I had the impression the casual suit tie evolved out of the stock tie*; if so it was even changed over time from a practical, stubby, thing to a decorative, much longer, thing.

* https://www.smartpakequine.com/learn-products/how-to-tie-a-s...

Lagniappe: Is it just coincidence that the proper sentences are « Je vais au Canada. » and « Je vais en France. » ? Do francophones habitually go onto grammatically masculine countries and into grammatically feminine ones?