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Finding out my Kibbe type was such a revelation. I'm a Natural but in the past whenever I needed to dress up, I would go for tailored, constructed lines or else more dainty/delicate clothes because I thought that was the way to look elegant and put together. I couldn't understand why the harder I tried to look like these feminine and elegant women, the sloppier and more awkward I looked! Now I realize that it's wearing unconstructed styles that actually makes me look more put together.
Thanks so much for sharing! It truly is a revelation. Have you watched my video on Kibbe and Personality? It has exactly what you're describing--different elegant looks on different body types, and then I swap them from one body type to another to see that one look that was elegant on Selena Gomez (soft natural), just looked sloppy on Nina Dobrev (dramatic classic), and other examples too!
@@merriamstyleOh, yes, I watch all your videos :) You explain things so clearly and intuitively! Especially color analysis (another former source of frustration for me as a slightly-cool-of-neutral olive). But Kibbe is really a breath of fresh air after the traditional pear-shape, apple-shape, hide-your-flaws approach we've all been raised on. It shows that trying to "counteract" or "neutralize" your natural appearance is just the wrong way to go.
This reminds me of when my gamine sister got herself a mohawk and it was so pretty and soft on her she looked like a disney princess or a magical dear. Which is absolutely the opposite effect to what you expect from a mohawk.
Oh that is so interesting! I find gamines can have the most 'fun' and do crazy things and get away with it - even in a more conservative workplace, meanwhile Classic over here if she doesn't do her hair for one day she looks dreadful. 🤦
If you ever run out of video ideas I'd love to see instagrammers of different body types. Would be nice to be able to follow people who are wprking with same lines as you to get style inspiration :)
I think this same concept comes out too when people go to the hair stylist with haircuts on celebrities that they hope will make them look a certain way but it does not necessarily work worth their type the same way.
Interesting that you talked about Megan, because as a royal, she's unfortunately expected to wear stiffer fabrics so that they don't wrinkle - the opposite of what she looks good in! If you haven't already, you should read about all the clothing rules that royals have to follow. Also, have you typed Kate Middleton before?
@@ChauntelleM And I see a lot of people insulting her compared to Kate because Meghan looks more messy in stiffer fabrics. I just wish that she could wear more flowy looser fabrics.
Love the video! Since my consult, I have cut my hair into a tasseled bob, colored it a more Natural color and I am loving it. I have also purchased clothes with more unconstructed lines and flowy fabrics for my Kibbe Natural type. Your consult was a game changer for me! Cant thank you enough!
We missed you Merriam!!! I really do wish Megan would wear more natural lines. I don't like how there is one perceived way to be classic. I feel like she lookes more elegant in her lines. With graduation and wedding season, it would be nice if you could touch on dresses hair and make up for the bodytypes.
Great selection of photos to compare outfits on different body types. Most of the outfits are exactly the same which really helps to see the difference in lines. I always thought Megan markle was a classic but she clearly looks fab in deconstructed lines.
Angelina Jolie in the black classic dress looks like Meghan Markle, as a lot of times I see Meghan wears classic. they are Natural body type for sure. wide bones.
S H In the past I would dress like a gamine thinking my face suited but my body was always too statuesque and wide for it. My body is just like Angelina and Meghan where we are short waisted with a wide torso and fawn-like legs. Thankfully I try to look for draped loose styles now in ditsy prints or floral for that French chic clothing style. My lines are complimented much better.
shouldn't classic suit all body types or at least not damage the look? I always tend to classic look even though I seem to fit dramatic or soft dramatic description.
@@julijakeit classic lines definitely looks decent on any body type, not the best nor worst but is a different body type wears them it brings out their own lines. Let's say a Romantic wear classic lines, it being out their rounded bones and sometimes look curvier with them compared to a classic.
Always So fascinating to see how the same outfit looks on different body types . I feel like every women on this Earth should see this video , because I'm pretty sure it happens to EVERYONE. The "expectations VS reality" moment, when you realize what you pictured yourself looking like in that "amazing" outfit , revealed to be a total awkward fail/disaster 😂
Man I really enjoy these video they're so entertaining to me for some reason? Lol I like the kibbe system but I prefer the style essences I really loved the ethereal/angelic one keep up the good work
Dear Merriam I have to respectfully disagree with you about Kate Middleton being a classic. Her shoulders are much wider than her hip and she has a very long torso and shorter legs. That’s why she always wears higher waistlines to make her legs look longer. I think she is Flamboyant Natural but wears classic dresses 90% of the times because of some outdated palace rules
This is the reason I have FAILED all my life at finding my style and my lines, lol. I see examples and try to look like the dramatics or naturals. There was a time when I wanted to be romantic...I have always rejected the classic lines because I find them boring. It’s definitely hard to play with classic lines to make them interesting but...baby steps😂
I think what makes classic interesting is that you can take one detail from another type and style it with classic clothes, and you'll instantly have the effect you want. My DC friend can look really badass just by wearing ripped jeans with the rest of her outfit being relatively plain and classic, while if I try that approach as a TR my softness comes through too much. I'd have to do a very different approach to get that effect. That one element is enough to make her outfit look really interesting without looking out of place, which I think is the power of the classics
Just as thehalfbloodserb said! If you're a dramatic classic, I don't have a video specifically, but I'd highly recommend that you watch my video on soft classics because I talk a lot about what halfblood was describing. And also you could watch are classics boring and gamines fun, where it's primarily Dramatic Classic vs Flamboyant Gamine!
there's a youtube channel called stealthespotlight pretty sure the girl on there is a classic. You should check out all the crazy looks she can pull off.
yes , could be different videos specific feminine could be vague but maybe it's just me. like "sexy" " soft" "cute" looks for body types and yes also "Tomboy" "Masculine" "Androgynous" looks for different body type would be nice.
Meghan has some lovely looks during the engagement period with Harry. The tartan coat outfit with the wide pants look amazing on her. There are also other coat looks for the engagement period with slim pants and wide that are covetable.
Thank you for Another amazing unique video love it! . .I'd love to see one about the angelic style i think it's so interesting and there is very few information about it out there
I think the hardest thing is to find the right combinaisons to achieve the desire looks. For example, as a soft gamine I have a really hard time finding the rights combinaisons to look more sexy, more badass or more businesswoman when I want to. And many yang dominant types have a hard time looking more feminine and soft.
@Tangerine Sky333 that is Amazing! Do you feel that having the artistic licence colours, kibbe body type and Dressing your truth is a perfectly complete system when you put them all together? It's been game changing! That's totally right! My mother who is a type 1/4 landed smack bang on soft gamine! And if you know Aly Art, she is also a type 1 from my own observation and she is also a soft gamine! Makes perfect sense that a type 1 would be gamine since the type 1 energy is a random mixture (and some type ones feel like they are a mixture of the energy types) and gamine is a random mixture of the other body types!! Sorry for the long response. I am so excited that somebody else knows dyt kibbe and Merriam :) I am trying to introduce Merriam and the kibbe body system to the Dressing your truth world. I am a type 4/2 energy type, and in kibbe, I am a theatrical romantic. 😊
@Tangerine Sky333 Yeah I have to agree it can be limiting. I'm so happy I can stretch out and have more freedom with Merriam and kibbe and well now I'm checking out john kitchener. I think Carol is on to it for sure tho. Even tho I am a type 4 I see there being so many possibilities in the world of style. I thought it was very validating to Carols system however when I found out that my artistic color pallete was cool and delicate. The colours are like a perfect type 4/2 pallete. Like completely catered to that particular type blend that I am. So I see my type 4/2 coming up in my skin. Then my kibbe type, theatrical romantic, is a perfect blend between dramatic (which I'd consider to be type 4) and romantic, type 2. Which further suggests 4/2 for me. So the energy type 4/2 is showing through my bones and flesh. Then in dressing your truth my 4/2 comes out through my face in facial profiling. I was just taken back a little. I don't know if it works the same for everyone tho. Carol has broken her rules by wearing navy. She does incorporate different colours that are not type 3 into her style. So I feel like when the time is right she will go into that and share it with the dyt. I really just think her heart is set on helping people own who they are by recognizing it, healing it and honouring it.
