Kibbe really saved me. I also would follow those rules about looking chic and I never looked or felt right. Once I understood my soft dramatic frame, so many things started to make sense and I began to realize that I needed to focus in fabric and line. Now I do not waste money on items that don’t work for me. The fruit and geometric systems only added to the chaos and waste. I appreciate your videos so much.
Kibbe system saved me too 😍😍Actually I took a professional consultant. I was between theatrical romantic , romantic and soft natural. I was confused because I have no hourglass, so I thought I could be soft natural. In the end i was typed as pure romantic. And I’m happy about it. When I shop clothes I know almost immediately what I looking good on me. It saved me time, money and lot of frustration 😍😂👍🏻
*When I look at Alyona I feel that her clothes belong to her. Her accessories belong to her.* And that's what I think we're all after. Absolutely love all the work you're putting into yours videos. A great inspiration for my own tiny channel
I think the old adage "you have to know the rules before you start breaking them" is in play here. You don't need to strictly adhere to the Kibbe system to look good or even your best, but it does give you a great starting point with lines that suit you (and lines that don't, lol). It honestly helped me develop a sense of what I like vs what simply flatters me (it also saved me soooo much money on clothes 😂)
I'm a 170cm tall SN, wide arms, soft body, even when underweight. I also have muscular legs which wouldn't help my self- esteem throughout the years- they're just strong and everyone notices this fact. Even now, at a very healthy weight I look much fleshier than my peers who have way higher BMIs. When I was overcoming my body dysmorphia and eating disorders, my co-patients were literally pitiful of the body I'm stuck with. They said at least "my face was pretty". I was in tears. If it wasn't for Kibbe and you, Aly, I would've never dared to wear flattering clothes. I'd been overpowered by the need to cover up as much of my body as I could and then, POOF, you showed me I didn't need to "fix" my body because it's already perfect. I've never been happier and more liberated. And I've never felt so self- confident. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Aly.
Thank you for sharing your story! I'm sorry you went through that, I know it must have been so painful to hear those people's words. However, I hope you are now aware of the sad reality that they were just very much stuck in their own insecurities and projected their twisted and limited view on everyone. I truly hope they are doing better now. Your body is amazing. Strong legs are incredible and gorgeous, don't worry at all. Thick thighs save lives lol Thin legs are pretty as well but there's nothing wrong with thick or strong ones either! I also know a textbook SN who is about your height, I've always thought she's really gorgeous. The fleshiness I think gives off both cuteness and sexiness, embrace it! Aly's channel really is a gift, she's helped me so incredibly much as well! Keep that self-love going, you deserve it!
I have a very similar story about a make up artist. She was not even an artist but a student in very prestigious French make up school. She asked me if she can try make up on me. The make up was invisible but my eyes became so gorgeous and bright blue that I have never thought that how my eyes can be. People in the room were staring at me because they couldn't understand what happened why I looked so different from a few minutes before. No visible make up just your own beauty being elevated.
@@nicolesmith4371 unfortunately, I don't know what she has done, there was no mirror. I was trying to repeat but never got the same result. I just know that it's possible.
Ah, I think I might know what she did! A friend of mine was a makeup artist for TV news anchors. She did my makeup once, it was light, almost invisible and made my eyes just pop right out. She lined only the middle part of my upper lid right above my irises. She used an angled tight eye liner brush dipped in dark brown eyes shadow. After that she coated my upper lashes with a layer of brownish black mascara. That was it. So simple, easy and very effective!
Ever since I discovered I'm a dramatic classic, and started dressing accordingly, I saved money, shop faster and feel soooo much better! So YES to Kibbe🙌💖🧚♂️😃
A friend of mine is text book Soft Natural. She didn't know about Kibbe, but was really into boho style anyway (now she knows, of course xD). Some people will just catch which style fit them best, without ever understanding why. Another one, a textbook Gamine, was quite into Lolita. I'm Romantic, I was a teenage in the 90s, I liked these frilly "medieval" tops so much, no wonder why. xD That being said, Kibbe helped me to know which piece will fit me and which won't. And as a Romantic, 90% of the clothes in about any store will look awkward on me, so it saves me a lot of time and a lot of self worth issues.
This is very interesting! I’d like to add my 2 cents: I was a tomboy growing up because I wanted to be independent and take care of myself (cargo pants, a tank top, hair in a ponytail, a cap, and boots lol). As I was getting older, I started to look down on girls that dressed in red dresses and wore red lipstick, I though I was better than these romantic-looking girls so I dressed in very classic clothes: pencil skirts, dress shirts and blazers, hair in a tight bun, small earrings. Years passed and my friend helped to get me into Kibbe. Lots of research and pondering followed, and I realised… that I was jealous of these girls. I wanted to look like this romantic Spanish dancer, in her nice white blouse, flowy red skirt, her hair in beautiful curls, smiling while dancing. I wanted to be like that and I was jealous because, for some reason, I told myself I can’t look like that. Lo and behold, a TR in denial! The Kibbe makes so much sense ❤️ now I know why I’ve always looked so stocky even when I was exercising regularly, and was thin. These thick fabrics and tailored fits really killed me 😅 and don’t get me started on low-rise jeans.
I remember when your first video How to Be Beautiful came out, and I was so intrigued because you said things differently than I had ever heard any other RUclipsr say before. And you made me think that I could be beautiful in my own way, when I felt like I wasn't much to look at. So, I subscribed and watched each video in the series as it came out and that was the best decision I ever made when it comes to my personal fashion and beauty. 😊❤️ I feel so much more confident with my style and shopping now, when before, I sincerely dreaded going shopping. And I really owe it to you. ❤️ I tell all my friends about your videos too because I think everyone should use your methods and advice for themselves!! Please keep doing what you're doing because it is so wonderful and refreshing to hear different and accurate ways to bring out our own personal beauty. ❤️
Finding Kibbe was like a revelation to me. I'm a SC and most all of the clothing the fashion industry dumps on the market made me look stupid, fake, lost, strange, trying to hard, and what have you. And I so much wanted to feel nice and "me"in my clothes. It's so funy, because nowadays I search for "unfashionalble" clothing in stores I always turned my back on before I found my Kibbe ID.
