He wears a cravat under a collared coat.
It is mounted on a staff with a gilt condor finial; below the finial is a cravat in the national colours with decorations attached.
Formal dress comprises an open-necked tunic, with white shirt/blouse and tie/cravat.
His white cravat is fastened with a gold pin.
The waistcoat was later changed to a red check one, and in the following story the cravat became red and polka-dot.
Characteristics include tightly-cut coats with extravagantly large lapels, typically in a different colour, with large and elaborately knotted cravats and perhaps sashes round the waist.
Sometime in the late 18th century, cravats began to make an appearance again.
The abacost was a lightweight short-sleeved suit, worn without a tie, though sometimes with a cravat.
