The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat. Some gowns expose a necktie or cravat when closed. Neckwear if worn is a tie for men or a cravat for women. The most standard neckwear was a formal cravat . Variants include the ascot, bow, bolo, zipper, cravat, and knit. The women soldiers also wore a silk cravat in their battalion colour. Female officers do not wear the black and white chequered cravat. For aesthetic purposes, a white cravat and shirt were worn. Tying the cravat in a bow was popular circa 1665. Hitler, for example, appears in a golfing sweater and cravat as well as military garb. The embodiment of castration, Ashley wears the head of Medusa on his cravat pin. Female officers wear a red and white cravat. A Steinkirk was a type of cravat designed to be worn in deliberate disarray. Their popularity eclipsed the white cravat, except for formal and evening wear. According to Colt, Adams began choking him with his cravat.