tout ensemble

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In the examples of continental costume, the tout ensemble is graceful, and especially the head-dress; while in England the elegant sleeve is accompanied with very short waists, and with the hideous, horned head-dresses then fashionable.

From Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress by Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia

Unfortunately, however, this man is as silly as he is handsome, though he certainly has a very prepossessing tout ensemble.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

It was his towering, bald forehead, and something of command and savage energy in his lowering face, that redeemed the tout ensemble from an almost brutal vulgarity.

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The tout ensemble of this is an extraordinarily harmonious mixture of styles which compels unceasing admiration.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

But when he left his bedroom on the morning of Winslow’s arrival, he had considerably more of the English Squire than the Australian Squatter about his tout ensemble.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon