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Truth is Beauty Style ID Calculator Now Available For $15.

5/3/2015

This is an excellent tool if you already know what looks good on you, but you don't know how that translates into a coherent Style ID.

It's also great for analyzing friends, family, and celebs.

To use it, you'll need internet access and a PC with Microsoft Excel.

The Style ID Calculator was fantastic! Turns out I'm a Natural-Ingénue-Classic. - R.G.

21 Comments

Tanja

4/2/2015 02:45:46 am

Yesterday I went on a spontaneous shopping trip. I had my style identity in my head and grasped the exactly right pieces as fast as never before. It was awesome! The knowledge I learned from here made me feel like a pro! :D

Laurel Harrington

4/2/2015 03:54:50 am

I would like to say that as someone who tested this excellent tool it works best, like the color analyzer tool, if you get the input of objective others about what looks best on you. Frequently what looks best on us and what we like are not the same thing.

Rose Wren

4/2/2015 05:30:24 pm

Thanks for this, Rachel. My daughter used it to analyze me and I am so pleased to have some style confirmation. Would love to see more and more of your style pins. Thanks again!

Mary Ellen

4/3/2015 02:46:11 pm

It is so exciting to have this available. Image consultants charge hundreds of dollars. With Rachel's color tools and now this style guide, we can all figure out a total look for ourselves with an objective friend or so. I don't believe that there are any image or color tools that we can use by ourselves because we can't see ourselves with total objectivity. Moreover, I think using good tools and objective friends yields a more accurate result than working with an image expert because our friends see us in a variety of clothing and in different situations.

Rachel, thanks for all your hard work!

Rachel Arnt-Schemmel

4/3/2015 04:09:20 pm

Mary Ellen, your comment made my day. :-)))))
That's my mission: to bring this knowledge to everyday people who can't shell out hundreds for personal consults.

Sally L

4/4/2015 07:17:36 pm

Yay!!!

Karen

4/15/2015 04:20:28 am

So bummed that this isn't available for MAC users. Please let me know if that changes, as I would love to buy this tool.

I was able to view the tool by downloading OpenOffice for mac. It is a free package very similar to MSOffice. Here's the link: http://www.openoffice.org/download/

4/24/2016 08:28:27 pm

This is a free software with a really good reputation. I've used it for years. Now I know I'm a Dramatic/Natural! Wouldn't want to be anything else!!!

Diana

4/24/2016 08:33:05 pm

Wow, I'm sorry, the above comment is mine, I tried to put the comment in the name field!!!

I have a mac and used OpenOffice to use the style tool I'm a dramatic/natural! It's really great to have that confirmed and my favorite outfits really do fit that type.

You can get OpenOffice for Mac here: http://www.openoffice.org/download/
It's a very safe product. I've used it for years and I work in IT. Once you have it installed, the program that can view .xlsx files is OpenOfficeCalc. Best of luck to you!

4/18/2015 11:04:49 pm

The second version doesn't work for me, I put 3 points on the boards: dramatic natural, dramatic-natural-gamine, ethereal dramatic, ethereal and the result I get: ingenue, romantic, classic. Completely the opposite of me :/ and I put -2 on the ingenue. First version was better because told me te truth - ethereal, dramatic, natural.

Rachel

4/20/2015 04:16:57 am

Hi, Jo. This was a problem some people found in the 2nd beta version. The version that's actually for sale no longer has this problem. :-)

4/21/2015 01:33:02 am

OK :) Rachel, I wish you add some more info -clues about characteristic of specific style, an info about type of fabric or patterns defined not only by pictures, for instance - if someone looks awful in plaid fabric - does it mean he might be ethereal?.... just like you did with colour types: if you look good in bright blue you are TSp. :)

Tanja

4/27/2015 10:07:21 am

Dear Rachel,
I hope, I remember this right, but I have in mind, that there was a style-identity for which you gave the goddess of hunting Artemis/Diana as representation. Unfortunately I forgot which one it was... can you help me there?
Thank you very much!

Anna

4/28/2015 11:47:06 am

Will we still be able to ask you for an analysis? I think I've already ascertained I absolutely cannot judge myself: I'm a dark autumn, and I had come close to think myself some sort of summer X'D

Rachel Arnt-Schemmel

5/9/2015 03:06:00 pm

Could you do it with a trusted friend?

Rachel Arnt-Schemmel

5/9/2015 03:08:27 pm

You may be thinking of some Artemis images I had on a Pinterest board?
Many representations of Artemis are Ethereal Natural. When she looks intimidating, perhaps Ethereal-Dramatic-Natural.

Rachel Arnt-Schemmel

5/9/2015 03:09:57 pm

I hope I get a chance to provide this kind of info soon!
Regarding plaids: if they're awful on you, you probably have little Classic and little Natural.

Betty

8/12/2015 03:29:40 am

Ive been 'diagnosed' as a natural ingénue with some romantic...do you have any idea what I should be wearing please?
great site!

Madeleine Miles

7/5/2017 02:31:36 pm

How do I use the style calculator? It didn't come with instructions, and I don't want to do it wrong.
For each of the ID calculator boards, what do I type into each space in the calculator? Do I just type '1' for each board that flatters the face? Do I rank them somehow? What do I do? Please explain, or write a post on this. Thank you!

Rachel

7/7/2017 11:22:06 am

Hi, Madeleine! The first few pages of the spreadsheet are instructions. Can you email me so I can help you?

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3/7/2021 01:15:40 pm

So I have gone through the Style Calculator and it told me something I have inwardly suspected all along - I actually lead with Ingenue! Very closely followed by Ethereal, with Romantic/Classic tied for third, then Dramatic, and lastly Natural (very heavy for me, and a lot like the types of clothes I have used to hide in!), and Gamine (very little connection at all, unless mixed with my primary Ingenue). But this explains why I never really found myself in Kibbe, because his system omitted my two primary essences. Soft Classic was as close as I was able to get, but it was still missing something - the Ethereal.
I was actually surprised to see Ingenue come before Ethereal because I thought it'd be the other way around, but on me it makes sense! I believe it was McJimsey who said an Ingenue becomes more Romantic or Classic with age, and with those as my third best it does make sense. Though I am already in my 40's, people *always* see me as a lot younger than I am, sometimes even to the point that it's annoying (we all want to be taken seriously in our careers, right? :)), but now I totally understand why. I can use my Romantic/Classic/slight Dramatic undercurrents to ground my Ethereal Ingenue style a bit when at work, and to give my wardrobe some maturity. But I can now remind myself not to go too far with the "maturity", or it looks too heavy and "grown-up" for me - even though I am a mature professional woman, I need to keep things light. I think for formalwear, when I ever do need to use that, I can let the Ethereal bring in the maturity factor, which is very likely a better idea anyway. I always knew I needed length, drapey, flowy, but not heavy in the D or N sense, which on me is very overwhelming/overpowering.
Rachel, I need to hand it to you once again. This tool is genius, and this is now my favorite style system! It really brings these style analysis concepts all together to make real, truthful, practical sense. I feel liberated and empowered - which is not how I thought I'd feel by finding out I lead with Ingenue! But as others have said, the truth does bring freedom, and I now have a much better understanding of why I am drawn to certain things and why others just don't work. Now I need to go back to colors and finish that, as well as applying my new knowledge to a new springtime wardrobe. Thank you!!!

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