Four Essence System: Celebrity Guessing Game
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Hello beautiful souls!
Welcome to Style Thoughts by Rita -- where we are continuing our exploration of the women's essence system. Today I'm bringing you 4 celebrities who represent each quadrant and I give you the opportunity to guess who belongs where. Hope you enjoy the video and thank u so much for your interest in this system! 💋
Leave your guesses below by leaving a thumbs up on your guess!
You can also comment with women you are curious about -- I can't promise to respond here but I will add them to my list.
Also, a reminder that you can find me at IG @stylethoughtsbyRita -- I share my own outfits, random style thoughts, and helpful info!
Hmm...I'd love to see drew Barrymore I see right and maybe more down than up with her but I'd like to know if you had agreed and Christina Ricci which may be a left up or a right up maybe~ 🤔😅😋
Hello from Peru, Rita! I love your system! 🥰 I'm curious about Winona Ryder; she's my ultimate inspiration. Is she a right down? Thank you! ❤
I like that you put emphasis on intuitive understanding. I didn't think I understood this system, but I placed all of the ladies in the same quadrants you did. It just goes to show what you can understand when you tell your brain to shut up for a moment. I think it must take a lot of intelligence to be able to articulate what one "feels" intuitively so that others can understand, and then to elaborate upon and analyze it.
When you were describing left and right (here and in another video), I imagine Left as being a light at the end of a dark tunnel and Right as being a lightbulb in a room. I feel it's very important to add that the "light at the end of the tunnel" is actually a glowing lady in a fancy dress and the "lightbulb" is also a glowing lady in a fancy dress, but who is hanging from the ceiling by her finger. (She's enjoying it, so don't worry.) I still don't think I understand fully, but I'm getting there perhaps.
I love that description! And this comment!
Exactly-- it's an intuitive concept that's a bit hard to pin down with words
So I want to encourage people to practice following the feeling -- that's what will help you when designing your own looks!
Love your look here, Rita! 👌 The hair, makeup, earrings, dress (and in that GORGEOUS color!) are all so cohesive & harmonious. 😍💘
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loved the video and agreed with all! Zoe Kravitz as an example was really helpful for defining myself as Left Up because as a Kibbe DC I need to keep things unfussy, clean, simple.... but I look totally off without some sort of "edgy" element, and none of the Right or Down looks would work for me at all, even if the lines are "correct."
Rita! Omg I get it now!! I’m right down 😃when you displayed the four quadrants on screen with their descriptions at once, it clicked for me! Could you do videos for example for Right+Down people if we had special events to go to what should we look for? And if you could do a whole video focusing on one quadrant with examples best looks, how to achieve best looks whether for casual or upscale events with diff kibbe ID for body types as examples of diff body types, I think that would make some great content!
I'm so grateful for this comment! I really hope many others are able to just let it *click* intuitively.
I will definitely do these videos :) they are all in the pipeline for this summer!
The more I watch the more I get your system and it is so insightful. Thank you for making these explorations. I just wanted to let you know don't feel concerned with the length of the videos, so many of us are soaking all this up and loving every minute. I'd listen to a one hour or more commentary on each quadrant, it's fascinating. Also I so enjoyed your mens series very much. Your system is making all the others look like playgroup, no offence to them but this is really so encompassing multi dimensional and intuitive, which we all need so much.
This is the sweetest comment thank u so very much
Hi Rita,
Emily : left down
Dakota: right down
Emily blunt: right up..you already told me ;)
Zoe: left up
I got it right.. This was fun:)
This was a good training for the eyes video..before we go deep into the nitty gritty of this amazing system 👍❤
This is fun😊.
Zoe Kravitz was tricky, because I see her photographed in a lot of casual outfits. But she doesn't have that effortless vibe in those outfits. Her vibe is much more dramatic/queen. I totally agree with you.😀
(I think this is helpful for finding our own up/down range, too.)
Yes! I know that it's not super straightforward but it really is about how you USE the clothes, rather than WHAT the clothes are. Zoe's outfits could read super casual on someone else, but I think she is fascinating. For example, her hairstyle to me looks very "high effort" even thoug it's just braids. She always has a lot of jewelery, often has sunglasses (to add mystery and distance), often has thick soled shoes (again creating a lot of literal distance and some mysteries)... it all just adds up to a very Dramatic, Glamorous Persona
Yes! This was so fun! It’s so interesting to me because I feel like the left/right or up/down jumps out first. Like Emily I thought left didn’t instantly know up or down. Also loved how you showed that it’s not about the detailing of the outfit bc Zoeys had some very bare LU outfits that might have had a totally different vibe on someone else.
