Man's loose-fitting overcoat with collar and shoulder cape. Particularly fashionable during the second half of the 19th century during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The black evening version is the most formal overcoat from the era, and was worn with white tie, while the day version was often in tweed or other less formal fabrics. In the 1880s the sleeves were removed entirely and the armholes cut away beneath the cape to form the Inverness Cape.