Ba bablacksheep ha ha i have heard that too! “you look good in anything” but they have no idea how carefully you select your clothing or all the styles you have to say no to
11:34 I think it suits the blonde woman much better than it does on the right to the brunette woman. The right one looks like she is wearing too much - the makeup and hair made her look old and the dress looks not good on her it made her look short and wide but for the blonde lady it's perfect mybe she poses right idk
It's not that the blonde one looks "bad" in the dress, it just that she looks more severe because the soft lines of the dress are in contrast with her sharper bones, and in sharper lines she looks softer. Which is not perse bad, just leaves a certain impression
I also didn't like the dress on the brunette as much as I did on the blonde, but then again I have found sharper bones and faces and skinnier bodies more attractive my whole life. Probably cause I'm the opposite of that, the only thing I have sharp on me is my chin 😁 What I am trying to say is that "bad" is not the best adjective here, it's just what looks more harmonic to one's eye, so there are going to be differences in impressions
@@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195 I think the brunette doesn't look o put together overall. Like she needs more stuff and her hair is in the way. Also, the dress looks too long for her.
As always, fabulous video! Really enjoyable and informative. As a visual person, this type of video really helps explain and illustrate the kibble system. Thank you 😊
I love these comparison videos, thank you for taking the time to find such great examples! What are you thoughts on Meghan and Angelina, pure naturals, soft or flamboyant? Also, I would love a video on different looks for flamboyant naturals. You've explained the softer types so well in several videos and you a have a video on DC and FG, but I would love a more in-depth analysis of FN, like the one you did for SN. I really enjoy your videos, they're amazing!
I'm not Merriam but if you're interested I think that if you look at Angelina Jolie when she was young and before extreme weight loss she has lots of softer features and she also has a slightly shorter vertical line so I think she's SN. Meghan I don't know enough about but she seems neither soft at a normal weight nor have more Drama and a longer vertical line like a FN so Natural fits her the best out of those three imo :)
It is so helpful to see these comparisons, it helps us to recognize the features of the different types. Thank you, and I hope to see more comparison videos like this.
This was amazing I could really see the difference in all the examples of the beautiful ladies you showed. The Kate Middleton and Angelina jolie was so amazing both beautiful but look so different in other lines. All the examples were amazing I just couldn't remember all their names. Bravo Merriam❤
@@uberhaute_naturalz84 David Kibbe created the body type system this woman is using in the video. Search up "David Kibbe body types" and look at Merriam Style's page further.
The comparison photo with Nicole Kidman was my favorite. I'm about the same height as Nicole Kidman, and I also can't wear clothes that look too small for my lines. I noticed it a long time ago, but I didn't know how to describe it. Thank you for making this video and explaining that phenomenon.
Could you please do Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathway and Kate Beckinsale? I would LOVE to know what are their body types! Could you do a list of celebrities for each body type??? THANK YOU!
Really good video to review all we are learning ;) You should hear Spanish media how they criticize Queen Letizia outfits, they should hear what you just have said.
I love this. Exactly what I needed. This is what brought me to Kibbe system. I am a Romantic body type and everyone around me growing up was like: "Why can't you be more Gamine, like that girl, I'm sure if you lost some weight..." or "I saw a Natural body type girl today, that was your hight and she looked amazing in her outfit and she also has a belly, like you, so you should dress the same" Obviously the names of the types never appeared in the conversation, but you know what I'm trying to say 😒
I love your videos, thank you for making these! can you do one for kibbe body types for men? I know Aly Art did one, but it was very brief and something more in depth would be amazing :)
To me, a soft classic looks more aristocratic, elegant, and balanced whereas theatrical romantics are more like slightly sharper, mini-Marilyn Monroe’s. We’re very small dainty, rounded women. I’m a TR myself that’s why it’s easier to distinguish. I think I get Dramatic classics and TRs mixed because Megan Fox and Nina Dobrev sometimes wear theatrical romantic inspired looks and I think it looks good on them.
kat x I agree that Nina Dobrev often sports TR looks, especially in her days in the Vampire Diaries. So from my understanding now TR would be overall smaller and less proportionate than SC, with smaller hands and facial features. Is Olivia Culpo a TR then in your opinion? It would be interesting to know
Great video, these things are so true. So ideally people should only copy looks from people of their own kibbe type then? Is it possible you could talk about the Kibbe types of popular fashion youtubers in a future video?
Amazing! Such a fun video 😍. Is Queen Latiza ( hope the spelling is correct) a natural? Also can Naturals be under average height and how do they avoid looking sloppy ( sorry but it happens to me) and wear the natural lines? Maybe it has to do with the cut? This is a good video to point out we all have different strengths. Be kind to ourselves 😊
Really enjoyed this video! This is a great introduction for newcomers to the Kibbe system. Keep up the good work, Merriam! I wonder if it’d be fun to explore various Kibbe types among models.. I have been doing some research and have found that models can include all the body types and not just naturals and dramatics. Such as Adriana Lima (theatrical romantic), Lily Aldridge (dramatic classic), Alexandra Daddario (romantic) and Jasmine Sanders (soft gamine?). Anyway, do let us know your thoughts about this! Much love
Adriana lima, she may have some D in her facial features (most models do) but her bones are mainly natural and dramatic, so way too much yang for a TR. Alexandra Dadarrio, same thing. Soft dramatic or soft natural maybe.
Gitte Van de velde well I had always wondered why Adriana and Alexandra were listed as romantics on certain online forums.. thanks for the clarification. I do agree with you on this. They have a lot of D in their faces but their skeletons are primarily yang, although in some pictures Adriana appears to have a short vertical line and answer D limbs, hands and feet. What are your thoughts, Merriam?
I have a pair of palazzo trousers with a thick waistband and a matching thick belt with black hardware. The trousers are, theoretically speaking, beautiful: it's a red, silk-like, flowy yet heavy fabric. And I FEEL good when I wear it. But when I look at a picture, it just looks...wrong. The thick waistband and belt is overly angular and stuff for my rather classic-romantic torso and the combination of it being wide leg, but a flowy fabric, yet a heavy fabric, is kind of off. I have also an a-line skirt high-waisted miniskirt in the same fabric and that looks a lot better.
For me, I view constructed clothing as clothes that have their own shape/form physically---whereas unconstructed clothing are clothes that have no particular shape and generally look more like limp fabric (which relies on a body to have it's own shape). For example a constructed dress will look as if someone is already wearing the dress, even if the dress is just laying flat---but a unconstructed dress will look more like a pile of fabric in comparison.
Can I ask that you put the names of the celebrities with their Kibbe type in the description? I don't think you said what Kibbe Priyanka was and I was hoping to find more pictures of her in case she was a romantic like myself.
Lily Collins is a gamine?! Wow, I thought she was a classic, maybe soft classic. Learn something new everyday. I can relate to this video because I love natural lines but I’m a soft dramatic (I think). I have a hard time figuring out what’s SD besides a gown. I have always gravitated towards boho clothing and tousled hair, hopefully I don’t look like a mess lol.