I love this system! Other systems I fight to find where I fit in., in this system I knew immediately where I belonged. Thank you!
I’m glad you’ve added new women so we get a variety
I’m so absolutely flabbergasted that I finally understand something about style 😩😩😩😩!! You’re changing lives out here, Rita lol. For real.
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You look beautiful! Thank you for for sharing your system. It's enlightening!
I wonder if by contrast to the down celebs being photographed on the street with such enthusiasm... we look forward to the grandiosity of the looks the up celebs wear to a red carpet. Where we love to see that *persona really channeled and amplified. That’s where it is really fun, the drama of it all.
I think that for Emily blunt and Cate Blanchett and Zoe. They are the kind of people you really want to see what looks they turn out on the red carpet... it’s so exciting to see what they will do. Whereas Emily or Ariana Grande (a down left celeb I think) or even Selena Gomes (down right) we know it will be them showing up and just looking like themselves. Obviously still gorgeous but it’s not the same and not so much their home base as an up celeb.
Yes!!!! Love this and feel it absolutely
On a non celebrity level, I think this applies too
The gift of "up" women to the world is to bring a bit of "extra" energy, bring a festive touch, elevate occasions
The gift of the "down" women is to bring a refreshing sense of ease, confidence in being yourself, almost a grounding touch
Yeah! I think this is true! I personally always look forward to see what Blake Lively and Zendaya wear on the red carpet, and they're both up.
@@lipasketch 🙈I put zendaya's "home' left down it tbh I think she has an EXTREMELY wide range, like one of the widest
I just think her brand (think Rue in Euphoria or MJ in Spiderman) is so "coolest girl next door that has ever existed"
But she has an incredible just pure GIFT for looking incredible in so many styles
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita I agree, Zendaya is a difficult one. The Tom Ford breast plate look she did for the Critics Choice awards to me is the best she’s ever looked and that reads as left up... to me at least.
However, I think how we like to see Zendaya is usually left down. And thus it’s her home base -but she can absolutely play up left up looks... maybe when they are less fussy. There’s more of an ease to them?
I am really loving this system btw Rita. I thought initially I was right+up but as you’re explaining more and we’re understanding the breadth of style within each quadrant- I’m realising I’m more left up and I feel most at home when I bring an air of sensuality to my look.
Like you, I think I admire the women opposite me. The radiant women of the right, but as I came home last night from dinner in a pretty va va voom midi length, silver threaded wiggle dress that looks like I’m a liquid disco ball, I realised then I was probably the magnetic up+left haha.
Love that outfit description!
Hi Rita! Loved this. I suspect I’m right down so it’s no wonder I’ve always looked to Dakota Johnson for style inspo! 😍 Also- did you guys plan to make a video on the “movers,” celebs that can move successfully from quadrant to quadrant? I know you guys mentioned something about Johnny Depp being a mover and I thought that was fascinating!
Agree! Would love to know more!
Yes! Meradj has just been so busy lately so we haven't been able to film that one but it's coming ❤
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita yay!!
er: left down
dj: right down
eb: right up
zk: left down
so cool !!
from someone who never spontaneously smiles or forcefully and painfully smiles.... you smile a lot. Never seen someone smiling so much when speaking. It looks pretty.
I'm just very happy when I make videos lol
I love your long videos! It's nice to spend time with you soaking up this info. I think this is a special and helpful approach that makes getting dressed feel fun again. 🙂
Thank u 🥰🥰🥰
It’s soo super easy! 3 out 4 :) I’m glad you showed Zoe kravitz, it cleared some misconceptions I had.
Completely agreed with your typings and I guessed them all in agreement! I feel connected to left-down personally, and the word 'home' for your quadrant makes sense. I find myself adjusting outfits; removing pieces, making things more casual and this makes sense as to why! Always trying to get closer to down. Some other gals I'd love to see typed are Lana del Rey, Ariana Grande, Madison Beer & Jennie Kim! Also would love to see how down can translate into formal wear/wedding guest/bridal outfits and vice versa for ups! Thanks again for an awesome video
Thank you for your suggestions and requests!
