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Style Identities, Part I: There Are Seven Basic Essences

9/24/2014

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Just as personal color analysis identifies your authentic, most flattering colors, there are systems that aim to identify your authentic, most flattering lines. 

Like many of you, I've spent a lot of time studying these systems.  

David Kibbe describes five basic essences.

David Kibbe's system, as described in his book Metamorphosis,  produces 13 distinct style identities by combining five pre-existing style essences: 

- Dramatic 
- Natural 
- Classic 
- Romantic 
- Gamine   

I've discussed Kibbe's very helpful system before, so I won't go on about it at length here. If you believe you are some combination of these five essences, Kibbe's extremely detailed book is a must-read for you. No other articulation of these five essences is as specific or as complete. 

And Kibbephiles who know their seasons now have an excellent new resource: Christine Scaman and Rachel Nachmias have adapted Kibbe's types into a system called Signature/STYLE, which combines body type with personal coloring. Ds, Rs, Cs, Ns and Gs will find Signature/STYLE incredibly helpful.


John Kitchener correctly includes two important essences.

Kibbe's book is fantastic. But  I am personally no longer a Kibbe devotee. 

Why? 

Because he omits two essences that I now believe are essential in style analysis: Youthful/Ingenue and Angelic. 
John Kitchener's system, from which Kibbe's supposedly derives (though I can't find a cite for that - readers?), includes Kibbe's five essences, and also includes Youthful and Angelic, for a total of seven essences.

I believe Kitchener's is the system that correctly identifies all of the basic style essences found in human beings. 

Youthful/Ingenue essence

The concept of a Youthful or Ingenue essence is not a new idea. It's present in the work of much earlier analysts such as Harriet McJimsey, whose wonderful book, Art in Clothing Selection, is available on Amazon. 

(Obviously, this book is crazy expensive. Check out Jane Rekas at Expressing Your Truth and Vanessa at Style Syntax; both give thorough overviews of McJimsey's types.)


McJimsey's Ingenue style essence has a look that is girlish, innocent and sweet. Ingenue is distinguished from Romantic in that it's feminine but not overtly sexy. It's distinguished from Gamine in that it's youthful but innocent, not mischievous. McJimsey gives Shirley Jones as a celebrity example of the Ingenue type. 

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Some people argue that there's no place for a Youthful/Ingenue category in a style typing system for adults. Kibbe obviously thought there wasn't. But I think Kitchener's right to include it. 

Consider Marilyn Monroe. In a system without the Ingenue essence, she would be considered primarily Romantic - womanly, sexy, passionate.
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And she certainly has those qualities. 

But does the Romantic essence alone capture what made Monroe so appealing? Asked another way, do these pictures capture what we love about her?  

I don't believe so. 

She's not an icon because she was merely sexy. She's an icon because of images like these:

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What we love about Marilyn Monroe isn't her sexy Romantic essence... 

It's the unexpected blend of both Romantic and Ingenue essences: sexy and innocent. 

Without the Youthful/Ingenue essence, there's no Marilyn. Kitchener makes this point in his wonderful video on the Youthful essence. 

Angelic essence


There are many other style systems (such as this one, this one, this one, this one, and this one) that include the Ingenue type. 


But only Kitchener's system identifies the Angelic type. This great article by Andrea Pflaumer explains how Kitchener came to identify this essence. 

To see the necessity for an Angelic essence, consider Cate Blanchett.


In David Kibbe's system, she is a Dramatic. No other essence in his system describes her better.

Yet are these her best looks?
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Surely not. 

Severe lines and bold design do not capture her beauty.

She has a quality that these ensembles do not allow for: she is ethereal.


In these images, she seems more like herself:
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In hair and costume, she needs a much more feminine feeling...

but not a sexy, Romantic feeling. Not Elizabeth Taylor. 

And not Emma Stone; no Ingenue cuteness here.


It is this Cate Blanchett quality - an energy that's identifiably feminine, but otherworldly instead of overtly sexy or sweetly innocent - that the Angelic essence encompasses. Angelic is a thing. 

What's still needed...

Most systems insist that everyone is one pure type. That's not right.

David Kibbe allows for combinations of two types. That's more accurate - but since he omits the Ingenue and Angelic essences, many people are unrepresented.

John Kitchener personally assigns each individual client a proportional mix of several essences. That's highly accurate for people who consult him, but difficult to adapt to do-it-yourself style typing.

What's needed is a system that includes all seven basic essences and allows people to type themselves without difficulty. 

In my next post, I'll introduce such a system.
27 Comments
Susan TW
9/24/2014 04:55:00 pm

So excited for this! I always adore your work.

