I'm pretty sure I'm a TR but it is tough for me to understand what clothes are SG/G vs R/TR. Your videos are super helpful for that. I am a tomboy at heart so I often feel overdressed and awkward in the super romantic stuff. On a quest to find yin flattering but not girly. Love your channel.
Yes, I think there's a lot of overlap between different Kibbe Types like you said. Which could be good because that means it might not look very separate if you wear elements from those other types. Amen to the tomboy stuff! Yeah, I have a more boyish personality than my body, but I believe personality is the most important part of style! Thank you!
I think I'm a TR, but I have come at terms with the romantic/yin side, so what I do is play with gamine accesories. Hayley Williams, Kristen Stewart, Billie Eillish (to me) represent that dance between yin and yang.
You are a SG majesty to me! I think your shoulder line gives you a substance which is often missing on the purely flesh-dom R, and you rock cropped hair in classic G style. I’m a Romantic body with Gamine essence and face, and I need to accommodate curves much more than in these outfits which look so good on you.
First off, if I was your friend, I would want to give you a hug and say you don’t look puffy or bloated you look beautiful, don’t feel worried about that. Secondly, I think because your hair and lipcolor are in contrast to your skin, the clothes that reflect that contrast look really good. That sweater with the white collar is adorable. If you chose later on that you want pastel hair or lighter lipstick, you could change your clothes accordingly. And play around with your glasses color to add dimension as well! Also, Salma Hayek is a theatrical romantic and has a similar bone structure in her face. I am pretty certain I am soft gamine. After watching your video and looking at myself, I could see my body actually has more angularity than I noticed before. I think a lot of SG types have long straight waist and short legs. You have more TR features than you realize. One other note, it’s tricky to see comparatively when the jeans are the same in all the outfits. Maybe you could try looks with different leg shapes and colors. If you tried some with color-blocking and some with more monochromatic and then maybe some straight leg and wide leg pants. I am 5’2” with a straight waist and for some reason tapered legs just never look good on me. I think a cropped wide leg would look great on you.
Haha thank you! Even though I hate beauty standards, sometimes they mess with my head, so thanks for reminding me there's nothing wrong with how I look. Yeah, I think that contrasting makeup could be a good way for yin types to pull off a little bit of yang. And I think that the hair and glasses can help to pull off different looks like you said. I noticed that my hair color tends to influence my overall color pallet, so hair can be very powerful for pulling off different looks. Interesting! Yeah, I feel sharper than a pure romantic, but sometimes softer than gamines. Haha, and people do tend to compliment me in my TR shirts more than other shirts! And it's interesting that you can see that your body is more yang than mine in comparison. I agree that I have a lot of yin and could be a yin type, but it is tricky for my personality being less yin than my body. Yes, I've definitely had some pants challenges, and it's hard to find pants that fit right. But I see what you mean with wearing different pants for different outfits! It's interesting that you are petite but you can handle more yang pants--that sounds like a gamine to me. Thanks for the suggestion! I've tried cropped wide leg pants and I like them, but some people think they don't harmonize with how little my calves are. Haha, I guess I just can't please everybody!
I looked up Harriet McJimsey’s book online. She says ,”the gamin is the yin version of the natural yang.” She also says gamin is like little and boyish whereas ingenue is akin to little girlish. I never thought of the gamine type like a small version of a natural! My Christmas present this year is to get professionally typed so I don’t have to guess anymore. I had to submit various outfit photos in different lines and that was also very helpful in itself.
If you feel softer than gamines I think it’s still worth considering soft gamine! I remember someone saying that they can be a lot softer than people expect. Also if you’re feeling dissonance between your personality and kibbe type you might find kitchener’s essence system easier to use? Or even the older systems like McJimsey’s?? They both account more for personality imo! But regardless of the system, your personal expression matters. You’re so right about how you can’t please everyone and how beauty standards can mess with us. At the end of the day what matters is your comfort and that you’re having fun!!! Some of my favourite clothes have been ones that people around me hate, but just because it isn’t for them doesn’t mean it’s not for me!
I love the gamine lines for you! Also, just toying with ideas for when things feel too yin or not gamine or fun enough-- with the collared pieces, I think a sort of collar link/jewelry would look awesome! (Not great at explaining it lmao for gamine, maybe some funky jewel that pins onto each collar, with a little chain in the middle. I've seen some before, idk if this makes any sense)
Wow, you have an amazing eye for detail and communicate it so clearly. Very fun exploration here of R vs. G. Stumbled on your channel, on video 2 now. Thank you!! I heard the idea once, MAYBE on Truth Is Beauty blog?, of dressing for the essence of specific body sections. Like so your "yin" bust being dressed here in Romantic shirts while keeping the rest more overall Gamine. They said it in a makeup context, like say "Ingenue" makeup on someone's Ingenue eyes but then maybe their cheekbones are more dramatic so "Dramatic" blush. My theory is maybe Gamines do well with choppy, staccato, surprising opposites so could especially do well with that compartimentalizing - as opposed to say a Classic wanting everything to subtlely blend evenly together. Maybe these mom jeans would look even better on you in say black? Ok gonna actually finish watching this video now haha
Ok and after now watching rest of the video. Everything you described made absolute perfect sense. I agree with it all. I've seen tons of content and conversations online on Kibbe types and style and stuff and this is my first time seeing someone talk about their queerness and gender exploration stuff with it. Here for it. Loving it.
Thank you so much! Yeah, I like the idea of compartmentalizing opposite essences for gamines like you said! And I could definitely try out mom jeans in black. Haha, welcome to the channel!
The SG outfits make me feel like I know you personally and the TR outfits make me feel like you are a person I’m watching on youtube if that makes sense. I think your personality really shines through in the Gamine lines. I’m just learning about kibble body types and as someone who tends toward genderfluid but I’m almost always fem presenting this has been so helpful! I think I’m TR but might have some gamine as well. I wasn’t sure how to incorporate the elements without feeling too fem. I feel so confused about dress the right one makes me feel beautiful but sometimes I just can wear them. Your videos have really helped me understand better what’s yin or yang and how to balance them.
Soft gamine all day. You definitely need contrast. Color blocking looks fantastic. I think most people are a mix of 2-4 types. Best thing is to classify your parents and then compare to what you think you are. My mom is a soft natural and my father is some type of gamine. I’m a mix of both!
You may be a flamboyant gamine like Kelly Osborne. You look similar to her imo. Try some FG lines just to see how that works for you. Another thing you should consider is your essence. You have a gamine essence, so that could be why you don't feel like yourself in girly lines. That's more for ingénue essence. Hope this helps. 😊
Definitely some flavor of gamine! The mix of staccato and soft lines really works on you. Are you considering color analysis as well or is that something you would do later?
Thank you! I want to learn more about color analysis, because I don't know much about the 12 seasons. I also want to cover the 4 seasons color analysis. I believe I have a cool and muted complexion, but I think I can sometimes pull off cool bright colors, cool deep colors, and warm muted colors. So, yes, I think that's an excellent video idea!
@@bejolley1308 The 12-season system definitely helped me--thanks in part to my late mother's enthusiasm for color analysis, I was typed as an Autumn as a child, but I didn't pin down what subtype of Autumn until recently. I have to say, pairing my Dramatic lines with a Dark Autumn palette has been an exciting time. Looking forward to seeing the results for you!
First of all, you are gorgeous. Now, about your body type, I have a feeling you are a soft gamine with some classic essence in your face, and I can’t say why, I could see you shining in Rockabilly lines.. Thank you for the video 😊
I'm stuck between soft gamine, theatrical romantic and soft natural. Very Curvy on my hips and bum. 5'4 tall. Smaller waist. Fleshy arms and legs. I do not look good in super feminine lines but also not super straight angular lines. HELP! Lol. I think your soft gamine.
That can be tough if you have yin mixed with some soft yang! Have you tried slightly more relaxed lines, like Soft Natural? If you have some soft yang, you could test to see how relaxed of lines you can pull off. If you're swallowed by pure natural lines, then you might not be soft natural. You could also try to make a soft gamine outfit of a mix of yin and soft yang lines, like a feminine top with a more relaxed jacket or cropped wide leg pants. Or you could try a theatrical romantic top mixed with looser bottoms/ or a relaxed top with tighter bottoms. I do believe it's possible to be a mixture of more than one type, or have a different essence from your type, so I think that the "rules" don't always have to be black and white. Sorry for this long reply, but hopefully something helped! Thanks for your opinion, so far, most people think that I'm a soft gamine!
Wow, great way to figure things out. I can absolutely see why there is so much confusion. But I'm convinced you are soft gamine. This really helped me figure myself out too. I'm now positive I'm romantic. Well, at least in the romantic family. 😅
I just noticed this video, I'm sorry for double posting since I posted my humble opinion (with too long of an explanation, haha) on your SN vs. SG. video :) But once again I think that you're a pure Natural! (I know that Kibbe doesn't recognize some pure types anymore, and I think it's a crime, because so many people are closer to being pure than they are to the more yin or yang sides of the spectrum.) I think the reason why you feel bloated in some of these outfits is that 1) they are cinching your shoulders, waist, and ankles, plus creating round lines - whereas your bones are rectangular and slim, hence the clothes are creating "circle" shapes on a "rectangle" body and therefore they're adding "visual weight" to your body. (This is a VERY bad analogy, but imagine trying to wrap a balloon around a straw = the straw would get lost inside the round balloon and not look like its real self1) 2) your pants are shortened and high-waisted, and since your bones are long (for your petite size), they give the illusion that your pants are too small for you. You would probably look amazing in pants that are just a little bit lower than the ankle, or even some wide leg pants that completely hide your foot (also a lowered waist). But at 11:23, notice how outfit #4 gives you enough "space" in your arms by being a bigger and looser sleeve type, plus #4 creates a squarish shoulder shape for you and really matches the "rectangular" shape that you already have, hence your shoulders don't look "undefined / invisible" anymore :)
Definitely gamine! I didn't watch the whole video just the first part. But. The 'romantic' tops are too yin on you - you don't actually look feminine in them because you're not quite yin enough. I'm 99% sure I'm a (soft) gamine and I, too, look super cute in a high neckline. A button-down shirt buttoned all the way up actually looks cute, and I look feminine in it! You have to balance it with hair and makeup - now your hair is really short, so it's a bit on the yang side, BUT you can part it on the side (gamine) and then add feminine elements like jewelry and makeup. When I had a pixie cut, I found that dangle earrings were the perfect pairing with the short hair (AND you could really see them, unlike with long hair!) You look a lot like me with a rounder jaw, I have more square jaw - but I think soft gamine fits for me, and for you. You look really cute with the high necklines and the cuffed pants (which are gamine!). In the gamines, you look like yourself - in the romantics you look like you're trying to dress up. Hope it helps!