I've been enjoying these. I feel I'm left down. The funny part is in the male system I feel my husband is right up. LOL.
That's me and Meradj! Complete opposites, he is left down and I'm right up
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Totally. I think what would help me is if you defined and gave examples of the terms more throughly. I have no idea what elemental means. Things like that.
@@fifimsp people have asked about Elemental and I definitely will make more effort to define the words more in the upcoming videos
For us Elemental means literally relating to the elements: water, air, fire, earth. That there is something raw and powerful in the energy -- compared to the refined energy of the right which doesn't have that same groundedness if that makes sense 🌸
We will work on our clarity!
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Gotcha. I admit some of it is I'm like not a spiritual person and don't use words like that. I'm pretty cut and dry type person. LOL
But the raw energy makes more sense to me as it relates to the male system.
@@fifimsp this system is definitely not cut and dry at all! So maybe it's less fun for you 🙂
We just don't see the left women as being "raw" hence we wanted to use a different word, but it is a similar concept 🌸
I'm definitely left down after watching this video, with left up working for me when I'm performing. I'm pretty sure my boyfriend is right down as of late, but he's very into high fashion and I wonder how he'd dress if men weren't judged for wearing more flamboyant clothing. 😅
Edit: I would also craft a public persona as left up if I were in such a position.
I agreed with you on all of these! That really speaks to how accessible your system is because I don’t consider myself great at these types of things! Keep up the excellent content!
Yay!!!
Fantastic video Rita! Really helpful!
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I got them all right! Can't wait for your videos on the different types especially the left+down and left+up!
YES! YES! YES! 100% AGREE!
Also, this might be super obvious, but I still think it's important to note: I find it interesting how Jason Momoa and Zoe Kravitz are in the same quadrant, being that they are close in real life. And Lisa Bonet probably is in the same quadrant as well (tell me what you think)... Maybe that's a pattern, people from the same quadrant hang together? 🤔😅
Oh! And I really connect with what you said about Dakota, looking delicate but throwing unexpected witty comments, I'd say that I'm like that as well, and I'm pretty sure I'm in the same quadrant as her. As for wits, that reminds me of Ryan Reynolds. Maybe that's another pattern? I don't know... I'm just throwing it to the wall to see if it sticks xD
And now I'm thinking about one of your videos before, where you said J-Lo moved quadrants with the passing of years. Does that happen in other cases? Is there an average age gap for each quadrant?
I am so interested in which couples come from the same versus opposite quadrants
Love that you feel that for Dakota, and I feel that for Ryan too!
I do think many people have a "life trajectory", where the image you represent changes organically
For some people I can see you moving up, occupying more of a persona, a more intimidating or dramatic look
For some people moving more left or right, finding your energy balance
For some, moving down, shedding layers and becoming soft delicate beauty
Such a fun video!!!
Thanks baby 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
this was so clear and fun! and your explanation of zoe was so helpful. her bare vs emily’s r made so much sense. i’m definitely left up. excited to learn more xx
Super interesting! Love your system
My Guesses:
ER - LD
DJ - ooh this is tough. Her street style made me thing RD but then her glam style seems more LU and her overall vibe feels very LD to me so I think I'm going to guess LD
EB - RU
ZK- I already know from other videos so won't guess
Isn't it funny that I totally guessed Emily Blunt because of Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins represent Right Up so well to me. Even more so in the first movie . Every body would want a nice Right Up Practically Perfect In EveryWay Nanny 🤩
Wow! I placed them in the same quadrants as you. Liked that it was so easy in comparison to other systems about style and essences. Thank you, Rita! Would like to know your thoughts on Audrey Hepburn and Natalie Portman (if they are Right+Up)? And could not make up my mind about Lisa Bonet with her very detailed and intricate style yet dreamy and laid back
I think it would be interesting to show video clip examples of women. Maybe interview clips where you can analyze and compare the way they talk, move, express differently.
I have a tiny problem with the women's system. I keep associating the word Intimidating with Left, from the men's. Of course, I see that it applies to the Right/Up women. My brain is adjusting.
Maybe I'm just afraid of Kim Kardashian, 😆.
Wow this is amazing!! Thank you so much for this ❤️
Yay!