Soft Natural lines can work if you're a SD, in my own experience it makes you look very cosy and relaxed but for everyday wear that isn't often a problem at all. FN can be a bit too sharp just like regular Dramatic and contrast but that doesn't have to be a bad thing it's all up to your taste :)
These videos are so interesting! The comparisons are really useful. Question... is it possible to have natural bones if you have narrow wrists and ankles?
This comment has nothing to do with the topic of this video but I wanted to leave it on a new video for people to see. I have a question: I am 13 (almost 14) years old and I have been interested in the kibbe system for over a year. I have taken the test a couple of times but it’s quite hard since I am still a child. Do you (Merriam and the people reading this comment) think I am able to do it properly? My appearance will probably change a little as i grow up. I think Aly Art said in one of her videos that the kibbe type can be detected when the woman is 21 or something. Should I make some adjustments to the quiz or should I just wait a few years before taking it? Is it possible to type me although I am young? Sorry for possible grammar mistakes. English is not my first language.
Personally, I think you can take the test, but don't be surprised if your body type changes soon too. I was 15 when I first took the test, and was a soft gamine. In less than a year, all of my yang answers changed to classic ones, and now I'm a soft classic.
I am 18 and kind of in between a classic and gamine (mainly classic, but also some random yin and yang answers thrown in). But, maybe, I will evolve to being a (soft) classic when I get a bit older (I doubt it though, as I am kind of fullgrown) what will change the most, is probably your flesh and proportions though. If you've always had long, narrow bones they won't totally change. I you have always had full lips or big eyes or anything they won't either. You may already know a bit of a direction, but don't be sure as there can still change a bit and in some cases 3 answers being different can change a lot.
Why not take the test and dress according to the results, and then take it again as your body changes, and then dress for that different result? If you're only temporarily, say, soft gamine, why not just dress that way in the meantime.
As others have commented, you will have some gaminish features due to being a teenager but some features won't change, so consider those. If you become a type quite distinct from gamine (as in you'll have barely any gamine answers) you might notice more changes soon, maybe at 15/16. For me I noticed a major change at that age (my figure become more full and romantic) and gamine lines no longer suited me fully even though I had teenage angularity until I was 18. Otherwise dress as the type you are now and adapt as your body grows.
I agree with all of these comments. You could take the test now and dress according to the results, and then take it again later since you'll need to buy new clothes later anyway. When I turned 13 I was five foot six. When I turned fourteen I was five foot ten.When I turned 17 I was 5 foot 11 and a half. My stepmom and Grandma dressed me in gamine styles which became progressively weirder as I aged. My mom dressed me in ingenue styles until I was 21. Now I'm wearing soft natural with ingenue essense styles and feel much more comfortable. My point is that while you're still young other people will dress you in styles that may not end up being the real you. Teenage years are a good time to experiment with fashion.
Hi Merriam I like your videos, thanks. I just want you to know that queen leticia is a DC. She is very narrow, she is a pure vertical line, her essence, her way of speaking and her clothes are Dramatic Classic. And kate middleton for me is a natural: very wide shoulders and no hips at all. Actually the natural grey dress she is stunning. Her smile and essence and body is for me a natural. She has to dress following the classic royal style but she is much better with a pair of jeans and a loose shirt.
Hi Merriam.. Can one be 5 feet 6 inch tall and not have voluptuous torso and still be called romantic? You typed me romantic but I don't look like the kibbe examples.
thank you merriam, this video was so interesting, as always! i think this method is the best way to show sceptical people that Kibbe's system isn't bs at all... btw, i'm so glad to find out Thylane Blondeau is the same body type as me, I always thought she was so beautiful!!! i don't know if there are french speakers here but me & my bestfriend created a blog about Kibbe to spread the word to french girls!!! We only have 2 articles right now, all about passing the test and the results. I leave the link just in case! 13bodytypes.home.blog/ and since we have more time to publish instagram posts for now i invite you to follow us on our instagram account : instagram.com/13bodytypes/ plus, no need to speak french to understand those posts!!! thank you, bye!!!
Oh mais c'est génial !!!!!! N'hésitez pas si vous avez besoin d'aide pour des articles par exemple. En tout cas c'est une très bonne idée d'avoir fait un blog en français !
Je viens de m'abonner au compte Instagram ^^ EDIT : Et vous avez très bien expliqué les 13 body types (en plus avec les exemples et les réponses, c'est top !). Petite chose, pas très importante mais qui serait bien ce serait d'écrire les noms des célébrités que vous "utilisez" pour chaque type. Il y a par exemple une femme que je trouve super belle (la deuxième sur la première ligne, où vous montrer les visages des Classics). Ça permettrait de les chercher sur Internet pour voir les vêtements qu'elles portent et ce qui nous plaît le plus pour s'en inspirer.
Loveseconde merci beaucoup !!! Tu t’y connais en Kibbe aussi ? C’est super ! On répond aux suggestions si tu veux, et toutes les critiques sont bienvenues :)
@@diffsiuhgr4578 Je regarde beaucoup de vidéos là-dessus, je suis plus douée pour voir le Yin/Yang dans les vêtements (et donc voir à quels types de corps ils pourraient aller) par contre dire à quel type appartient telle ou telle personne, ça j'ai encore du mal.
@@diffsiuhgr4578 Je m’entraîne encore sur les Little Mix, je ne sais pas si vous connaissez, mais étant donné que c'est un girl-band et que sur scène elles doivent toutes être dans le même "thème" (comme tous les groupes), je trouve ça plus intéressant de voir comment elles arrivent à ce but plutôt que de prendre les célébrités une à une. Je dirais par exemple Jesy Nelson en Natural, Jade Thirlwall en Soft Gamine, mais Perrie Edwards et Leigh-Anne Pinnock je ne sais pas (peut-être Dramatic Classic pour la première et theatrical romantic pour la deuxième ?) Mais bon, j'apprends toujours ^^
lol, I also don't.....just trying to get the idea out to more people! One of my soft classic coworkers copied instagrammers and since she's soft classic (in the middle so nothing looked too separate from her), she looked fine, but still, it inspired me way back then to eventually make a video like this.
Yay, I am progressing, now I can easily type natural and dramatic women. I am still confused if I am gamine, romantic or classic haha. Btw, what kind of body type has the lady in 12:28?
Have you tried doing Merriam's method of trying on different dresses and figuring out which lines look best/worst on you? I found that really helped me
@@thehalfbloodserb Thanks, still not but I will try to look what I have in my wardrobe. I think the "problem" is that I have a classic or gamine face, but I feel that my body is gamine (because I have long arms and legs + my height is short, 152 or so), however I have defined waist and big hips (which I think are romantic), but my legs are really muscular and not soft. It is still confusing but the more I learn, the sooner I will figure out which type I am. Thank you for replying :)
@@sandramorales6647 No worries :) Merriam did have a video on how mismatched face and body shapes can work, not sure if that helps. It sounds to me like you might be a soft gamine, though that's just from the details you've mentioned. I relate somewhat since I have a completely romantic body with a soft gamine/ingenue face so I sometimes feel like I might be more gaminish, but dramatic lines look bad on me, soft natural and soft gamine okay if styled right, and (theatrical) romantic fits perfectly. Hence me recommending this method :)
I was wondering if you’d be able to do a video on the different body types during pregnancy. As a soft gamine, I know defining my waist makes a huge difference - but I won’t have a waist for the next 9 months lol. What can I do to keep from looking like a complete butterball?