Some sort of gamine for sure. Are you comfortable wearing shorts, or shorts over colourful tights/leggings? They can give you this playful gamine colour blocking.
Thanks for your input! I'm a little insecure wearing shorts, but I think they look really good on gamines because of their cropped lines. It makes me think of how good Becky G looks with crop tops and shorts. Maybe I'll buy a pair and try it out!
Very nice to see you trying different styles, which not many youtubers do. I can really see what works for Gamine, and I think I am that body type myself too. I think you can pull off chunky boots, tight trousers and sharp jacket kind of looks well, something with mixed attitude and playfullness. Great insight! Subscribed 👌
I thought I was romantic, but I also have broader shoulders, but I have a wider frame. I'm short, but don't look as short as I am. Turns out I'm soft natural and I feel so much better in those lines. The romantic lines on you make you look like you're wearing someone elses clothes almost. Or like when someone more masculine has to wear a dress to the family event because their mom insists, if that makes sense. Not nearly as awkward as shane from the L word in that quinceanera dress though, but it still looks a little off
Thank you for making this video and putting yourself 'out there'. I found this so helpful to see the lines on someone else. But more than that, how the lines were making you 'feel', was helpful to me. Like you, i can were outfits that are objectively nice, but they dont 'feel' good. I think tuning into that inner voice and trusting your gut is important when you're stuck between two kibbe types. Anyway, thank you, loved watching this, and for the record, i think you're a fabulous SG. X
Hi! I love this last outfit on you! It looks so put together and gentle! I think you’re not R and even not SG. I would consider SN. This last outfit looks SN for me and I absolutely love it.
You look ok in R lines but you don’t shine in them it’s like I see the clothes first and than you, in the moment you put on this contrasting colors and lines you just shine it’s so amazing actually, I think SG for sure ! For the longest time I was doubting if I am really a R because I typed myself first as a SC but now that I see your comparison videos they helped me realize how romantic I dress even without realizing it and also when I trying some SC outfits they felt so boring and lacking detail for me! It’s a journey for everyone and I am so grateful for your videos they helped a lot ! Have a great day and lots of love ! :)
Thank you for sharing these videos with us! I am on a similar style and gender expression journey and it's been difficult to figure out 1. what even looks or feels "right" on me vs 2. what I'm supposed to "want" to look like (conventionally pretty & feminine) vs 3. what I want to look like in my head (skinny tall rockstar guys). I will never actually achieve either 2 or 3 so now I've got to figure out what 1 is.
You're welcome! And amen to that! I definitely feel a disconnect between my body and personality at times, and it can be hard to decipher what I actually want to look like. Haha, I also have polar opposites in masculinity and femininity in my personality, so I go back and forth a lot! I've realized that sometimes I just have to disregard society's ideas of what looks good in favor of what feels good. And I can definitely relate to wanting to look like a skinny tall rockstar guy while looking the complete opposite! :)
I vote gamine! But the better colors for you were in some of the romantic looks: the red shirt, the black, etc. I liked the body suit ,but a different color would have been better!
What helped me with a firm decision was comparing your image when you put on a piece of top close up to your neck and another open round neck piece. The difference was Huge for me, the open round neck was 100 times better, I know I am a romantic
I am finding it difficult to classify you into romantic or sg because 1. You have some natural essence(mc jimsey classification) in your facial features. 2. So even if you were a romantic, a romantic style top might not look at home on you, unless you add some natural essence details to your top too 3. And given your natural facial essence, a more yang dominant gamine top might also look good on you, making it difficult to classify you 4. So please try sg and romantic tops with some natural details to them, as that would neutralise the natural essence in your face n make it easier to determine your sg vs romantic body type 5. If you have not already considered it, plz try out soft natural too 6. I don't mean to offend your dressing style at all, n if I do. I am really sorry. If you are still finding it difficult to determine your type. . .plz try out some dresses with romantic n sg lines,but u don't have to buy them. Just try them out, take some pics for your reference, n walk out of the store without buying them. Again, I am not pushing you to wear dresses, it's sometimes easier to determine your body type if you try different silhouettes. Just use the dresses as an instrument to figure out your body type. . . N then you do you 😃
I loved the vid! I wonder if you might be FG with ingenue (the softness) and gamine essences. Gabrielle arruda has videos on kibbe + essences. She hasn’t done gamine essence yet.
Ik this video was done a while ago but to me you like a mix between romantic and natural Bc you have a lot of width in your shoulders but also a soft appearance with very rounded and boneless feeling to u. That’s why that polka dot shirt suited you more out of the romantic outfits. Cuz it works well with the width and the softness.
Romantic is just a bit too cutesy on you. Gamine looks clearly suit you better. You look so much happier in the gamine outfits. That has to be right for you.