Hi there! still binging your lovely system :) and while taking this fun quiz, some thoughts and questions bubbled up:
1: can someone be in the middle? since I got the impression that the quadrant is a bit spectrum-y and not fixed boxes (thank god). For example: two people who are up, but one is more up than the other. So can someone be in the middle between up and down/left and right or does one always lean towards one or the other? and what would that look like? would they have different recommendations in terms of outfits and style? could they more easily borrow from other quadrants than the more pure types?
2: I noticed for some people I immediatly saw they were right and then had to observe a bit better for the up/down and for others I saw the up/down coin first. Is there a form of dominance? for example in kibbe if someone is TR they have to accomodate for being a romantic first (curve) and vertical/sharpness second, while for the SD its the other way around - there is a kind of dominance taking place which translates into different recommendations. Is left and right dominant to up and down or are they equal? and can there be a left+down ánd a down+left and would that translate into a different set of recommendations? I experienced from this quiz that they at least have a different kind of first impression.
3: I got them almost all correct/same as you, I got Zoe as a RU instead of LU, because she looks very dreamy to me. I saw U pretty quickly, but I struggled with the L/R coin really hard before settling on R with a questionmark. Could she be a bit in the middle? because I see characteristics of both left and right, some at the same time - dreamy + not sensual and intimidating + magnetic at the same time. Or should I have read her dreamyness as the right mystery? I don't see sensuality for her at all, but I do see glamorous in her own way as you put it so well. So I see the L over R now, but I do think she wouldn't be very far to the left. What do you think? I also think the left dress you say is RU is way too yin for her, and that's not showcasing her yang as a FG, but I do think it adds to and compliments her dreamyness and her hair completes the look by giving some viking/earthy/edgyness - its a nice mix of RU and LU, now that I think of it. Could gamines also have a mixed quadrant? just like they have mixed yin and yang?.
Also I think you are right about her appearing down for many people, also for the reason you said, but I think there may be another reason: I think its partly because she's a FG and she needs to put in more effort and detail in her outfits to look put together. This also means she has to put in effort to even make her outfits look effortless. So in some outfits you showed she looks really effortless, but she put a lot of effort and detail in it to look effortless. On someone else who's not a gamine these would look over the top wowza lotta detail and very much effort. Does this make sense?
Which brings me to my next thought....
4: I'm still not convinced kibbe and this essence system isn't related 'at all'. Everything you said about Dakota Johnson in the purple dress with the heart vs the silver simple dress could also be in a video about kibbe classics, its simply too much detail-wise and too heavy on her. Which makes sense, because she's a SC. Just like when you said she looked edgy in the grey flannel (while its not edgy, since its just a flannel). She looks edgy very easily because she's a classic and a lower amount of detail achieves a more strong look easier on a classic than for example a gamine, who needs to put in more 'effort'. Then Emily Blunt comes in, also a SC and also a right. You see where I'm going... ? Could it be that some kibbe IDs are more common in certain quadrants? or is it just coincidence that they're both a SC ánd the 'rita' type that fits best due to the shared (stereotypical) characteristics? In the end its true that they both have a very stereotypical classic way of dressing themselves. I'd really love to see a dramatic, intriguing and intimidating SC now, just to prove me wrong. And please don't get me wrong, because I hate stereotypes. I myself am a bandshirt rockwear and vintage loving TR and I hate the dripping in diamonds sexual goddess stereotype which isn't me at all and which made others make me doubt my type. I'm still in that FB correcting people about this all the time, because the stereotypes aren't what kibbe is about (unfortunately most people think it is). Anyway, I completely agree with your analysis and also about the rita ID you put on all these ladies. Its just that I wonder if someone's kibbe ID doesn't at least have some effect. Just like you said in the Q&A video: a FN looks different in a stiff oversized rough linnen blazer than a TR would. So in order to achieve a certain look, the different types have to keep in mind their kibbe ID. Which brings me back to what I said about Zoe Kravitz. Also I could see a correlation between yin and yang energy and the quadrants, so not neccesarily the kibbe IDs and its accomodations, but the bricks of the system. For example LD: relaxed and easy + sensual - translates to draped fabrics = yin. Not that every LD would need pure yin, because a dramatic could also be a LD, but might require some more draped fabrics to honor the essence. Hence why maybe some dramatics don't match up to the stereotypical kibbe dramatic and are debatable in the kibbe system. Okay I'm stopping my brainstorm here, or this reaction will be a whole essay. Love to hear your thoughts!