Hi great job! So I'm a soft dramatic how do i get rock chic or minimalistis or a camping look or as a construction worker how do i make it look good? We do different things in our lives and still want to look good. Thank you.
Hey I got all Es but 2 or three Ds that means I am a romantic right? pretty sure but if so can you give me some tips on how to dress for my type while still remaining modest as I am not into tight fitting things (I feel that romantic ia often recommended things that accentuate the figure especially the waist).
What exactly constitutes "modest" for you? Maybe you could try dresses or tunics cut on the bias, traditionally made from flowy materials like chiffon, voile, linen, velvet and charmeuse. They're not tight fitting, especially if you buy them loose, yet still follow the bodyline. You might also like a cropped jacket since it obscures the waist a bit but still has that high-waisted definition. Harem pants of course sit fitted at the waist but are otherwise very loose and drapey, and then fitted at the ankle. You might also throw your energy less into fit if that really bothers you, and more into finding soft, lightweight materials, soft ruffles and rounded shapes and patterns especially at the neckline. Soft hair and colors, etc. That's a tough one, honestly. Really curvy figures can look like they're wearing tents if clothes don't have some sort of fittedness, the struggle is real. And even with the tent effect the boobs & butt still stick out because they're there and they always will. I still remember my mom making me try on pair after pair of jeans trying to find one that was "loose" around the butt, and guess what Mom, that doesn't exist when you're curvy. To this day I always feel afraid of looking "inappropriate" no matter what.
This is so real. I don’t know what looks best on me. I think I’m a gamine, but when I try to wear what I’ve learned to be gamine-type clothing...they don’t work. It’s so frustrating.
Are you maybe a Soft Gamine trying out Flamboyant Gamine clothing or the other way around? As a Soft Dramatic most of the lines of a regular Dramatic deviate too much from myself and just doesn't work like you said yourself while SD works perfectly
M I see what you mean. I think that I’m trying regular gamine clothing when I’m actually a flamboyant gamine. I have extremely long limbs to the point where people think that I’m taller than I am (I’m 5’4”). And they’re quite slender like a Dramatic. My body type is very close to Alexa Chung’s but with longer arms and a smaller waist. But my face looks quite soft I think, which you can see in my profile pic, and I only gain weight either in my chest or butt area.
If you think you're FG, try skinny jeans and a tight tshirt as a narrow base, and wear a third layer (jacket is best, no knits) with an asymmetrical, irregular cut. The jacket also should be short, not too long, and boxy, without much waist emphasis (because FG body type is "boxy"in general). And colorful, asymmetric, angular, more chunky jewellery (earrings, eg). Thats the typical FG look. If you are this type, this outfit will look stunning on you!!!
The more videos I watch, the more confused I am. I simply have NO CLUE at all, which body type I could be!? I have the typical hour glass shape, but put me into romantic, cute dresses with quillings, and I will look like a Hippo in a princess dress... It's so interesting, but really NOT that easy...
@@hoebihoebi2536 For sure, I answered the questions several times... Everything sounds like a TR, but I'm too tall (170 cm, 5'7'')..... this is confusing for me!?
@@Drunkenjeanny actual height doesn't matter most of the time but rather how tall you look, instead of focuing on height, keep in mind of your silhouette. Rihanna is TR and she's around 5'8. Maybe try Soft Natural too.
@@hoebihoebi2536 I always thought, I would look like my normal size. or appear slightly taller... But as I'm watching pictures of me, it could be, that my head is a bit bigger than normal. (Which then vice versa means, I appear smaller, right?) Aw, it's difficult. Mila Kunis for Example is TR an doesn't have a real waist or hips at all, when looking at her in a bikini.
The "lines" though! So I finally know that I am a romantic but I can't find any clothes that suit me. Everytime I think I found romantic lines and I try them on, they don't look right. (Even the ladies selling the clothes agree.) For example I thought I should go for flowy skirts but I'm told I look lost in these. O confused
Romantic lines are also somewhat fitted. I've seen so many people mistake soft natural lines for romantic lines. A long flowy skirt can quickly become soft natural.
@@merriamstyle Thank you Merriam. It would be great if you could eventually please make a video on how to tell the difference between romantic and soft natural clothes. 😁
Your videos are great but it is so annoying how you are constantly apologizing making sure you say every look is beautiful. Isn’t the point to show what works better. Aggh it’s beyond annoying.
Finding out my Kibbe type was such a revelation. I'm a Natural but in the past whenever I needed to dress up, I would go for tailored, constructed lines or else more dainty/delicate clothes because I thought that was the way to look elegant and put together. I couldn't understand why the harder I tried to look like these feminine and elegant women, the sloppier and more awkward I looked! Now I realize that it's wearing unconstructed styles that actually makes me look more put together.
Thanks so much for sharing! It truly is a revelation. Have you watched my video on Kibbe and Personality? It has exactly what you're describing--different elegant looks on different body types, and then I swap them from one body type to another to see that one look that was elegant on Selena Gomez (soft natural), just looked sloppy on Nina Dobrev (dramatic classic), and other examples too!
@@merriamstyleOh, yes, I watch all your videos :) You explain things so clearly and intuitively! Especially color analysis (another former source of frustration for me as a slightly-cool-of-neutral olive). But Kibbe is really a breath of fresh air after the traditional pear-shape, apple-shape, hide-your-flaws approach we've all been raised on. It shows that trying to "counteract" or "neutralize" your natural appearance is just the wrong way to go.
Thank you! And agreed!!
This reminds me of when my gamine sister got herself a mohawk and it was so pretty and soft on her she looked like a disney princess or a magical dear. Which is absolutely the opposite effect to what you expect from a mohawk.
😂that's hilarious. Your poor sister.
@@godslaya4563 She just said that she looked like a princess, are you blind?
That's so cute
@@moontears3887 Sounds like it wasn't the look she was going for though. You need to calm down.
Oh that is so interesting! I find gamines can have the most 'fun' and do crazy things and get away with it - even in a more conservative workplace, meanwhile Classic over here if she doesn't do her hair for one day she looks dreadful. 🤦
If you ever run out of video ideas I'd love to see instagrammers of different body types. Would be nice to be able to follow people who are wprking with same lines as you to get style inspiration :)
@J .S You can't say that about Gamines anymore.
www.truth-is-beauty.com/blog/its-a-good-time-to-be-gamine
J .S have u walked into a forever 21 lately ? bunch of gamine shapes (vintage inspired)
@kshiftkometh gamine has been in for at least 5 years!
Could you also do a video about posing for the body types??
Yess please
YES
aaahhhhh this is amazing
I think this same concept comes out too when people go to the hair stylist with haircuts on celebrities that they hope will make them look a certain way but it does not necessarily work worth their type the same way.
Exactly.
Interesting that you talked about Megan, because as a royal, she's unfortunately expected to wear stiffer fabrics so that they don't wrinkle - the opposite of what she looks good in! If you haven't already, you should read about all the clothing rules that royals have to follow. Also, have you typed Kate Middleton before?
@Tangerine Sky333 She seems to break the rules already quite a bit. In the more casual events she looks a lot better.
Yes I think it’s what people expect Meghan to wear now but it’s the natural style that suits her.
@@ChauntelleM And I see a lot of people insulting her compared to Kate because Meghan looks more messy in stiffer fabrics. I just wish that she could wear more flowy looser fabrics.
Her wedding dress was hideous, poor thing.
11:41 hm. I see your explanation, but I think the lady on the left looks way better in that dress than the lady on the right.
Love the video! Since my consult, I have cut my hair into a tasseled bob, colored it a more Natural color and I am loving it. I have also purchased clothes with more unconstructed lines and flowy fabrics for my Kibbe Natural type. Your consult was a game changer for me! Cant thank you enough!
