1. Court dress was replaced by the white tie and tail coat . 2. Formal evening dress remained a dark tail coat and trousers. 3. By the time the M1858 uniform was introduced tail coats had been relegated to full dress. 4. The most formal evening dress remained a dark tail coat and trousers with a dark waistcoat. 5. It is not integrity that Ms . James says she sacrificed; it is those tail coats . 6. The Emperor went about his daily routine dressed in a simple black tail coat , trousers, and cravat. 7. From 1829, to 1839, Metropolitan Police officers wore blue swallow tail coats with high collars to counter garroting. 8. In yellow gloves and swallow-tail coat 9. The most formal evening dress remained a dark tail coat and trousers with a dark or light waistcoat. 10. Officers continued to wear tail coats until after the Mexican War when frock coats became the standard field wear.