5: I'm also very curious how you think color theory mixes with your system. Since dark and high contrast often reads as more heavy, magnetic and intimidating and light and low contrast often reads more approachable, airy and luminous. I immediatly think of certain colors when you speak about the different quadrants and I also noticed them literally in the way you describe and explain. Saying black is too harsh and heavy on Emily Blunt for example. So is black a LU kinda color?
Just rambling and hope this helps in some way, also helping you refining your own system, and at least for educational purposes and my own understanding ^^ and if these things are explained in later videos, then I'm sorry for asking and I'm going to watch those later !
Thank you for using Dakota Johnson.
Is one of my fashion icons, and we share the Kibbe Image.
And as you say, she seems sweet, but then say something very funky or sexy. So sweet girls don't have to be the lil'dumb girl. I think she's got the most elegant and sexy looks.
And as her, being a Soft Classic don't mean you can't have and effortless, laid-back or natural style.
SC here and Dakota is my style icon as well. I just can't seem to place myself in this system I see myself in all 4 quadrants
Emma Roberts!! I'm certain she's a flamboyant gamine but I'd love to see where she is with your essence system.
To me she is right down! 🌞
What does the “shadow” mean? Also, what would it mean to be in the center of one of the lines?
I would love a explanation for gravity
I love that system 💜 and I think I am between left down and right down.
Gravity is just a way of saying that you are attractive force. People's eyes move naturally to you and you captivate the gaze.
Of course we are all beautiful and worth looking at but the women with left energy kind of "bring the gaze" in to them more naturally and powerfully
So also wearing clothes which hold the gaze (for example dark + ornate detailing or neon colors) is more "natural" for the Left because it brings the eye to them
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Thank you Rita for your detailed answer, the term is definitely more clear know. The attractive force thing is kind of hard to say about yourself. I feel when I am wearing my beloved bright colours I do attract attention. Otherwise I am more a gray mouse, when I am to light on colours and fabric, also I like leather and chunky knits - i feel that is also gravity in an outfit. on the other side i have a more delicate bone structure.
Thank you 💜 I love that system, because I feel it takes our aura and soul dna in consideration, which is so important to me.
Definitely leather, chunky knits, anything textural, vivid colors...it all brings the eye IN. And of course (for others reading), these things can be worn on the right too, it's about the combination
I place myself right+up and when I'm dressed very simlly I just kind of disappear energetically...
Thank you so much Rita for doing this and taking the time to create these videos and share your amazing system with the world. I love watching your content and I'm so excited for each new video! This guessing game was super fun! I would like to know what are your thoughts on Nicole Kidman's essence? I just can't make up my mind with her..
Thank you so very much for your kind words, they mean a lot 💋
Nicole is intersting! Don't you get a bit of an "Ice Queen" vibe from her?
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita I do, but I can't shake the image of her with curls and how she was styled for The Undoing.. I felt like the real her was shining through there. In her 90s photos, I think there's an elemental quality to her. Could it maybe be a case of adapting to a role or moving in the quadrant.. fun to think about it! Thanks for the reply!
@@KD-zi7pz u know, I think Nicole hasn't really lived her truth as a person. I know we don't know anything about celebrities, but given her talent the fact I feel like she is less famous than she deserves and maybe it's because her brand is a bit confused
I would say she is really living the right up life but I agree there is something Elemental and like almost a Mother Gaia energy in her for me
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Ohh that's an interesting take!! Never thought of that but yes I absolutely see what you mean.. That's such a relatable angle though. I think it's a major motivator for a lot of the style journeys - questions like "am I living my truth" (and showing it on the outside) and "what is my brand" vs "what is the brand I am expected to portray" sure are constantly on my mind at least 😁
I've been waiting for a new video 💕💕. I get really excited lol. May I ask if Miranda Kerr is right up or down or is it left? I think she is dreamy but maybe also sensual? What are your thoughts about her essence? I kind of relate to her.
I would say Miranda is right down :) to me she is very radiant, refined, luminous and she has a soft, delicate, intuitive style
She looks very beautiful in very many outfits!!! But to me her *home* is right+ down 💃
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Thank you! I do agree that she looks beautiful in many outfits.