We missed you Merriam!!! I really do wish Megan would wear more natural lines. I don't like how there is one perceived way to be classic. I feel like she lookes more elegant in her lines. With graduation and wedding season, it would be nice if you could touch on dresses hair and make up for the bodytypes.
Great selection of photos to compare outfits on different body types. Most of the outfits are exactly the same which really helps to see the difference in lines. I always thought Megan markle was a classic but she clearly looks fab in deconstructed lines.
Angelina Jolie in the black classic dress looks like Meghan Markle, as a lot of times I see Meghan wears classic. they are Natural body type for sure. wide bones.
S H In the past I would dress like a gamine thinking my face suited but my body was always too statuesque and wide for it. My body is just like Angelina and Meghan where we are short waisted with a wide torso and fawn-like legs. Thankfully I try to look for draped loose styles now in ditsy prints or floral for that French chic clothing style. My lines are complimented much better.
shouldn't classic suit all body types or at least not damage the look? I always tend to classic look even though I seem to fit dramatic or soft dramatic description.
@@julijakeit classic lines definitely looks decent on any body type, not the best nor worst but is a different body type wears them it brings out their own lines. Let's say a Romantic wear classic lines, it being out their rounded bones and sometimes look curvier with them compared to a classic.
@@julijakeit not really. I'm a natural and wearing classic, symmetric styles makes me look very 'trying too hard to be preppy' if that makes sense.
Always So fascinating to see how the same outfit looks on different body types . I feel like every women on this Earth should see this video , because I'm pretty sure it happens to EVERYONE. The "expectations VS reality" moment, when you realize what you pictured yourself looking like in that "amazing" outfit , revealed to be a total awkward fail/disaster 😂
Great video. I love how you were able to find the same or similar dress on different model/actresses
Man I really enjoy these video they're so entertaining to me for some reason? Lol I like the kibbe system but I prefer the style essences I really loved the ethereal/angelic one keep up the good work
Oh yes, your celebrity Kibbe videos are so fun Merriam, thank you 💝
Dear Merriam I have to respectfully disagree with you about Kate Middleton being a classic. Her shoulders are much wider than her hip and she has a very long torso and shorter legs. That’s why she always wears higher waistlines to make her legs look longer. I think she is Flamboyant Natural but wears classic dresses 90% of the times because of some outdated palace rules
This is the reason I have FAILED all my life at finding my style and my lines, lol. I see examples and try to look like the dramatics or naturals. There was a time when I wanted to be romantic...I have always rejected the classic lines because I find them boring. It’s definitely hard to play with classic lines to make them interesting but...baby steps😂
I think what makes classic interesting is that you can take one detail from another type and style it with classic clothes, and you'll instantly have the effect you want. My DC friend can look really badass just by wearing ripped jeans with the rest of her outfit being relatively plain and classic, while if I try that approach as a TR my softness comes through too much. I'd have to do a very different approach to get that effect. That one element is enough to make her outfit look really interesting without looking out of place, which I think is the power of the classics
Just as thehalfbloodserb said! If you're a dramatic classic, I don't have a video specifically, but I'd highly recommend that you watch my video on soft classics because I talk a lot about what halfblood was describing. And also you could watch are classics boring and gamines fun, where it's primarily Dramatic Classic vs Flamboyant Gamine!
thehalfbloodserb Yes, i remember Merriam talking about that. I am just very bad at styling so it’s taking me a while to figure it out 😊
Merriam Style I am pretty sure I am soft classic (my puffy cheeks don’t lie😂) I have to watch those again Merriam, I am such a slow learner😩
there's a youtube channel called stealthespotlight pretty sure the girl on there is a classic. You should check out all the crazy looks she can pull off.
can you do a video of feminine looks for each body type?
To piggyback on this, I'd like to also see more masculine/tomboy looks for the body types :)
@@ajujuadoidoi that would be great
yes , could be different videos specific feminine could be vague but maybe it's just me. like "sexy" " soft" "cute" looks for body types and yes also "Tomboy" "Masculine" "Androgynous" looks for different body type would be nice.
Yes please!!!
@J .S ?
Meghan has some lovely looks during the engagement period with Harry. The tartan coat outfit with the wide pants look amazing on her. There are also other coat looks for the engagement period with slim pants and wide that are covetable.
Jenna's beauty, charm and style always blow me away...
Even when you say she's not wearing her lines I still find her and the outfit nice
Thank you for Another amazing unique video love it!
. .I'd love to see one about the angelic style i think it's so interesting and there is very few information about it out there
This is such good content!! 👍🏻 they all look amazing until they are next to someone who it works better on. Incredible
I think the hardest thing is to find the right combinaisons to achieve the desire looks. For example, as a soft gamine I have a really hard time finding the rights combinaisons to look more sexy, more badass or more businesswoman when I want to. And many yang dominant types have a hard time looking more feminine and soft.
Amazing! Please make a video about the styles (not the body types) but rather the energy types...
I'd really apperiate it 😊 bless you angel
Dressing your truth? :)
@Tangerine Sky333 that is Amazing! Do you feel that having the artistic licence colours, kibbe body type and Dressing your truth is a perfectly complete system when you put them all together? It's been game changing! That's totally right! My mother who is a type 1/4 landed smack bang on soft gamine! And if you know Aly Art, she is also a type 1 from my own observation and she is also a soft gamine! Makes perfect sense that a type 1 would be gamine since the type 1 energy is a random mixture (and some type ones feel like they are a mixture of the energy types) and gamine is a random mixture of the other body types!! Sorry for the long response. I am so excited that somebody else knows dyt kibbe and Merriam :) I am trying to introduce Merriam and the kibbe body system to the Dressing your truth world. I am a type 4/2 energy type, and in kibbe, I am a theatrical romantic. 😊
@@archeraimsaarrow3864 nah it did not work me I think it's very limited I was talking about john kitchen psc look it up
@@lunamuna5305Cool just subscribed.
@Tangerine Sky333 Yeah I have to agree it can be limiting. I'm so happy I can stretch out and have more freedom with Merriam and kibbe and well now I'm checking out john kitchener. I think Carol is on to it for sure tho. Even tho I am a type 4 I see there being so many possibilities in the world of style. I thought it was very validating to Carols system however when I found out that my artistic color pallete was cool and delicate. The colours are like a perfect type 4/2 pallete. Like completely catered to that particular type blend that I am. So I see my type 4/2 coming up in my skin. Then my kibbe type, theatrical romantic, is a perfect blend between dramatic (which I'd consider to be type 4) and romantic, type 2. Which further suggests 4/2 for me. So the energy type 4/2 is showing through my bones and flesh. Then in dressing your truth my 4/2 comes out through my face in facial profiling. I was just taken back a little. I don't know if it works the same for everyone tho. Carol has broken her rules by wearing navy. She does incorporate different colours that are not type 3 into her style. So I feel like when the time is right she will go into that and share it with the dyt. I really just think her heart is set on helping people own who they are by recognizing it, healing it and honouring it.
Try to tell people this. They tell me oh I look good in everything.
Ba bablacksheep ha ha i have heard that too! “you look good in anything” but they have no idea how carefully you select your clothing or all the styles you have to say no to
11:34 I think it suits the blonde woman much better than it does on the right to the brunette woman.