I love number one most on you, and number 7, leggings with the blazer. These blazers look great on you. But outfit number one and seven look the best on you imo 😸 I vote soft gamine
While I love and agree with the commentary, the outfits don't really speak Romantic at all - I think the first issue is starting with thick-material jeans haha... If we wear jeans, it's the skinny kind with the most stretch you can get. Anything else will make me feel bloated and gross and no matter how big or small the jeans are, *I* feel big in them. Then goes the tops; they have sharp necklines and harsh contrast to the skin and your jean color, taking it away from the softness of 100% yin. The mock-neck is also filled with a too-tight neckline, straight knit texture and.. yeah. With an open, draped neck it would be something more Romantic-fitting. Soo, I'd say, yes, with these examples, the Soft Gamine fits you so much more, haha. But I'd recommend still trying out some full yin outfits (say, candy colored lace tops or super intricate open neckline mohair sweaters etc, paired with a thinner fabric pants or a satin mermaid skirt), to see even more how that goes with your lines. I think your face reads very soft and rounded when in the SG lines - so it's personable and fun for you to wear, but it's not exactly "as God made you" kind of a deal, if you get what I mean. But hey, it is incredibly tricky to find Romantic-fitting clothes in today's fashion world - it seems like no matter how I try, all clothing pieces have some sort of yang-element to them, and in need of some tailoring to be truly fitting for my lines. We are the only 100% yin body ID after all - the fashion industry does not really need to cater to us to make money
Yeah, I think it's interesting how people can have an ambiguous mixture of features or a different essence from their body type. And it can also be hard if your personality doesn't match the stereotype of your Kibbe Type.
I have the same problem… but I think I’m really the combination of romantic and gamine… but not in the way of a soft gamine. I definitely believe there should be a romantic gamine.
I'm a romantic / ingenue.... You look definitely like you're part of the Gamine family Romantics are round in slightly wide round shape make the body so round shapes would be everywhere on the romantic a romantic would be double curved Gamine have a mixture of shapes and looking at you have a bunch of mix shapes going on.... because I have round eyes ,round lips ,round face & double curved I definitely look like two circles sitting on top of each other I'm just rounded everywhere but you look mixed and not like you have all circles to you that's why I would say you can definitely can pull off some Yang styles more than some of the more yin styles and you mentioned the classics....classics look more mature to me they have that elegant look to them that's not the energy I'm getting from you it more like Emma Watson who I think is the original gamine type ..... Gamine can look younger but not all gamine look young like Ariana grande and I think someone typed her as flamboyant gamine with ingenue essence .. Halle Berry doesn't have a ingenue essence she has a more mature face and Halle Berry is typed as soft gamine ...you're giving me edgy teen/ tomboyish /rebellious look not sensual or sexy or elegant/ classy or girlish teen type of energy so you could be the original gamine the one that looks boyish or soft gamine the one has a more teenage girly or you can also be a blended type like me Hope this helps best of luck to you
Tbh you give drew Barrymore...🤷🏻♀️ I feel like you are pretty yin and could be a romantic but it's clashing with your personality. The bloating you see might be mainly in the face because you have very short hair. Not sure. Either way, how the clothes make you feel is more important.
I think your pants do not go with both style you are trying…too long for both style, stiff…I see a similarity in your face with Salem Halek,…I think if you wear a flare pants close to your body, this will be in balance with your nice shoulders, and the bag not across, more a clutch one…❤ I personally prefer the first tops with a more suitable pair of pants…you’ll rock
I like the black tops with patterns with the lighter color jeans. Your hair is similar color to mine. I'm 53. Let my dye fade totally, cut it all away back in mid-June. I have a VERY similar figure, and I'm also 5'2". Merriam typed me "romantic ", but I don't feel "womanly" enough to pull off the romantic vibe. So, I'm working on color palette right now. I've gone through about HALF of all the colors I own. I've seriously figured out that I am "soft autumn " in color palette. I'm needing my pants to be a bit lighter than my tops--that looks "right" in photos. I need whole dresses, not blouse/skirt combo-- that never works for me!! I feel more myself in chunkier shoes, when possible. I can pull off cropped pants AND wide-legged loose trousers. I can pull off leggings very well, too. My face always looks full in photos.... I don't look right at all in angular collars!!!! People comment that I look "puffy". Five pounds gained or lost gets the "Have you lost/gained weight?" comments. I know you will figure this out soon. I like your videos and personality. I just want to tell you -- I'm a believer in Jesus. I disagree with the LGBTQ lifestyle because in the Bible, God's word lists it as sin. However, I want to be clear that God loves YOU. He made you unique and for purpose. And there are many sins listed in scripture. My husband is an alcoholic. I wish he were not. He can't stay away from it. He's tried rehabs and he has left by the 5th day everytime. I haven't given up on him yet. He has many good qualities. A narcissist mother, no daddy, an abusive step daddy for a few years, childhood sexual abuse once from an adult male, etc. , childhood neglect and emotional abuse from his mother --- these all contributed to how he became an alcoholic. I'm using alcoholism as a topic because scripture also says "drunkards" will not enter Heaven. This man is a believer in Jesus, too. Anyhow, I just want you to know that as I've watched your videos, I feel a caring about your soul. When I see your videos pop up, I'm going to pray for you right then. What is your first name? Do you have any specific needs today that I can pray about?
Lol, then don't watch this video. I know them and they're a really sweet and awesome person, and they work really hard on their videos. If you don't like it, then just watch something else. There's absolutely no reason to be rude.
Definitely Gamine. Animation and contrast suit you.
Thank you!
You don't look bad in any of the Romantic looks, but it's obvious how much the Gamine lines just "sing" on you! What about a video of SG vs. G vs. FG?
I'm pretty sure I'm a TR but it is tough for me to understand what clothes are SG/G vs R/TR. Your videos are super helpful for that. I am a tomboy at heart so I often feel overdressed and awkward in the super romantic stuff. On a quest to find yin flattering but not girly. Love your channel.
