In the good old days even the men in overalls wore ties.
There was an old joiner/all-round handyman around when I was growing up who always wore a vee-neck jumper with a tie. On hot days, if he took off his jumper, you realised he had cut the tie just about an inch below where the V of the jumper was. Presumably, so it wouldn't catch in any machines.
He cut quite a dash with his jumper and tie, Buddy Holly specs, flat cap, a pencil behind one ear and a half-smoked Player's Navy Cut behind the other.