The right one looks like she is wearing too much - the makeup and hair made her look old and the dress looks not good on her it made her look short and wide
but for the blonde lady it's perfect
mybe she poses right idk
It's not that the blonde one looks "bad" in the dress, it just that she looks more severe because the soft lines of the dress are in contrast with her sharper bones, and in sharper lines she looks softer. Which is not perse bad, just leaves a certain impression
I also didn't like the dress on the brunette as much as I did on the blonde, but then again I have found sharper bones and faces and skinnier bodies more attractive my whole life. Probably cause I'm the opposite of that, the only thing I have sharp on me is my chin 😁
What I am trying to say is that "bad" is not the best adjective here, it's just what looks more harmonic to one's eye, so there are going to be differences in impressions
@@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195 I think the brunette doesn't look o
put together overall. Like she needs more stuff and her hair is in the way. Also, the dress looks too long for her.
As always, fabulous video! Really enjoyable and informative. As a visual person, this type of video really helps explain and illustrate the kibble system. Thank you 😊
I love these comparison videos, thank you for taking the time to find such great examples! What are you thoughts on Meghan and Angelina, pure naturals, soft or flamboyant? Also, I would love a video on different looks for flamboyant naturals. You've explained the softer types so well in several videos and you a have a video on DC and FG, but I would love a more in-depth analysis of FN, like the one you did for SN. I really enjoy your videos, they're amazing!
I'm not Merriam but if you're interested I think that if you look at Angelina Jolie when she was young and before extreme weight loss she has lots of softer features and she also has a slightly shorter vertical line so I think she's SN. Meghan I don't know enough about but she seems neither soft at a normal weight nor have more Drama and a longer vertical line like a FN so Natural fits her the best out of those three imo :)
It is so helpful to see these comparisons, it helps us to recognize the features of the different types. Thank you, and I hope to see more comparison videos like this.
This was amazing I could really see the difference in all the examples of the beautiful ladies you showed. The Kate Middleton and Angelina jolie was so amazing both beautiful but look so different in other lines. All the examples were amazing I just couldn't remember all their names. Bravo Merriam❤
I always thought Angelina Jolie was dramatic! I guess sometimes naturals can be confused for a dramatic, due to a common feature like straightness.
Periwinkleeyes70 She’s also had surgeries to her face over the years and also dramatic weight loss from possibly stress and allegedly substance abuse.
Don’t copy an Instagramer unless you have the same kibbe type 😀
Please, what is kibbe?
@@uberhaute_naturalz84 David Kibbe created the body type system this woman is using in the video. Search up "David Kibbe body types" and look at Merriam Style's page further.
the title would be equally appropriate as "don't copy someone else's style"
Why you Instagrammer or follower? 🤭
@@rahnumajahanteethi3329 both but you should probably define your terms🤪
The comparison photo with Nicole Kidman was my favorite. I'm about the same height as Nicole Kidman, and I also can't wear clothes that look too small for my lines. I noticed it a long time ago, but I didn't know how to describe it. Thank you for making this video and explaining that phenomenon.
Could you please do Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathway and Kate Beckinsale? I would LOVE to know what are their body types! Could you do a list of celebrities for each body type??? THANK YOU!
I've heard that Sandra is a Natural type and that Anne Hathaway is a Classic type.
@@silverroxen2954 Thanks! Do you know what kind of Classic is Anne Hathaway?
Really good video to review all we are learning ;) You should hear Spanish media how they criticize Queen Letizia outfits, they should hear what you just have said.
I love this. Exactly what I needed. This is what brought me to Kibbe system. I am a Romantic body type and everyone around me growing up was like: "Why can't you be more Gamine, like that girl, I'm sure if you lost some weight..." or "I saw a Natural body type girl today, that was your hight and she looked amazing in her outfit and she also has a belly, like you, so you should dress the same" Obviously the names of the types never appeared in the conversation, but you know what I'm trying to say 😒
you knocked it out of the park with this one!
I love your videos, thank you for making these! can you do one for kibbe body types for men? I know Aly Art did one, but it was very brief and something more in depth would be amazing :)
Really nice insights Merriam! Could you make a video on distinguishing a soft classic from a theatrical romantic?
Diana Prince yess please
To me, a soft classic looks more aristocratic, elegant, and balanced whereas theatrical romantics are more like slightly sharper, mini-Marilyn Monroe’s. We’re very small dainty, rounded women. I’m a TR myself that’s why it’s easier to distinguish. I think I get Dramatic classics and TRs mixed because Megan Fox and Nina Dobrev sometimes wear theatrical romantic inspired looks and I think it looks good on them.
kat x I agree that Nina Dobrev often sports TR looks, especially in her days in the Vampire Diaries. So from my understanding now TR would be overall smaller and less proportionate than SC, with smaller hands and facial features. Is Olivia Culpo a TR then in your opinion? It would be interesting to know
Great to see the views getting higher quicker
Your work is paying off 👍👌👍👌👍👌👍
Great video, these things are so true. So ideally people should only copy looks from people of their own kibbe type then? Is it possible you could talk about the Kibbe types of popular fashion youtubers in a future video?
great examples and well explained. i'm definitelly enjoying all of your videos!
This stuff is frinkin' genius. Thank you Merriam!
Amazing! Such a fun video 😍.
Is Queen Latiza ( hope the spelling is correct) a natural? Also can Naturals be under average height and how do they avoid looking sloppy ( sorry but it happens to me) and wear the natural lines? Maybe it has to do with the cut?
This is a good video to point out we all have different strengths. Be kind to ourselves 😊
Kellie Gallagher I would guess she’s a natural, maybe even a flamboyant natural
That’s what I was thinking based on the description on her best style. Thanks 😊
another fabulous video Merriam :)
I love your vids and this is so well done! Great job!
I always love your videos. Beautifully done and engaging.
(Would you consider Sophia Myles a Soft Classic?)
Great Video, excellent explanations!
you don't even mention any instagrammers in this tho
Doesn't matter
Great video summarizing it!
Really enjoyed this video! This is a great introduction for newcomers to the Kibbe system. Keep up the good work, Merriam! I wonder if it’d be fun to explore various Kibbe types among models.. I have been doing some research and have found that models can include all the body types and not just naturals and dramatics. Such as Adriana Lima (theatrical romantic), Lily Aldridge (dramatic classic), Alexandra Daddario (romantic) and Jasmine Sanders (soft gamine?). Anyway, do let us know your thoughts about this! Much love
no offense but I think you got some wrong here.
That’s quite possible, I’m in no way knowledgeable in this subject. Can you please clarify which ones?
Adriana lima, she may have some D in her facial features (most models do) but her bones are mainly natural and dramatic, so way too much yang for a TR. Alexandra Dadarrio, same thing. Soft dramatic or soft natural maybe.
Gitte Van de velde well I had always wondered why Adriana and Alexandra were listed as romantics on certain online forums.. thanks for the clarification. I do agree with you on this. They have a lot of D in their faces but their skeletons are primarily yang, although in some pictures Adriana appears to have a short vertical line and answer D limbs, hands and feet. What are your thoughts, Merriam?
I have a pair of palazzo trousers with a thick waistband and a matching thick belt with black hardware. The trousers are, theoretically speaking, beautiful: it's a red, silk-like, flowy yet heavy fabric. And I FEEL good when I wear it. But when I look at a picture, it just looks...wrong. The thick waistband and belt is overly angular and stuff for my rather classic-romantic torso and the combination of it being wide leg, but a flowy fabric, yet a heavy fabric, is kind of off. I have also an a-line skirt high-waisted miniskirt in the same fabric and that looks a lot better.
Maybe do a video about hairstyles for the different body types
Real fun, thank you.
Your videos make me so happy 😍
this is so sweet omg
Lots of fun, and instructive!