Yes, I think there's a lot of overlap between different Kibbe Types like you said. Which could be good because that means it might not look very separate if you wear elements from those other types. Amen to the tomboy stuff! Yeah, I have a more boyish personality than my body, but I believe personality is the most important part of style! Thank you!
I think I'm a TR, but I have come at terms with the romantic/yin side, so what I do is play with gamine accesories. Hayley Williams, Kristen Stewart, Billie Eillish (to me) represent that dance between yin and yang.
You are a SG majesty to me! I think your shoulder line gives you a substance which is often missing on the purely flesh-dom R, and you rock cropped hair in classic G style.
I’m a Romantic body with Gamine essence and face, and I need to accommodate curves much more than in these outfits which look so good on you.
First off, if I was your friend, I would want to give you a hug and say you don’t look puffy or bloated you look beautiful, don’t feel worried about that.
Secondly, I think because your hair and lipcolor are in contrast to your skin, the clothes that reflect that contrast look really good. That sweater with the white collar is adorable. If you chose later on that you want pastel hair or lighter lipstick, you could change your clothes accordingly. And play around with your glasses color to add dimension as well!
Also, Salma Hayek is a theatrical romantic and has a similar bone structure in her face. I am pretty certain I am soft gamine. After watching your video and looking at myself, I could see my body actually has more angularity than I noticed before. I think a lot of SG types have long straight waist and short legs. You have more TR features than you realize.
One other note, it’s tricky to see comparatively when the jeans are the same in all the outfits. Maybe you could try looks with different leg shapes and colors. If you tried some with color-blocking and some with more monochromatic and then maybe some straight leg and wide leg pants. I am 5’2” with a straight waist and for some reason tapered legs just never look good on me. I think a cropped wide leg would look great on you.
Haha thank you! Even though I hate beauty standards, sometimes they mess with my head, so thanks for reminding me there's nothing wrong with how I look.
Yeah, I think that contrasting makeup could be a good way for yin types to pull off a little bit of yang. And I think that the hair and glasses can help to pull off different looks like you said. I noticed that my hair color tends to influence my overall color pallet, so hair can be very powerful for pulling off different looks.
Interesting! Yeah, I feel sharper than a pure romantic, but sometimes softer than gamines. Haha, and people do tend to compliment me in my TR shirts more than other shirts! And it's interesting that you can see that your body is more yang than mine in comparison. I agree that I have a lot of yin and could be a yin type, but it is tricky for my personality being less yin than my body.
Yes, I've definitely had some pants challenges, and it's hard to find pants that fit right. But I see what you mean with wearing different pants for different outfits! It's interesting that you are petite but you can handle more yang pants--that sounds like a gamine to me. Thanks for the suggestion! I've tried cropped wide leg pants and I like them, but some people think they don't harmonize with how little my calves are. Haha, I guess I just can't please everybody!
I looked up Harriet McJimsey’s book online. She says ,”the gamin is the yin version of the natural yang.” She also says gamin is like little and boyish whereas ingenue is akin to little girlish. I never thought of the gamine type like a small version of a natural! My Christmas present this year is to get professionally typed so I don’t have to guess anymore. I had to submit various outfit photos in different lines and that was also very helpful in itself.
If you feel softer than gamines I think it’s still worth considering soft gamine! I remember someone saying that they can be a lot softer than people expect. Also if you’re feeling dissonance between your personality and kibbe type you might find kitchener’s essence system easier to use? Or even the older systems like McJimsey’s?? They both account more for personality imo! But regardless of the system, your personal expression matters. You’re so right about how you can’t please everyone and how beauty standards can mess with us. At the end of the day what matters is your comfort and that you’re having fun!!! Some of my favourite clothes have been ones that people around me hate, but just because it isn’t for them doesn’t mean it’s not for me!
I love the gamine lines for you! Also, just toying with ideas for when things feel too yin or not gamine or fun enough-- with the collared pieces, I think a sort of collar link/jewelry would look awesome! (Not great at explaining it lmao for gamine, maybe some funky jewel that pins onto each collar, with a little chain in the middle. I've seen some before, idk if this makes any sense)
Wow, you have an amazing eye for detail and communicate it so clearly. Very fun exploration here of R vs. G. Stumbled on your channel, on video 2 now. Thank you!!
I heard the idea once, MAYBE on Truth Is Beauty blog?, of dressing for the essence of specific body sections. Like so your "yin" bust being dressed here in Romantic shirts while keeping the rest more overall Gamine. They said it in a makeup context, like say "Ingenue" makeup on someone's Ingenue eyes but then maybe their cheekbones are more dramatic so "Dramatic" blush. My theory is maybe Gamines do well with choppy, staccato, surprising opposites so could especially do well with that compartimentalizing - as opposed to say a Classic wanting everything to subtlely blend evenly together.
Maybe these mom jeans would look even better on you in say black?
Ok gonna actually finish watching this video now haha
Ok and after now watching rest of the video. Everything you described made absolute perfect sense. I agree with it all. I've seen tons of content and conversations online on Kibbe types and style and stuff and this is my first time seeing someone talk about their queerness and gender exploration stuff with it. Here for it. Loving it.
Thank you so much! Yeah, I like the idea of compartmentalizing opposite essences for gamines like you said! And I could definitely try out mom jeans in black. Haha, welcome to the channel!