Emily left and up ; Dakota right and down; Emily right and down; Zoe left and up;
Oh, you didn’t agree with me 😂
emily - left down (best in 1st slide and the looser flowier 3rd slide)
dakota - right down (idk just justified based on how she looks in all pics)
emily blunt - i feel like she could do both and blonde throws me off since its just a radiant color but i think based on pics shes trying to be more LEFT idk if up or down
zoe kravits - her personal style makes it more left down or right up - but NOT left up. i feel like her personal preferences make her more left down
EMILY - CHECK, guessed rita's take
DAKOTA - check
ZOE- haha omg i totally get what you're saying Rita - why do i feel like depending on what zoe chose her personal aesthetic to be she could go to so many quadrants
EMILY B - i see what you mean by refinement now ! super insightful still prob confused bout the right sided people
I love you showing your process. I included Emily because I do think she is not "super right" but just a bit more on the refined/radiant side. She is closer to the Ice Queen if that.makes sense :)
I agree Zoe chooses a style that allows her to do a lot. She is definitely a person who isn't boxed in!
I love this! I was unsure of Zoe but I see it now. I was able to get them all but still having a hard time seeing myself if I'm up or down, hoping that becomes clear soon to me somehow. I think it might be hard if you are stay at home mom or not ever dressing up - you automatically may assume you are down? I'd love to hear more about tricks to tell if you are up or down... Love these videos! :)
Absolutely agree that it's hard to tell if you're meant to be up if you're in a part of life where your situations really ask for you to be very easy, minimal, etc. I think there is definitely a phase of life where you are just doing laundry all the time and trying to get by -- and I do think you can still find and develop your style in this phase, but it definitely is a lot harder.
I will talk about this more in future videos, but for me my biggest hints about being "up" are:
-When I wear very casual clothing I feel like I just really melt/dissolve and you can't *see* me. I've never felt comfortable in jeans, even though they fit me well and they are very appropriate to my environment.
-I can dress "up" so much without feeling like it's fake. There was some discomfort when I first started expanding my style zone but I quickly realized how much more I could add on a daily basis.
-I feel like I am presenting myself, can be seen and heard, when I have a more elaborate outfit.
-When I dress up, people get really happy. Even when I am MORE dressed up than the people around me, I can tell that it just elevates the situation. People kind of "accept" it as a natural thing for me
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Oh I love this- thank you so much for responding!!
I thought this was such a fun, informative video to really explain how your system works in action!
Sadly, I didn't get all the right answers lol I found the left/right dichotomy much more intuitive for me personally than the up/down. Not that you did a poor job explaining! I think I just need to see a few more examples from your other videos (:
Could you please explain what you mean by elemental? I've watched several videos and all that word conjures for me is the period table lol. Thanks:)
Thank you so much for asking, *facepalm*, can't believe we didn't explain it
We mean Elemental like representing the power of the elements: earth, wind, fire and water. You can kind of feel into which type(s) of natural Element someone reminds you of
You could imagine the left as pure energy and force of nature.
While the right is more refined, abstract, removed from that raw power
I know this is all kinda poetic but I hope this helps ❤
Interesting. I see as left down and could see myself in Emily R. I see my daughter as right down and I saw her in Dakota.
Fun!
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I'm a bit late, but what do you think Zooey Deschanel would be? I thought about it and I can see some similarities between her style and Taylor Swift's, do you think she would be right and down?
Zoe Kravitz
Left + Down
Left + Up
Right + Down
Right + Up
(still watching the video) I thought she looked left down before I looked up Emily Ratajkowski and now she seems more up. Interesting how the comparisons shape my view of them!
I got the left and right correct but not the up and down.
It's a bit tricky :)
Is Lupita Nyong’o up right?
I definitely think so! I think she also wears a lot of GORGEOUS right+down looks but to me her home is in the more dramatic, elevated, thoughtful outfits
So much better than kibbe imo
I would like it if you could place some celebrity women who are movers or not far left/right/up/down like you did for your male video. Because there are some people who embody some of the different elements. Thanks!
Absolutely! We will do this. 💖
Yay, another video 😍🤗❤️
Okay... What's interesting is that I'm a little bit confused between left up and down (I thought Zoe is down, and Emily up) and that's also where I'm stuck in my own typing... I might be left down who wants to be left up? Or I'm pretty close to the middle? Or I'm able to move which makes it harder to choose? Or I'm just not yet getting it fully? Or am I totally overthinking 😅?
Aside from that: what keeps throwing me off is the term "approachable". Emily Ratajkowski and Kim Kardashian don't appear that to me, whiles Kate Middleton and also Blake Lively seem more so.
Edit: throwing me off not up!! Haha!