Your bodytype/essence video arw my favorite. So interesting!!
What do you mean by "constructed" and "unconstructed"? Is it tailored vs untailored?
TheGreennblue more like fitted vs loose
For me, I view constructed clothing as clothes that have their own shape/form physically---whereas unconstructed clothing are clothes that have no particular shape and generally look more like limp fabric (which relies on a body to have it's own shape). For example a constructed dress will look as if someone is already wearing the dress, even if the dress is just laying flat---but a unconstructed dress will look more like a pile of fabric in comparison.
Can you do a video on how to tell the difference between a soft gamine and a theatrical romantic with examples? Thanks!
It's right here! czcams.com/video/bdwmzB6RJas/video.html
Great video!
Can I ask that you put the names of the celebrities with their Kibbe type in the description? I don't think you said what Kibbe Priyanka was and I was hoping to find more pictures of her in case she was a romantic like myself.
You mean Priyanka Chopra? She is soft dramatic--you could watch my video on comparing SN vs SD where I talk a lot about Priyanka!
Merriam Style Okay, thank you for your reply!
Lily Collins is a gamine?! Wow, I thought she was a classic, maybe soft classic. Learn something new everyday.
I can relate to this video because I love natural lines but I’m a soft dramatic (I think). I have a hard time figuring out what’s SD besides a gown. I have always gravitated towards boho clothing and tousled hair, hopefully I don’t look like a mess lol.
Lily is a soft gamine
Soft Natural lines can work if you're a SD, in my own experience it makes you look very cosy and relaxed but for everyday wear that isn't often a problem at all. FN can be a bit too sharp just like regular Dramatic and contrast but that doesn't have to be a bad thing it's all up to your taste :)
Don't you think she looks kind of like Audrey Hepburn?
These videos are so interesting! The comparisons are really useful. Question... is it possible to have natural bones if you have narrow wrists and ankles?
I have that same question.
This comment has nothing to do with the topic of this video but I wanted to leave it on a new video for people to see. I have a question:
I am 13 (almost 14) years old and I have been interested in the kibbe system for over a year. I have taken the test a couple of times but it’s quite hard since I am still a child. Do you (Merriam and the people reading this comment) think I am able to do it properly? My appearance will probably change a little as i grow up. I think Aly Art said in one of her videos that the kibbe type can be detected when the woman is 21 or something. Should I make some adjustments to the quiz or should I just wait a few years before taking it? Is it possible to type me although I am young?
Sorry for possible grammar mistakes. English is not my first language.
Personally, I think you can take the test, but don't be surprised if your body type changes soon too. I was 15 when I first took the test, and was a soft gamine.
In less than a year, all of my yang answers changed to classic ones, and now I'm a soft classic.
I am 18 and kind of in between a classic and gamine (mainly classic, but also some random yin and yang answers thrown in). But, maybe, I will evolve to being a (soft) classic when I get a bit older (I doubt it though, as I am kind of fullgrown) what will change the most, is probably your flesh and proportions though. If you've always had long, narrow bones they won't totally change. I you have always had full lips or big eyes or anything they won't either. You may already know a bit of a direction, but don't be sure as there can still change a bit and in some cases 3 answers being different can change a lot.
Why not take the test and dress according to the results, and then take it again as your body changes, and then dress for that different result? If you're only temporarily, say, soft gamine, why not just dress that way in the meantime.
As others have commented, you will have some gaminish features due to being a teenager but some features won't change, so consider those.
If you become a type quite distinct from gamine (as in you'll have barely any gamine answers) you might notice more changes soon, maybe at 15/16. For me I noticed a major change at that age (my figure become more full and romantic) and gamine lines no longer suited me fully even though I had teenage angularity until I was 18.
Otherwise dress as the type you are now and adapt as your body grows.
I agree with all of these comments. You could take the test now and dress according to the results, and then take it again later since you'll need to buy new clothes later anyway. When I turned 13 I was five foot six. When I turned fourteen I was five foot ten.When I turned 17 I was 5 foot 11 and a half. My stepmom and Grandma dressed me in gamine styles which became progressively weirder as I aged. My mom dressed me in ingenue styles until I was 21. Now I'm wearing soft natural with ingenue essense styles and feel much more comfortable. My point is that while you're still young other people will dress you in styles that may not end up being the real you. Teenage years are a good time to experiment with fashion.
Amazing examples!!
Who is the lady on the left at 1.24? I can’t seem to catch her name properly I would love to look her up and look at some her other outfits.
Is Emma Stone a natural? And which one, pure, soft or flamboyant?
What’s the full names the two ladies in the thumbnail? I didn’t catch it
Thylane Blondeau (left) 🙂
Hi Merriam I like your videos, thanks. I just want you to know that queen leticia is a DC. She is very narrow, she is a pure vertical line, her essence, her way of speaking and her clothes are Dramatic Classic. And kate middleton for me is a natural: very wide shoulders and no hips at all. Actually the natural grey dress she is stunning. Her smile and essence and body is for me a natural. She has to dress following the classic royal style but she is much better with a pair of jeans and a loose shirt.
Nice and fun and very enjoyable 👍🏻👍🏻❤️
Thank you for this great video. Please can someone tell me what body type miss Higgins has..
Thank you for this video!
Hi Merriam.. Can one be 5 feet 6 inch tall and not have voluptuous torso and still be called romantic? You typed me romantic but I don't look like the kibbe examples.
thank you merriam, this video was so interesting, as always! i think this method is the best way to show sceptical people that Kibbe's system isn't bs at all... btw, i'm so glad to find out Thylane Blondeau is the same body type as me, I always thought she was so beautiful!!!
i don't know if there are french speakers here but me & my bestfriend created a blog about Kibbe to spread the word to french girls!!! We only have 2 articles right now, all about passing the test and the results. I leave the link just in case! 13bodytypes.home.blog/
and since we have more time to publish instagram posts for now i invite you to follow us on our instagram account : instagram.com/13bodytypes/
plus, no need to speak french to understand those posts!!!
thank you, bye!!!
Oh mais c'est génial !!!!!! N'hésitez pas si vous avez besoin d'aide pour des articles par exemple. En tout cas c'est une très bonne idée d'avoir fait un blog en français !
Je viens de m'abonner au compte Instagram ^^
EDIT : Et vous avez très bien expliqué les 13 body types (en plus avec les exemples et les réponses, c'est top !). Petite chose, pas très importante mais qui serait bien ce serait d'écrire les noms des célébrités que vous "utilisez" pour chaque type. Il y a par exemple une femme que je trouve super belle (la deuxième sur la première ligne, où vous montrer les visages des Classics). Ça permettrait de les chercher sur Internet pour voir les vêtements qu'elles portent et ce qui nous plaît le plus pour s'en inspirer.
Loveseconde merci beaucoup !!! Tu t’y connais en Kibbe aussi ? C’est super ! On répond aux suggestions si tu veux, et toutes les critiques sont bienvenues :)
@@diffsiuhgr4578 Je regarde beaucoup de vidéos là-dessus, je suis plus douée pour voir le Yin/Yang dans les vêtements (et donc voir à quels types de corps ils pourraient aller) par contre dire à quel type appartient telle ou telle personne, ça j'ai encore du mal.
@@diffsiuhgr4578 Je m’entraîne encore sur les Little Mix, je ne sais pas si vous connaissez, mais étant donné que c'est un girl-band et que sur scène elles doivent toutes être dans le même "thème" (comme tous les groupes), je trouve ça plus intéressant de voir comment elles arrivent à ce but plutôt que de prendre les célébrités une à une.
