Jean-Paul Leveque, the same basic character and outfit but with a French accent.

* Dunban wears one in his default look in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', though Dunban's no royalty - it's moreso reflective of his status as a kind and chivalrous CulturedBadass.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' present us with Baron Marius von Fundshauser in the episode "Northwest Mansion Mystery." A young Austrian baron, his family owns a cravat and epaulet factory and rocks both of them snazzily. He becomes the target of affection for Mabel, Candy and Greta though he ends up choosing Greta (they're still together after the season and it's implied they marry in the future.)

* Miles Edgeworth (pictured), Manfred von Karma, and Franziska von Karma from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series all wear rather fancy cravats as part of their AwesomeAnachronisticApparel.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': The main character's FightingSpirit, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of GentlemanThief trope codifier Literature/ArseneLupin, wears a long white cravat around its neck, along with a fancy black top hat and other fineries. Party Member [[{{Ojuo}} Haru Okumura]], heiress of Okumura Foods, wears one with a simple ruby-and-gold brooch as part of her Musketeer-themed Metaverse attire.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': The main character's FightingSpirit, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of GentlemanThief trope codifier Literature/ArseneLupin, wears a long white cravat around its neck, along with a fancy black top hat and other fineries.

Compare WaistcoatOfStyle, which the cravat is often combined with. A part of AManOfWealthAndTaste's repertoire. May be part of AwesomeAnachronisticApparel.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': The main character's GuardianEntity, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of GentlemanThief trope codifier Literature/ArseneLupin, wears a long white cravat around its neck, along with a fancy black top hat and other fineries.

* Virion in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' wears one; Sully nicknames him "Ruffles" for it. As quoted above, he is rather indignant when [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]] calls him a "grown man in a bib".

* Lucas, the male PC, wears one in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokemon Platinum]]'' to go with his more winter-themed attire.

* Austria from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' wears a cravat as a part of his aristocratic style.

* Akutagawa from ''Manga/{{BungoStrayDogs}}'' wears one. He's from the mafia.

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If a character in the modern era wants to show their status, but doesn't want to look like they popped out of a time machine, they will often wear a toned down Affluent Ascot. These have the similar connotations, just with a more modern touch.

* Constance in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has one as part of her [[spoilers: post-timeskip design.]]

* Constance in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has one as part of her [[spoilers:post-timeskip design.]]