These three were in black frock coats, walking erect and swinging their arms.

Boche's trousers were bright yellow.

Bibi-the-Smoker didn't have a waistcoat so he was buttoned up to the neck with only a bit of his cravat showing.

The only one in a full dress suit was Monsieur Madinier and passers-by gazed at this well-dressed gentleman escorting the huge bulk of mother Coupeau in her green shawl and black bonnet with red ribbons.
Gervaise looked very gay and sweet in her dress of vivid blue and with her new silk mantle fitted tightly to her shoulders.

She listened politely to the sneering remarks of Lorilleux, who seemed buried in the depths of the immense overcoat he was wearing.