Je dirais par exemple Jesy Nelson en Natural, Jade Thirlwall en Soft Gamine, mais Perrie Edwards et Leigh-Anne Pinnock je ne sais pas (peut-être Dramatic Classic pour la première et theatrical romantic pour la deuxième ?) Mais bon, j'apprends toujours ^^
Who is Thielen? I’m trying to google her for more soft natural lines. 🙂
Lol I don't even follow or go on Instagram.....😜
lol, I also don't.....just trying to get the idea out to more people! One of my soft classic coworkers copied instagrammers and since she's soft classic (in the middle so nothing looked too separate from her), she looked fine, but still, it inspired me way back then to eventually make a video like this.
Yay, I am progressing, now I can easily type natural and dramatic women. I am still confused if I am gamine, romantic or classic haha. Btw, what kind of body type has the lady in 12:28?
Have you tried doing Merriam's method of trying on different dresses and figuring out which lines look best/worst on you? I found that really helped me
12:28 is a dramatic! :)
@@thehalfbloodserb Thanks, still not but I will try to look what I have in my wardrobe. I think the "problem" is that I have a classic or gamine face, but I feel that my body is gamine (because I have long arms and legs + my height is short, 152 or so), however I have defined waist and big hips (which I think are romantic), but my legs are really muscular and not soft. It is still confusing but the more I learn, the sooner I will figure out which type I am. Thank you for replying :)
@@merriamstyle Thank you :)
@@sandramorales6647 No worries :) Merriam did have a video on how mismatched face and body shapes can work, not sure if that helps. It sounds to me like you might be a soft gamine, though that's just from the details you've mentioned.
I relate somewhat since I have a completely romantic body with a soft gamine/ingenue face so I sometimes feel like I might be more gaminish, but dramatic lines look bad on me, soft natural and soft gamine okay if styled right, and (theatrical) romantic fits perfectly. Hence me recommending this method :)
Who is the left girl on the thumbnail in a pink dress ? she looks very pretty 😍😍
I was wondering if you’d be able to do a video on the different body types during pregnancy. As a soft gamine, I know defining my waist makes a huge difference - but I won’t have a waist for the next 9 months lol. What can I do to keep from looking like a complete butterball?
Please Merriam, I need dramatic classic!!
Wow this was so informative
What is the actual difference between short and long? I consider myself short at 165cm, i hear in some places this is average.
I want you to tell me what body type I am and what's suits me cause I just can't spot it 😭😂
Really great video thank you!
Hi great job! So I'm a soft dramatic how do i get rock chic or minimalistis or a camping look or as a construction worker how do i make it look good? We do different things in our lives and still want to look good. Thank you.
What is 6 Es, 4 Bs, 3 Cs, 2 Ds, 1 A?
Hey I got all Es but 2 or three Ds that means I am a romantic right? pretty sure but if so can you give me some tips on how to dress for my type while still remaining modest as I am not into tight fitting things (I feel that romantic ia often recommended things that accentuate the figure especially the waist).
What exactly constitutes "modest" for you? Maybe you could try dresses or tunics cut on the bias, traditionally made from flowy materials like chiffon, voile, linen, velvet and charmeuse. They're not tight fitting, especially if you buy them loose, yet still follow the bodyline. You might also like a cropped jacket since it obscures the waist a bit but still has that high-waisted definition. Harem pants of course sit fitted at the waist but are otherwise very loose and drapey, and then fitted at the ankle. You might also throw your energy less into fit if that really bothers you, and more into finding soft, lightweight materials, soft ruffles and rounded shapes and patterns especially at the neckline. Soft hair and colors, etc.
That's a tough one, honestly. Really curvy figures can look like they're wearing tents if clothes don't have some sort of fittedness, the struggle is real. And even with the tent effect the boobs & butt still stick out because they're there and they always will. I still remember my mom making me try on pair after pair of jeans trying to find one that was "loose" around the butt, and guess what Mom, that doesn't exist when you're curvy. To this day I always feel afraid of looking "inappropriate" no matter what.
This is so real. I don’t know what looks best on me. I think I’m a gamine, but when I try to wear what I’ve learned to be gamine-type clothing...they don’t work. It’s so frustrating.
Are you maybe a Soft Gamine trying out Flamboyant Gamine clothing or the other way around? As a Soft Dramatic most of the lines of a regular Dramatic deviate too much from myself and just doesn't work like you said yourself while SD works perfectly
M I see what you mean. I think that I’m trying regular gamine clothing when I’m actually a flamboyant gamine. I have extremely long limbs to the point where people think that I’m taller than I am (I’m 5’4”). And they’re quite slender like a Dramatic. My body type is very close to Alexa Chung’s but with longer arms and a smaller waist. But my face looks quite soft I think, which you can see in my profile pic, and I only gain weight either in my chest or butt area.
If you think you're FG, try skinny jeans and a tight tshirt as a narrow base, and wear a third layer (jacket is best, no knits) with an asymmetrical, irregular cut. The jacket also should be short, not too long, and boxy, without much waist emphasis (because FG body type is "boxy"in general). And colorful, asymmetric, angular, more chunky jewellery (earrings, eg). Thats the typical FG look. If you are this type, this outfit will look stunning on you!!!
At 10:30. So what is Angelina Jolie's body type?
What is the woman’s name at 1:30 ? We have the same bone structure
The more videos I watch, the more confused I am. I simply have NO CLUE at all, which body type I could be!?
I have the typical hour glass shape, but put me into romantic, cute dresses with quillings, and I will look like a Hippo in a princess dress...
It's so interesting, but really NOT that easy...
Try answering the test first and see from there 😃
@@hoebihoebi2536 For sure, I answered the questions several times...
Everything sounds like a TR, but I'm too tall (170 cm, 5'7'')..... this is confusing for me!?
@@Drunkenjeanny actual height doesn't matter most of the time but rather how tall you look, instead of focuing on height, keep in mind of your silhouette. Rihanna is TR and she's around 5'8. Maybe try Soft Natural too.
@@hoebihoebi2536 I always thought, I would look like my normal size. or appear slightly taller... But as I'm watching pictures of me, it could be, that my head is a bit bigger than normal. (Which then vice versa means, I appear smaller, right?)
Aw, it's difficult.
Mila Kunis for Example is TR an doesn't have a real waist or hips at all, when looking at her in a bikini.
The "lines" though! So I finally know that I am a romantic but I can't find any clothes that suit me. Everytime I think I found romantic lines and I try them on, they don't look right. (Even the ladies selling the clothes agree.) For example I thought I should go for flowy skirts but I'm told I look lost in these. O confused
Romantic lines are also somewhat fitted. I've seen so many people mistake soft natural lines for romantic lines. A long flowy skirt can quickly become soft natural.
@@merriamstyle Thank you Merriam. It would be great if you could eventually please make a video on how to tell the difference between romantic and soft natural clothes. 😁
You sound like Aly Art
Isnt Nicole Kidman a dramatic not natural?
But wait... Kate Middleton is classified as FN almost everywhere? She *dresses* like a Classic, but her build is pretty sturdy, like a Natural?
I personally think she is a (dramatic) classic. She looks too 'dainty' to me to be a natural and I think she looks great in classic symmetrical lines.
Those certainly are words you’re using 🤣
First? ❤
I actually think Svetlana looks much better
Your videos are great but it is so annoying how you are constantly apologizing making sure you say every look is beautiful. Isn’t the point to show what works better. Aggh it’s beyond annoying.
Third.
Conclusion: Meghan wasn't born for the royal lifestyle. 🤣
Also, that dress in the thumbnail is horrendous.