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One Reader's Style Journey

2/4/2019

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With her permission, I'm sharing Danielle M.'s engrossing story: her personal style journey, and her experience with the Style Identity Calculator.  Her story will be especially interesting to those of you with a Style ID Calculator result of more than three essences. I love her idea of "self-storytelling."

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Danielle writes:

Growing up, I struggled a lot with confidence when it came to my clothes (though, I acknowledge that this is not an uncommon backstory). I just couldn't figure out why every outfit I tried on seemed to highlight what I believed were my worst flaws. As a young adult, I resigned myself to a life of never finding a way to dress myself that would allow me to express my most genuine self. My wardrobe evolved into a hodgepodge of fast fashion consisting of whatever the "influencers" were telling us to wear. Most frustratingly, on the rare occasion that I did feel wonderful in my clothes, I couldn't articulate why.


Last May, I stumbled upon Kibbe's system, and for the first time in ages I felt a flicker of hope that I could develop a personal style that would feel true to me. I'm a very intentional person in most areas of my life, and I liked the idea of Kibbe's strict rules for different body types. Kibbe's system would've been fine for me, if I fit neatly -- or even messily! -- into one of his categories. But by the billionth exasperated sigh over being utterly unable to decide between classed as a Theatrical Romantic, a Soft Classic, a Soft Gamine, or a Soft Dramatic by my own eyes and by those of some very, very patient friends and family, I accepted that I do not fit into Kibbe's system.

I purchased your *brilliant* Style ID Calculator with near certainty that it would return an even blend of Ingenue and Ethereal, convinced that because Kibbe dropped those two essences from his system, I just had to be a mix of both of them. Imagine my astonishment when upon arriving at the end of the 63rd board, I saw this: 30% GAMINE, 30% CLASSIC, 30% ROMANTIC. The first time I used the Style ID Calculator, I used a full body image from a few years ago when I was at a different weight. The second time, I used a full body photo of myself taken that very morning. The result: 10% DRAMATIC, 25% GAMINE, 25% CLASSIC, 25% ROMANTIC -- basically the same blend with a smidge of drama. Third time, I decided to actually follow your excellent instructions and use my face only. :) Result: 30% DRAMATIC, 30% CLASSIC, 30% GAMINE. From these results, it became crystal clear to me why I could've taken the Kibbe quiz again and again forever and never would've received an accurate result because he doesn't allow for a situation where someone is primarily a 50/50 fusion of a masculine/feminine "blend" (classic) ~AND~ a masculine/feminine "combination of opposites" (gamine) -- which consistently forms the basis of my particular makeup. Also, the results from your Style ID Calculator perfectly illuminate the reason why I bounced around four out of the five main Kibbe categories and why none of the guidelines for any of them would've supplied complete instructions for me. Thanks to your system, I'm finally deciphering my personal style's enigmatic code.

I've already experimented with different looks, and I've learned that outfits work best for me if I actually attempt to incorporate all four essences. I went back to see how I answered the Romantic-Classic-Gamine and the Dramatic-Classic-Gamine boards on each of my three Style ID Calculator trials, and I was surprised that it was a "3" in all cases for both boards. However, I do notice that something feels super-slightly off unless all four essences are represented in my look. I hypothesize that this is due to the fact that I seem to be comprised of all four in relatively high and equal amounts.

So, I've purchased both the Romantic-Classic-Gamine and the Dramatic-Classic-Gamine Shopping Guides and will probably end up purchasing absolutely everything in your store related to these two blends, haha!

I know that at the end of the day, it is easy for many of us to dismiss personal style as a trivial matter. Indeed, I have done so myself in the past, mostly out of feigned-apathetic declarations that sartorial concerns were just not "for me". But over the course of my journey with body typing and color analysis (...whole other tome...), I've come to view this as a process of self-storytelling, through which a more honest version of self-love blooms. This is no small thing. Instead of feeling like I have to obscure any of my features that I bemoaned when I was younger, I've come to understand how I can celebrate the delightfully paradoxical characteristics that make me... me. Cheesy as all this sounds, I've fallen a little more in love with myself throughout this adventure, and I truly cannot thank you enough for providing a language through which I can tell my tale without speaking a word. Those I cross paths with will now know upon first glance that I'm a "Cheeky Duchess" who moonlights as a "Spunky Art Critic"! :)

Eternally grateful to you for helping me to express my truth and my beauty.