You might be overthinking 🌞
I think the easiest and most important up/down distinction is the persona/personable. Are you best understood when you create a persona, when you add some drama and mystery and effort to your look -- or are you best understood as personable, do you have a soft and delicate beauty that shines without need for much else?
Yes I understand what you mean! I think approachable maybe just isn't exactly the right word for what I'm looking for.
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita throwing me off, not up of course! 😆
Thanks for your reply! As you can tell I'm not an English native speaker and I realized I had a wrong idea of "personable" - I translated it now, it means something like sympathetic, doesn't it?
More and more I think I'm left down. I struggle with too complicated, too detailed outfits (refined is worst on me), though I might be able to move a bit up. Still I think I have to understand the terms and quadrants better. Anyway, love your system!!
@@alicej.6068 i appreciate your questions so much -- I want my videos to be accessible to everyone and I have so many viewers who don't have English as the first language
Yes to me personable means that you're like "being yourself" Rather than taking on a "role", if that makes sense
@@alicej.6068 complicated outfits might overwhelm if you have the "down" soft gentle beauty
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita and I appreciate your responses! I realize that often I can have a sense of something... But my explanation might be the wrong one.
I was gently directed by Kibbe to find my home in FN, and personally I find gamine elements terrible on me.
I think I could pull off Florence's outfits much better than Zoe Kravitz'.
Something seems to pull me to the left up quadrant... I'll try to just keep an open mind and enjoy the process until I know more. I find it very possible that I'm not too far from the middle... Or that I might be in a process of traveling... Or I'm able to travel up and down in general.
I find it difficult to understand the difference between left and right. It is especially difficult to understand the right side, the radiance. Is it possible to say that the right is something nice and gentle?
You can say that but I think those are personality traits, I doubt everyone with a right energy is "nice"
I think the "shadow" archetype for the right is "the ice queen" -- not very nice
But definitely something refined!
Hopefully future videos will explain it to you better!
It is a very energetic system based on feeling, so it is not easy to use correct words -- we will work on being more clear 🌸
Wow you knew It from the beginning 😂
Yep I switched Emily R. and Zoe putting Emily in the left up and Zoe in the left down
And after your explanation I now understand why I felt not so sure hahah
Even if I myself would never approach Emily, to me she Is intimidating even with the most casual outfit 🙈 I feel It can be her elementalness and rawness in her eyes and her glance overall (and maybe because she Is just so beautiful that she seems unreal and not of this world sometimes 😂)
Zoe is intimidating too but It felt more 'easy' idk why, maybe because she is smaller in stature (even if She Is still prominent)
I mean this Is from a perspective of a short girl like me, I always feel a lil intimidated by taller people 🙈
Maybe they can also be not at the extremes of up and down? 🤔
For example I feel myself to certainly be a down person but I'm having a hard time picking left or right, because I can get away with a little of both, just not their extremes , I would put myself in kind of the middle of the scale, so probably Emily and Zoe were kind in the middle (leaning to their extremes up/down) that's why they could pull of some look that weren't in their quadrants...
Sorry for the long comment, this system Is just so interesting and I'm so so curious to know more 💕
Don't be sorry!!! I am so grateful to you for being here, for engaging with my ideas and for sharing your thoughts
I actually agree that Emily is a bit intimidating -- I agree it's just because she is so extremely beautiful so you would be nervous to talk to her! I think she is quite close to the middle tbh, exactly as you say! I would just say she tends more to the down-- for me she cultivates a very intuitive, understated style (in her own celebrity way)
I do see what you mean about Zoe being more literslly approachable because she is small...to me that's actually why I put her UP because when someone is so small and wears quite "casual" clothes but still is creates a very intriguing/mysterious/dramatic persona
So if Zoes looks were more understated, and intuitive and effortless she would lose that mysterious persona and appear to be even more vulnerable
so for me that's why it's also important to think about the multiple words for each direction, and to just train my intuition on what it means
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita yesss! Now It all makes more sense to me, I always think smaller people wouldn't look good in extremely dramatic outfits and I'm always fearful of a "clown effect" and here's where I was wrong.
It all depends on the essence as you said and I can truly see Zoe having a persona, she also have very recognizable traits and this makes her even more unforgettable so now I see where you evaluated her.