The SG outfits make me feel like I know you personally and the TR outfits make me feel like you are a person I’m watching on youtube if that makes sense. I think your personality really shines through in the Gamine lines.
I’m just learning about kibble body types and as someone who tends toward genderfluid but I’m almost always fem presenting this has been so helpful! I think I’m TR but might have some gamine as well. I wasn’t sure how to incorporate the elements without feeling too fem. I feel so confused about dress the right one makes me feel beautiful but sometimes I just can wear them. Your videos have really helped me understand better what’s yin or yang and how to balance them.
Gamine for sure! I love the mix you wear talking about your various outfits :)
9:18 looks very sophisticated on you, gorgeous! And the one right before it was very cute, too.
Soft gamine all day.
You definitely need contrast.
Color blocking looks fantastic.
I think most people are a mix of 2-4 types. Best thing is to classify your parents and then compare to what you think you are.
My mom is a soft natural and my father is some type of gamine. I’m a mix of both!
You may be a flamboyant gamine like Kelly Osborne. You look similar to her imo. Try some FG lines just to see how that works for you. Another thing you should consider is your essence. You have a gamine essence, so that could be why you don't feel like yourself in girly lines. That's more for ingénue essence. Hope this helps. 😊
I think FG suits you best. I wouldn't take the Kibbe Test too seriously. Your overall impression is important. :)
Definitely some flavor of gamine! The mix of staccato and soft lines really works on you. Are you considering color analysis as well or is that something you would do later?
Thank you! I want to learn more about color analysis, because I don't know much about the 12 seasons. I also want to cover the 4 seasons color analysis. I believe I have a cool and muted complexion, but I think I can sometimes pull off cool bright colors, cool deep colors, and warm muted colors. So, yes, I think that's an excellent video idea!
@@bejolley1308 The 12-season system definitely helped me--thanks in part to my late mother's enthusiasm for color analysis, I was typed as an Autumn as a child, but I didn't pin down what subtype of Autumn until recently. I have to say, pairing my Dramatic lines with a Dark Autumn palette has been an exciting time. Looking forward to seeing the results for you!
First of all, you are gorgeous.
Now, about your body type, I have a feeling you are a soft gamine with some classic essence in your face, and I can’t say why, I could see you shining in Rockabilly lines..
Thank you for the video 😊
I'm stuck between soft gamine, theatrical romantic and soft natural. Very Curvy on my hips and bum. 5'4 tall. Smaller waist. Fleshy arms and legs. I do not look good in super feminine lines but also not super straight angular lines. HELP! Lol. I think your soft gamine.
That can be tough if you have yin mixed with some soft yang! Have you tried slightly more relaxed lines, like Soft Natural? If you have some soft yang, you could test to see how relaxed of lines you can pull off. If you're swallowed by pure natural lines, then you might not be soft natural. You could also try to make a soft gamine outfit of a mix of yin and soft yang lines, like a feminine top with a more relaxed jacket or cropped wide leg pants. Or you could try a theatrical romantic top mixed with looser bottoms/ or a relaxed top with tighter bottoms. I do believe it's possible to be a mixture of more than one type, or have a different essence from your type, so I think that the "rules" don't always have to be black and white. Sorry for this long reply, but hopefully something helped! Thanks for your opinion, so far, most people think that I'm a soft gamine!
@@bejolley1308 I like the theatrical romantic top with looser bottom idea definitely going to try that thanks!
Wow, great way to figure things out. I can absolutely see why there is so much confusion. But I'm convinced you are soft gamine. This really helped me figure myself out too. I'm now positive I'm romantic. Well, at least in the romantic family. 😅
I just noticed this video, I'm sorry for double posting since I posted my humble opinion (with too long of an explanation, haha) on your SN vs. SG. video :) But once again I think that you're a pure Natural! (I know that Kibbe doesn't recognize some pure types anymore, and I think it's a crime, because so many people are closer to being pure than they are to the more yin or yang sides of the spectrum.) I think the reason why you feel bloated in some of these outfits is that 1) they are cinching your shoulders, waist, and ankles, plus creating round lines - whereas your bones are rectangular and slim, hence the clothes are creating "circle" shapes on a "rectangle" body and therefore they're adding "visual weight" to your body. (This is a VERY bad analogy, but imagine trying to wrap a balloon around a straw = the straw would get lost inside the round balloon and not look like its real self1) 2) your pants are shortened and high-waisted, and since your bones are long (for your petite size), they give the illusion that your pants are too small for you. You would probably look amazing in pants that are just a little bit lower than the ankle, or even some wide leg pants that completely hide your foot (also a lowered waist). But at 11:23, notice how outfit #4 gives you enough "space" in your arms by being a bigger and looser sleeve type, plus #4 creates a squarish shoulder shape for you and really matches the "rectangular" shape that you already have, hence your shoulders don't look "undefined / invisible" anymore :)
Definitely gamine! I didn't watch the whole video just the first part. But. The 'romantic' tops are too yin on you - you don't actually look feminine in them because you're not quite yin enough. I'm 99% sure I'm a (soft) gamine and I, too, look super cute in a high neckline. A button-down shirt buttoned all the way up actually looks cute, and I look feminine in it! You have to balance it with hair and makeup - now your hair is really short, so it's a bit on the yang side, BUT you can part it on the side (gamine) and then add feminine elements like jewelry and makeup. When I had a pixie cut, I found that dangle earrings were the perfect pairing with the short hair (AND you could really see them, unlike with long hair!) You look a lot like me with a rounder jaw, I have more square jaw - but I think soft gamine fits for me, and for you. You look really cute with the high necklines and the cuffed pants (which are gamine!). In the gamines, you look like yourself - in the romantics you look like you're trying to dress up. Hope it helps!