- Danielle 
15 Comments
Monia
2/5/2019 06:42:12 am

I just wannt to say how much I admire your knowledge about beauty. I found your blog through a YouTube video yesterday and ... wow. I’m definitely going to stay. Would love to see some celebrity analysis here :) that would be awesome.

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eisleK
2/5/2019 10:59:33 am

I’m loving this. I had a similar journey with my style identity, but it turned out I was making my type far more complicated than it is. I dabbled in Natural Ingenue, Ethereal Romantic Gamine, Romantic Gamine, Romantic Natural Gamine... I’m a Gamine who can femme it up with a touch of Romance and butch it up with a dab of Natural, but I don’t possess enough of either to qualify as an RG or as an NG. I was stuck between Soft Gamine and Soft Natural when I was in Kibbeland because I’m 5’2 and 38-25-39. But nope. It’s Pure Spunk for me! I’m also a classical acting student, and when the boy roles kept flooding in I was very confused. I was like “y’all don’t see the double Ds?? What’s going on?” But nope! I can pass for a boy in a sweatshirt. Or in a cloak. And that’s fine! All the better for personal branding! I Gamine’d my way right into the role of Hamlet this spring. Also, romantic partners have been being pleasantly surprised when I go nude, and that’s always a fun development!

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eisleK
2/7/2019 08:27:24 pm

I wish I could delete my earlier comment. I’m wild gay and so I assumed that everyone would be comfortable with my association of Gamine and Natural with boyishness and butchness, but upon further reflection, I realize that’s probably not the case. Sorry if my words are hurtful to any of you lovely readers. ❤️

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Katrina B
2/5/2019 01:21:54 pm

This is a beautifully written account of the experience and it inspires me to renew my efforts to winnow my wardrobe down. After going to all the effort of finding my colors and my Style ID, I need to actually put it into practice!

Does Danielle have a blog/IG/FB/other account? I would love to read more.

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Buffy
2/7/2019 11:20:37 am

This sounds exactly like me! I'm finding some blend of Classic, Romantic, Dramatic, and a smidge of Gamine to be my best. So maybe it's something about that particular blend that makes it hard to figure out.

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Mylena
2/9/2019 03:57:54 am

Hello and thank you for this awesome blog. I have a question: what about people who hate what suits them? If they don't like the colors of their palette or what their season "evoke"? Imagine a soft Autumn who wanted to be a light Spring for exemple. I wonder if we can evoke another season by picking some colors in the palette who suits us. For exemple: if an Autumn (calm and earthy) wants to feel like a Spring (light and joyfull), choose this type of yellow or pink in your palette. What do you think?

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Bridgett
5/7/2019 07:56:29 pm

I noticed, that even when palettes looked at as a whole can look very different, there are often individual colors that can resemble very much shades in other palettes, where it can be hard to tell them apart sometimes from very different palettes at times. And if you show a shade from a palette it can be very surprising and people will almost all guess wrong what palette it belongs to.

Even if it isn't much consolation, I think Soft Autumn at least certainly is far from one of the palettes giving off a completely different vibe from Light Spring. So maybe pick out your favorite SA colors, and look for shades that have the most in common with LSp, maybe almost like they could be mistaken for LSp shades if someone didn't check the palettes or have them memorized, but also just feeling like they had a relatively light and cheerful vibe? Pretty much what you said. And if any colors in your palette make you feel bad, down, or unattractive -- just don't wear them. It's okay to experiment, too, if you are capable of being objective about yourself (or have someone you trust good with color to be objective about you) to see if you can find some colors outside your Autumn palette that might work well on you too that fit the vibe and color range you are atttracted to -- regardless of whether they are officially a dot on a Spring palette or give off the feel and are in the specific color range that appeals to you (or just any hue you are attracted to and want to try out to see if you could add it to your repitoire).

Sorry for the length. But also I don't know if you have tried self-draping LSp yourself, but maybe try out a number of Lsp colors especially to see if any do work quite well on you to add to your personal color range, even if overall it isn't your top palette. Even believing in 12 seasons I think it's typical to believe some are more the warmer end or cooler end or some drapes of that season clearly stand out as more strikingly flattering than others that are flattering but not as amazing. Everyone is unique even within a season. So try to have a little fun and find what makes you happy and feel you look great!