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Lourdes
8/8/2015 04:45:17 pm

Reallyenjoy your blog. Thank you!

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Nicole TS
9/27/2014 05:42:44 am

What a great article. I look forward to hearing more. I think I am a Soft Natural, or others call it Yin Natural. I am not 100% sure though. Maybe your article will help me to confirm this. Thanks!

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Nouveau
9/29/2014 08:50:21 am

Thank you for introducing me to the Angelic / Ethereal essence! After reading this post yesterday, I thought of some male actors who may have an Angelic / Ethereal essence:
Tom Hiddleston, Viggo Mortensen, Paul Bettany, Macaulay Culkin, Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Anna
10/1/2014 06:33:56 am

You are my go to resource for understanding color. If you are as clear about style as you are about color... !!!!!!! :) I have to say that I had a style consultation with John Kitchener that I did not find helpful. It was via Skype so maybe that's why, but because I had that experience, he is not my go to guru.
He gave me no "Dramatic" until I said that I'm 5'9" and then he shifted my numbers around to give me 10%. Yet, I sent him loads of pictures (including pics in groups so he could clearly see that I'm tall) and he pointed out the ones he liked and pointed out that the ones he liked had a Dramatic element. ??
Also, the celebrity icon he gave me was Carol Burnett. I *love* Carol Burnett, but not as a style icon and that did not endear him to me.

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Sand Welch
10/4/2014 01:18:31 pm

Cosign on the Benedict Cumberbatch pick! I don't know if you've heard the BBC radio play "Neverwhere" but he was cast as the Angel Islington in it, and I remember thinking: that's brilliant.

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Sand Welch
10/4/2014 01:17:25 pm

Love your take on Marilyn as a Ethereal Romantic, and then I happened upon this photo of Doutzen Kroes and was immediately reminded of those same qualities: http://tinyurl.com/p37mwcl

Whoever styled her at that event got it exactly, exactly right.

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April
10/8/2014 06:13:59 am

I love your take on Marylin and Cate and totally agree with what makes them both so alluring. I think that Kibbe's Romantic type *includes* Ingenue. It is not a completely adult sexy type. His Theatrical Romantic type and his Soft Dramatic type are more in line with John Kitchener's idea of Romantic.
His Dramatic type is harder to pin down. To me, they all have in common that they look sculpted, but I think Ethereal is a quality they all have.
Interesting to note: If Kibbe included Ethereal in his style system, he would not have a Natural Ethereal type. He would have a yang and a yin Ethereal.

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Solania R
10/8/2014 02:00:22 pm

Wow! I'm inclined to agree with you here. Angelic is a thing! (And ingenue as well, because, well, Marilyn...)
Btw, I checked out the pinboards and polyvores, and I do hope you'll be able to update the list soon, and I see your new profile photo on this website which is so drastically different from the last one but in a good way and it certainly looks like you have the Angelic/Ethereal essence as well, this is all new to me because all I ever looked at previously were Kibbe's typing system, and I certainly don't think any other type of clothing style would flatter you. At least, based on the impression from your photo. Dramatic is too something and Romantic on the other hand could also appear costume-y.

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Solania
10/8/2014 03:04:34 pm

Hi again. Is it only fair-haired, fair/light-skinned and light-eyed people who can be considered having the ethereal/angelic essence? I'm new to this and most if not all of the examples on pinterest are. I hope when you do your post on the ethereal/angelic essence you can put up some very beautiful dark examples of this essence/type.

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CP
1/23/2017 01:10:52 am

No! Kitchener himself identifies Jim Henson and Boris Karloff as being significantly angelic. They both have dark hair. It's more of an overall elongated, spiritual and/or out-of-place essence.

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Rachel Arnt-Schemmel
10/9/2014 03:19:44 pm

This is an idea that's out there, but I don't buy it. It feels like it comes from an Anglo-centric aesthetic eye. Is it really impossible to look otherworldly with dark skin and hair? I call bull**** on that. And I aim to soon provide examples to support my call.
:-)

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Miranda
7/17/2015 01:48:27 pm

Hi! On my boards Ethereal and PSC Angelic there are people with dark skin and hair. https://www.pinterest.com/lynn2252/

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Rachel Arnt-Schemmel
10/9/2014 03:22:34 pm

According to Kitchener, my two primary essences are Angelic and Natural. :-)

This is another reason I am certain Ethereal is a thing: it's necessary to explain the lines that look good on *me.*

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Rachel Arnt-Schemmel
10/9/2014 03:25:06 pm

Dramatic and Ethereal have a lot in common, I think. Both represent refined or abstracted versions of human appearance that we don't usually see walking around.

