Seems to go way back to the B&W movie era - men in tuxedos, women in evening gowns and boas - glamorous socialites dressed to the nines, watching a couple buys beat each other up. Sometimes the MC is in a tux. I don’t get how that whole package goes together.
Interesting! Cravats worn by Croatian mercenaries serving in France during the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), according to the internets.