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Albie
2/9/2019 02:02:59 pm

The SA could pick own color versions of the inspiring LSp colored outfit and simulate same effect but in own colors. Especially picking top in own SA color but then do bottom in something closer to LSp? These seasons are both warm and light and share some commonality.

Option 2: Wear neutrals only: then SA and LSp might not deviate that much given darkness level is matched and SA neutral chosen is not very muddy, effectively bringing in some LSp vibe. Admittedly, LSp thrives in color not neutrals only. But for office-wear where the color police limits any non-neutral extravaganza anyway this might be ok. :)

Furthermore, one could just wear LSp on a ”gym” or ”run” day when performance trumps appearance anyway (you are mostly so busy jumping around red faced no one will notice whether your skin harmonizes with your outfit so have fun with some serious LSp colors). You get to color cheat with a ”forbidden” favorite season - plus the exercise!

The nice thing about both Kibbe and Sci\Art PCA is they try to make you look best with whatever ”imperfections” you may have (as we all do). Once you have them down, ”true north” is defined for you and you can always find your way back home from whatever color season cheating adventures you take! The systems work for us not us for them 😃

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dia
2/9/2019 05:37:47 pm

How much do you have to know yourself to use the Style Calculator? My problem is I *don’t* know what looks good on me so I’m worried I won’t be able to give useful answers.

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Melina
2/11/2019 02:54:31 am

I must admit I've always been puzzled by some women claiming they "do not know what looks good on them2; as long as one's eyesight is ok, how can one *not* know..?! I believe we all instinctively know, only we may have been blinded by society's rules, but just let all that go and you *will* see. I do not mean to offend anyone in any way, but I'm honestly baffled by this...

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Helen
2/14/2019 10:58:15 am

1. Low self-esteem can easily mean that literally nothing looks good. Even when others say something looks good on you, you just think 'ugh'. Sad but very true for many of us!

2. Being objective is harder when you're looking at yourself. Over-familiarity can be an issue - you see what you're used to seeing not what is actually there.

3. Other people's comments can mix us up. When everyone says 'that looks great!' and you think 'but it's making my hips look huge!', who's right? You can see your hips are looking larger than normal and you don't think that's great. Others may be looking at how it sits around your shoulders, or the colour. It's easy to lose confidence in your own opinion if this happens frequently, or happens a lot when you're growing up and forming your self image.

4. If you're outside the norm that clothes are made for (average height, weight, proportions), it can easily be the case that literally nothing you pick off a rack will fit just right! You'd have to make something from scratch for every single thing to fit. So your eyes have to adjust to there always being something off, and you go for the majority being ok. But that's not a simple, black and white, looksgood/looksbad dichotomy...

So yeah. Lots of reasons that even with normal eyesight and instincts it can be really tough to see what "looks good on me".

dia
2/16/2019 01:59:56 am

Ok... I bit the bullet and purchased the style calculator! I haven't received the email yet, but I thought it would be fun to post my predictions and see how they compare. I suspect I'm high on Ethereal and Gamine, and very low on Romantic. I also sometimes think I might be Dramatic Classic (or is that just because I'm Dark Winter?)- basically every day I think I might be something new. Last week I was contemplating Natural Ingenue.
It's funny to look in the mirror and see something different every time.

Thank you for your comment Helen! I relate to everything you mentioned. I'm 5'3" and carry most of my weight in my midsection, so most women's clothing is not designed for my proportions. I could get things tailored, but it's such an investment for things I'm not sure would look good even if they fit. I've been lurking around style and color analysis for a while so hopefully committing to this quiz will give me direction. You comment made me feel a lot better about being lost in this.

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dia
2/16/2019 10:42:06 pm

Update: I've taken the test! I got 30 each for Dramatic, Natural, and Classic, and "negligible" for the rest. I'm honestly surprised to have so much masculine, yet so little Gamine or Ethereal. I suspect this is how I took the quiz- on a 1 to 3 scale I gave nearly everything a 1 and only a few boards 2. I think I'll flex my style-typing muscles a little by trying it on other faces, then go back and do myself again. Maybe get someone to do it for me. Like Helen said, self-esteem and objectivity are barriers to accuracy. I pretty much thought NOTHING looked GOOD on me, but some boards were a hard pass while others were "maybe??" The journey continues...