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Solania
10/9/2014 11:07:27 pm

Interesting! I look forward to learning more. If as you say and as I believe (though have yet to prove or have yet to see proof of), that the Ethereal/Angelic essence or type is not limited to any one type of colouring then I am giddily excited to see it's various manifestations. I hope that my previous request for darker examples not limit you to only look there.

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Joanna
11/8/2014 08:42:53 pm

Is there any celebrity angelic but warm type? Kate Blanchet is light and cool. Is angelic defined by lightness and cool pastel colors? Is Heavy-Lidded Eye Shape important feature that defines somebody as angelic? :)

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Rachel
11/13/2014 07:22:51 am

Joanna, such an interesting question. I hadn't asked myself that, but you're right to notice that it seems like a lot of celeb Ethereals are cool-toned.

Here are a couple of people I believe to be largely Ethereal and who I also think are probably warm-toned:

Iekeliene Stange
Ume Thurman
Carolyn Bessette
Jourdan Dunn
Frances Conroy

I myself am warm-toned, and I'm an Ethereal Natural. :-)

Yes, heavy-lidded eyes strongly contribute to an Ethereal appearance.

Amy
12/21/2014 05:04:17 am

Do you think Q'orianka Kilcher would be Ethereal?

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Kate
2/13/2015 09:10:02 am

I think there are a lot of girls around at the moment who feature the ethereal "thing" in their appearance. Very willowy, long hair is definitely popular at the moment, just something otherworldly about them, but not alien-like. Rarefied, refined femininity, yes. As if they're made out of spun glass or something. They look both tall and fine and fragile, but with the (fine) width in the shoulders and face.

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Rachel Arnt-Schemmel
2/14/2015 06:29:19 am

It's interesting that you point this out.

I notice that Ethereal seems to be the style ID that's most longed-for by women right now. (Even though it's not particularly common.) Perhaps that's because it's currently fashionable?

Or perhaps it's because women who research style analysis online are often intuitive, introverted types, and Ethereal kind of embodies introversion and intuitiveness?

Hmm.

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Kate
2/14/2015 02:27:53 pm

Hi Rachel, are you seeing this want for Angelic across the age groups? It might be a trend thing, it does seem to be in line with part of the way in which the current young generation are conceptualised - either by the big guns or by themselves - and/or. I remember when I was late teens/early twenties, the archetypal female sex pot that we were presented with was a kind of raw, sexualised Natural, I think. With big boobs! Hot, definitely, was required, but it was Earthy. Bones looked bigger, the goddess we had to try to be (in our heads, anyway) was fleshy, sultry, cowboy boots, topless, tanned, dusty-denim-jeans type. Was completely unattainable for many of us, I'm sure. I was so in thrall to this image, and had no idea it was a perfected collage of what was actually out there to some extent - I think more of us were Natural body types - but, by crikey, was it a sexualised, extra gorgeous version. Earthy and Firey, perhaps? These girls seem much more airy. With fine-china bones. And huge eyes! Eye to lip ratio seems smaller than it was in us, too. I'm floored by mother nature. She is the great re-combiner.

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Haydn
7/29/2015 01:19:35 pm

Hi, I'm quite interested in Bernice Kentner's theory that Light Seasons and Soft seasons can't do dramatic? I'm guessing it could apply as Tilda Swinton, Carolyn Bassette, Iekeliene Stange and Cate Blanchett have quite dramatic features but I think its due to the overall low contrast in their colouring that means that the bold patterns dramatics can wear aren't particularly great on her? What do you think of Bernice Kentner's theories on how seasonal group correlate to the style identities?

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Lilac
6/13/2017 08:45:47 pm

I found myself struggling with the Kibbe system, and apparently, this is why: I'm an ethereal ingenue, the blend of the two identities Kibbe didn't consider. This style identity fits me perfectly. Thank you very much!

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Sam
8/24/2021 12:56:48 am

What is the next post? You said that next post you would introduce us such a system that allows us to type ourselves without such difficulty. Now in dying to know what is thiansysten and I can't find it here 😥😥 please can you send me here the link? And also I'd like to see that part II of this amazing piece. Congratulations on the content ❤️

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Erica
2/4/2022 05:24:52 pm

https://www.truth-is-beauty.com/blog/style-identities-part-ii-the-truth-is-beauty-style-identity-system

I know this comment is old but I had the same question.

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Monika
1/6/2022 04:00:35 am

Maybe Cate is a Soft Dramatic and not a Dramatic!?

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    • ♂ DRAMATIC style type
    • ♂ NATURAL style type
    • ♂ GAMINE style type
    • ⚥ 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
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      • ♂ ♂ ♀ 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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