Some sort of gamine for sure. Are you comfortable wearing shorts, or shorts over colourful tights/leggings? They can give you this playful gamine colour blocking.
Thanks for your input! I'm a little insecure wearing shorts, but I think they look really good on gamines because of their cropped lines. It makes me think of how good Becky G looks with crop tops and shorts. Maybe I'll buy a pair and try it out!
Very nice to see you trying different styles, which not many youtubers do. I can really see what works for Gamine, and I think I am that body type myself too. I think you can pull off chunky boots, tight trousers and sharp jacket kind of looks well, something with mixed attitude and playfullness. Great insight! Subscribed 👌
I thought I was romantic, but I also have broader shoulders, but I have a wider frame. I'm short, but don't look as short as I am. Turns out I'm soft natural and I feel so much better in those lines. The romantic lines on you make you look like you're wearing someone elses clothes almost. Or like when someone more masculine has to wear a dress to the family event because their mom insists, if that makes sense. Not nearly as awkward as shane from the L word in that quinceanera dress though, but it still looks a little off
Thank you for making this video and putting yourself 'out there'. I found this so helpful to see the lines on someone else. But more than that, how the lines were making you 'feel', was helpful to me. Like you, i can were outfits that are objectively nice, but they dont 'feel' good. I think tuning into that inner voice and trusting your gut is important when you're stuck between two kibbe types. Anyway, thank you, loved watching this, and for the record, i think you're a fabulous SG. X
Hi! I love this last outfit on you! It looks so put together and gentle! I think you’re not R and even not SG. I would consider SN. This last outfit looks SN for me and I absolutely love it.
You look ok in R lines but you don’t shine in them it’s like I see the clothes first and than you, in the moment you put on this contrasting colors and lines you just shine it’s so amazing actually, I think SG for sure ! For the longest time I was doubting if I am really a R because I typed myself first as a SC but now that I see your comparison videos they helped me realize how romantic I dress even without realizing it and also when I trying some SC outfits they felt so boring and lacking detail for me! It’s a journey for everyone and I am so grateful for your videos they helped a lot ! Have a great day and lots of love ! :)
Thank you for sharing these videos with us! I am on a similar style and gender expression journey and it's been difficult to figure out 1. what even looks or feels "right" on me vs 2. what I'm supposed to "want" to look like (conventionally pretty & feminine) vs 3. what I want to look like in my head (skinny tall rockstar guys). I will never actually achieve either 2 or 3 so now I've got to figure out what 1 is.
You're welcome! And amen to that! I definitely feel a disconnect between my body and personality at times, and it can be hard to decipher what I actually want to look like. Haha, I also have polar opposites in masculinity and femininity in my personality, so I go back and forth a lot! I've realized that sometimes I just have to disregard society's ideas of what looks good in favor of what feels good. And I can definitely relate to wanting to look like a skinny tall rockstar guy while looking the complete opposite! :)
I vote gamine! But the better colors for you were in some of the romantic looks: the red shirt, the black, etc. I liked the body suit ,but a different color would have been better!
I think you are a gamine. You look adorable in those lines.
soft gamine!!
What helped me with a firm decision was comparing your image when you put on a piece of top close up to your neck and another open round neck piece. The difference was Huge for me, the open round neck was 100 times better, I know I am a romantic
I am finding it difficult to classify you into romantic or sg because
1. You have some natural essence(mc jimsey classification) in your facial features.
2. So even if you were a romantic, a romantic style top might not look at home on you, unless you add some natural essence details to your top too
3. And given your natural facial essence, a more yang dominant gamine top might also look good on you, making it difficult to classify you
4. So please try sg and romantic tops with some natural details to them, as that would neutralise the natural essence in your face n make it easier to determine your sg vs romantic body type
5. If you have not already considered it, plz try out soft natural too
6. I don't mean to offend your dressing style at all, n if I do. I am really sorry. If you are still finding it difficult to determine your type. . .plz try out some dresses with romantic n sg lines,but u don't have to buy them. Just try them out, take some pics for your reference, n walk out of the store without buying them.
Again, I am not pushing you to wear dresses, it's sometimes easier to determine your body type if you try different silhouettes. Just use the dresses as an instrument to figure out your body type. . . N then you do you 😃
Oh em gee, I related SO much to your body architecture! Am I a soft gamine??!! :O That's what I had been thinking..
I loved the vid! I wonder if you might be FG with ingenue (the softness) and gamine essences. Gabrielle arruda has videos on kibbe + essences. She hasn’t done gamine essence yet.
my fave was the gamine with white cross-body and white sandals
Ik this video was done a while ago but to me you like a mix between romantic and natural Bc you have a lot of width in your shoulders but also a soft appearance with very rounded and boneless feeling to u. That’s why that polka dot shirt suited you more out of the romantic outfits. Cuz it works well with the width and the softness.
Thank you for sharing yourself with us. I learned a lot. I look forward to seeing more content. :)
Gamine.. Zero Doubt..
Romantic is just a bit too cutesy on you. Gamine looks clearly suit you better. You look so much happier in the gamine outfits. That has to be right for you.