Melina
2/11/2019 03:10:24 am

Typo there, was of course meant to be "do not know what looks good on them". ;)

Just to add that I do get a kind of blindness as regards to colors, often I cannot really tell 100% sure whether a certain colour looks good on me or not, for example golden brown, pumpkin orange and cool fuchsia are a bit on the fence. (Although, if I don't get the "wow" reaction, I can probably tell it's not among my best colours...) But as for styles, what looks good and what doesn't is very obvious, IMO.

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dia
2/12/2019 12:22:46 am

Unfortunately, I’m the opposite. I found my colors quite easily, but shapes are much harder. I guess a better question to ask is: how is the test framed? Do I tell it what shapes I *think* I look good in, and it tells me which label that goes under; or do I tell it what I think I look like, and it gives me which shapes to use?

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    • ⚥ CLASSIC style type
    • ♀ INGENUE style type
    • ♀ ROMANTIC style type
    • ♀ ETHEREAL style type
    • Blends of 2 types
      • ⚥ ♂ Classic Gamine -- The Prep Schooler
      • ⚥ ♀ Classic Ingenue -- The Class President
      • ⚥ ♂ Dramatic Classic -- The Art Critic
      • ♂ ♂ Dramatic Gamine -- The Punk Rocker
      • ♀ ♂ Dramatic Ingenue -- The Childlike Czarina
      • ♂ ♂ Dramatic Natural -- The Amazon Queen
      • ⚥ ♀ Ethereal Classic -- The Delicate Sophisticate
      • ♀ ♂ Ethereal Dramatic -- The Sorceress
      • ♀ ♂ Ethereal Gamine -- The Sprite
      • ♀ ♀ Ethereal Ingenue -- The Fairy
      • ♀ ♂ Ethereal Natural -- The Earth Goddess
      • ♀ ♂ Gamine Ingenue -- The Girlish Mod
      • ⚥ ♂ Natural Classic -- The Prep
      • ♂ ♂ Natural Gamine -- The Tomboy
      • ♀ ♂ Natural Ingenue -- The Outdoorsy Sweetheart
      • ⚥ ♀ Romantic Classic -- The Sexy Sophisticate
      • ♀ ♂ Romantic Dramatic -- The Vamp
      • ♀ ♀ Romantic Ethereal -- Aphrodite
      • ♀ ♂ Romantic Gamine -- The Firecracker
      • ♀ ♀ Romantic Ingenue -- The Demure Seductress
      • ♀ ♂ Romantic Natural -- The Babe Next Door
    • Blends of 3 Types
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Classic-Gamine-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♂ ♂ Dramatic-Classic-Gamine
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Dramatic-Classic-Ingenue
      • ♂ ♂ ♀ Dramatic-Gamine-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♂ ♂ Dramatic-Natural-Classic
      • ♂ ♂ ♂ Dramatic-Natural-Gamine
      • ♂ ♂ ♀ Dramatic-Natural-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Ethereal-Classic-Gamine
      • ⚥ ♀ ♀ Ethereal-Classic-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Ethereal-Dramatic-Classic
      • ♂ ♂ ♀ Ethereal-Dramatic-Gamine
      • ♀ ♂ ♂ Ethereal-Dramatic-Natural
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Ethereal-Dramatic-Ingenue
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Ethereal-Gamine-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Ethereal-Natural-Classic
      • ♂ ♂ ♀ Ethereal-Natural-Gamine
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Ethereal-Natural-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♂ ♂ Natural-Classic-Gamine
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Natural-Classic-Ingenue
      • ♂ ♂ ♀ Natural-Gamine-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Classic-Gamine
      • ⚥ ♀ ♀ Romantic-Classic-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Dramatic-Classic
      • ♂ ♂ ♀ Romantic-Dramatic-Gamine
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Dramatic-Ingenue
      • ♂ ♂ ♀ Romantic-Dramatic-Natural
      • ⚥ ♀ ♀ Romantic-Ethereal-Classic
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Ethereal-Dramatic
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Ethereal-Gamine
      • ♀ ♀ ♀ Romantic-Ethereal-Ingenue
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Ethereal-Natural
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Gamine-Ingenue
      • ⚥ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Natural-Classic
      • ♂ ♂ ♀ Romantic-Natural-Gamine
      • ♀ ♀ ♂ Romantic-Natural-Ingenue
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