Thanks for the feedback and I'm waiting for more videos on this topic 💕
If I may suggest you some celebrities to include next I would say: Jennifer Lawrence, Björk, Alice Englert, Jodie Foster, Rose Byrne
@@ombradeisogni6586 thank u for the suggestions! 💖
Dakota Johnson
Left + Down
Left + Up
Right + Down
Right.+ Up
Left down
Emily Blunt
Left + Down
Left + Up
Right + Down
Right + Up
Right up
left down (correct)
right down (correct)
left up (correct)
right up (correct)
wow I aced the test ? :D
You did!!! And you get 3 gold stars
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Congrats 💃
Can you please explain what the "Lost Girl" shadow is? I think I might be in that quadrant, or at least more towards the left.
Thank you so much for this question. When we say "shadow" we are using a Jungian concept in a very loose way, to mean the following:
Among the Left women of the world, if they have, so to speak, "strayed from their heart's true path" (lol) -- the vibe they give off is "the lost girl." To me this is a person who feels kind of confused with what they are doing in their life, what their purpose is, they don't feel connected to the world around them and they feel marginalized and disempowered. This person can often be aloof, cynical, a bit "too cool for school". She maybe doesn't care that much about other people because they don't fully exist to her. She doesn't have a great sense of her own boundaries, and she can be taken advantage of. Winona Ryder often portrays the Lost Girl. Rue from Euphoria is a major Lost Girl. I would also see Black Widow as another example of a Lost Girl (in her backstory). Wanda Maximoff is a Lost Girl. In Harry Potter, Luna Lovegood is a Lost Girl. Carrie in Sex and the City is a Lost Girl.
Obviously ALL HUMAN BEINGS can experience this state so it's not meant to determine anyone's quadrant. But I do think that we can contrast this with "The Ice Queen" shadow on the right. This is a person who is very rigid and distant, who constructs a barrier between them and others, is judgmental and critical, who shuts people out by looking down at them and creating a distance to them. To use the examples from the previous paragraph: Regina George in the Mean Girls is a typical Ice Queen -- nobody is good enough for her, nobody can touch her. Miranda/Charlotte are the right, "Ice Queen" types in Sex and the City. Gamora is an Ice Queen in the Marvel universe. Hermione the obvious Ice Queen in Harry Potter.
What does this mean for style? idk really, I just try to use some poetic and evocative words to communicate what I feel are the "core" right/left energies that can then be expressed through style.
I posted a lot about this on my IG today @stylethoughtsbyrita
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Thank you!! This is very helpful!
Emily Ratajkowski
Left + Down
Left + Up
Right + Down
Right + Up
Left down
You already stated that every essence can work with every bodytype/bonestructure but what about coloring? I'm talking contrast, skincolor and haircolor... do these influence the essence as we perceive it?
Definitely influence! I wouldn't say color restricts you to any quadrant but it definitely plays into how you are perceived. If you have very soft and delicate coloring then the types of clothes that look "extravagant" on you versus "approachable" will be different. Definitely look forward to speaking more on this! Thank u for asking 💋
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Thank you! I'm already excited:)
Also the colour of the clothes seems to be important, so how do you work with that? For example I have a quite high contrast (dark hair light skin) while having a right down essence...
@@Vananessaa it's tricky to answer in a quick comment
You could have dark hair and light skin but be a summer/autumn meaning your coloring is overall dimensional/subtle, which means you can play with that by experimenting with outfits that incorporate similar (but not same) shades of a color
You could also be winter (clear and stark contrast) in which case you have quite a lot of "drama" in your coloring. If you wanted to achieve the "easy and radiant" look of down right I would avoid super bright or neon colors, play with some of the lighter colors in your palette, and Monochrome looks with a more "approachable, intuitive" style
@@StyleThoughtsbyRita Thanks for your suggestions! Idk if you're familiar with Merriam's artistic licence system but I'm (olive) cool and delicate (I believe that's summer in the 12 seasons) which means I look best in cool and muted colours. Bc of my rather high contrast I try to wear colours that are either as dark as my hair (dark brown) or as light as my teeths/the whites of my eyes.
@@Vananessaa well I think Dakota Johnson has kind of similar coloring maybe 🌸 so even though she doesn't have olive skin she is a helpful example?
Emily Ratajkowski: Left+down. Dakota Johnson: Right+down. Emily Blunt. Right+up. Zoe Kravitz: Left+up. 🧢👒👑🎩
Amazing! You get a trophy 👑