I think your you’re a romantic with classic gamine facial features (or essence)
I love number one most on you, and number 7, leggings with the blazer. These blazers look great on you. But outfit number one and seven look the best on you imo 😸 I vote soft gamine
While I love and agree with the commentary, the outfits don't really speak Romantic at all - I think the first issue is starting with thick-material jeans haha... If we wear jeans, it's the skinny kind with the most stretch you can get. Anything else will make me feel bloated and gross and no matter how big or small the jeans are, *I* feel big in them. Then goes the tops; they have sharp necklines and harsh contrast to the skin and your jean color, taking it away from the softness of 100% yin. The mock-neck is also filled with a too-tight neckline, straight knit texture and.. yeah. With an open, draped neck it would be something more Romantic-fitting.
Soo, I'd say, yes, with these examples, the Soft Gamine fits you so much more, haha. But I'd recommend still trying out some full yin outfits (say, candy colored lace tops or super intricate open neckline mohair sweaters etc, paired with a thinner fabric pants or a satin mermaid skirt), to see even more how that goes with your lines. I think your face reads very soft and rounded when in the SG lines - so it's personable and fun for you to wear, but it's not exactly "as God made you" kind of a deal, if you get what I mean. But hey, it is incredibly tricky to find Romantic-fitting clothes in today's fashion world - it seems like no matter how I try, all clothing pieces have some sort of yang-element to them, and in need of some tailoring to be truly fitting for my lines. We are the only 100% yin body ID after all - the fashion industry does not really need to cater to us to make money
Gamine, bc you give CUTE
Remarkable analysis
Have you considered Soft Natural? That’s what I’m seeing right off the bat, frame dominant with soft flesh.
Where are the soft gamine shirts at 6:30 and 7:44 from?
I think im so tricky to ID...someone said FG which made sense but i still feel R!
Yeah, I think it's interesting how people can have an ambiguous mixture of features or a different essence from their body type. And it can also be hard if your personality doesn't match the stereotype of your Kibbe Type.
whats up with all the soft gamine comments.. i don't have to look twice to see shes a clear romantic!
I think you are a soft classic 🌹🌹🌹
I have the same problem… but I think I’m really the combination of romantic and gamine… but not in the way of a soft gamine. I definitely believe there should be a romantic gamine.
Romantic Ingenue 💜 Drew Barrymore keeps coming to mind 🤩
i think the jeans or shoes are ur problem maybe try neutral color shoes and open toe stuff. the tops look good on u
I'm a romantic / ingenue.... You look definitely like you're part of the Gamine family
Romantics are round in slightly wide round shape make the body so round shapes would be everywhere on the romantic a romantic would be double curved
Gamine have a mixture of shapes and looking at you have a bunch of mix shapes going on.... because I have round eyes ,round lips ,round face & double curved I definitely look like two circles sitting on top of each other I'm just rounded everywhere but you look mixed and not like you have all circles to you that's why I would say you can definitely can pull off some Yang styles more than some of the more yin styles and you mentioned the classics....classics look more mature to me they have that elegant look to them that's not the energy I'm getting from you it more like Emma Watson who I think is the original gamine type ..... Gamine can look younger but not all gamine look young like Ariana grande and I think someone typed her as flamboyant gamine with ingenue essence .. Halle Berry doesn't have a ingenue essence she has a more mature face and Halle Berry is typed as soft gamine ...you're giving me edgy teen/ tomboyish /rebellious look not sensual or sexy or elegant/ classy or girlish teen type of energy so you could be the original gamine the one that looks boyish or soft gamine the one has a more teenage girly or you can also be a blended type like me
Hope this helps best of luck to you
I think FG or SG
High waisted jeans are trickier for most people. I wish they would go away.
Tbh you give drew Barrymore...🤷🏻♀️ I feel like you are pretty yin and could be a romantic but it's clashing with your personality. The bloating you see might be mainly in the face because you have very short hair. Not sure. Either way, how the clothes make you feel is more important.
Actually, you look like an FG! You can use Kelly Osbourne as a reference
I think your pants do not go with both style you are trying…too long for both style, stiff…I see a similarity in your face with Salem Halek,…I think if you wear a flare pants close to your body, this will be in balance with your nice shoulders, and the bag not across, more a clutch one…❤ I personally prefer the first tops with a more suitable pair of pants…you’ll rock
I like the black tops with patterns with the lighter color jeans. Your hair is similar color to mine. I'm 53. Let my dye fade totally, cut it all away back in mid-June. I have a VERY similar figure, and I'm also 5'2". Merriam typed me "romantic ", but I don't feel "womanly" enough to pull off the romantic vibe. So, I'm working on color palette right now. I've gone through about HALF of all the colors I own. I've seriously figured out that I am "soft autumn " in color palette. I'm needing my pants to be a bit lighter than my tops--that looks "right" in photos. I need whole dresses, not blouse/skirt combo-- that never works for me!! I feel more myself in chunkier shoes, when possible. I can pull off cropped pants AND wide-legged loose trousers. I can pull off leggings very well, too.
My face always looks full in photos....
I don't look right at all in angular collars!!!!
People comment that I look "puffy".
Five pounds gained or lost gets the "Have you lost/gained weight?" comments.
I know you will figure this out soon.
I like your videos and personality.
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I don't think you are a romantic. Have you tried flamboyant gamine lines?
FG
I'm interested in MY kibble not yours.
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