However, the Americo-Liberians popularised Western-style dress including the top hat, tailcoat, and frock coat. He wears a tailcoat, white gloves and a top hat, as well as a monocle. Indeed, an overcoat may be worn over the top of a tailcoat. Nor do the terms "tailcoat", "morning coat" or house coat denote types of overcoat. For both performances, she was dressed as a Victorian gentleman in tailcoat and top hat. He had draped the tailcoat over his chair. The wearing of shadbelly or other tailcoat jackets is not compulsory in the dressage phase. Baron La Croix is often seen wearing a black tailcoat and carrying an elaborate cane. The shadbelly coat is part of a formal wear category known as the tailcoat. A formal blue tailcoat may also be prescribed.