Thank you for doing the Kibbe series! I am 58 and I’ve been confused about why I never looked right in most clothes, even when I am at my ideal weight. When I watched your first video, I took detailed notes on each type. I became a little obsessed with it! It was very clear that I am a Soft Classic. It has been a tremendous help for me to clear out my closet of all of the stiff or too thin fabrics. And to get rid of most of my loud prints. I am getting better and recognizing the fit and proportions that work for me. The hair and jewelry had come more naturally to me, so it was fun to have that confirmed. I have told so many people about your videos! All of them are wonderful and you are a natural teacher!
I found the body type knowledge really helped me A)use what I already have and B) feel and look put together in everyday life. Not everyone has the time, money or even wish to ”express yourself” with clothing style (maybe we express ourselves in music or cooking or something else), but we do want to look put together, polished. In that aspect the kibbe/bodytype bonestructure knowledge REALLY made a difference for me :) That is, When I finally got it😂
You are wise beyond your years, Dear. Your ability to see beauty in everything, your willingness to learn, and your many interests has, and will continue to serve you well! Your videos are incredible! Thank you! ❤️
Kibbe typing helped me immensely! I'm 5'8, with wider bones and an hourglass shape. I've always struggled to look at myself objectively, and the looks and clothes that I was drawn to were perfectly suited to more gamine types. I wished I could be shorter, bone thin, narrow, anything but what I was, so I could look my best in tinier clothes, and what I now know to be extreme yin. When I was 15, it was cool to have a pixie cut. All the cute petite girls I saw on tumblr did it, so I decided that would be the next life changing step in my style journey, so I did it too. It looked... just okay. Not terrible, but not good. I spent such a long time hating myself because I never looked good in the clothes or hair I liked. I genuinely thought I must simply be ugly, not even considering that it might actually be the clothes I was picking out. When I stumbled across Kibbe at age 20, even while not being able to determine my type, I suddenly began to understand why all the styles I tried looked so wrong on me. I've since determined that I fit into the FN category. It was confusing because while I have a thin, balanced hourglass shape, it's apparently not what Kibbe considered to be hourglass, so I mulled over SD vs FN for a long long while. I was able to find things that work beautifully on my from both types before realizing that FN works the most. It really is about the journey, more so than the perfect label. From this journey, I learned to love my height and my athletic build, enabling me to work with my body rather than against it. With Kibbe, color theory, and youtubers like yourself, learning the rules and tailoring them to fit both my body and style have never been easier, and I thank you so much for that!
Aly, you're so right! I was always super interested in fashion, sewing & sketching my own ideas since I was a child. My advice for anyone who wants their own style is to keep a fashion journal, cut out pictures from magazines that inspire you & put it together on the pages in a way that you like, a moodboard, put pictures of yourself in amongst the fashion pictures to see how it looks. I used to order catalogs from different stores, j.crew, anthropologie, and get free fashion magazines from the library. Maybe go to a thriftstore or the mall, try on everything and anything that you like (without the pressure of purchasing) take pictures of yourself & play with new styles, create outfits. Take your trusted friend or your mom/ sister, ask for honest feedback. Go with your instincts but also keep an open mind and try things before you rule them out. It takes time but you have to get to know your body & your unique aesthetic. Don't compare yourself to anyone, don't copy pinterest or Instagram etc, learn to appreciate your own beauty & have fun being creative!
*If you walk your own path, you can never be overtaken by anyone...* This has put a huge smile on my face. Such wise words. You just seem like the coolest person I would love to have a cake with :)
In my opinion the kibbe system really helps towards owning your lines. I am a DC and I ve always dressed myself in strict lines and deep colors. My mistake was that when I tried to dress more feminine I would add things in my look that really took away from me and made me look and feel kind of clownish. After learning about the kibbe system I go all the way with my strict and geometrical lines and I feel more feminine than ever.
It's been more then 2 years since I discovered the kibbe body type technology and at the same time I started to learn how to sew and design clothes so imagine how much my style improved as a soft classic I can purchase good quality fabrics and make my own simple good fitting clothes it was just life changing and that is thanks to you alyona thank you so much my dear .
No, but a very useful tool! And “unharmonious” styling that is oddly proportional is a valid way to dress yourself too. Fashion can look like anything-rules or not-which is why it’s so fun!
Love this chat! Very well thought out. And thanks for sharing about your experience. Gosh, in the 2000’s I was a young mother. Very tall, with a newly post- birth belly. Those low rise jeans were terrible! I’m a FN; I probably never had a pair that was really long enough. I did like the very long ‘tunic’ tops around that time. I could wear a super long top with a hip level belt and look good at least. But I already have a long torso, and those styles made it look longer. I am loving the high waisted trousers theses days! Never going back.
Thanks for your videos! I have been very tall since I was a kid, and even in middle-school I wondered why the clothes and makeup that looked good on my petite classmates looked awful on me. I specifically remember going to a dress shop with friends for my first formal dance, and trying on a short puffy dress that was popular at the time, and I looked like a swollen kids birthday party fairy. I ended up getting a long dress that looked great on me, but I always wondered why I looked so terrible in the dress all of my classmates looked great in. When I found your channel it all clicked, and I had a name for what I was; Soft Dramatic. Of course I looked puffy in the popular dress, because it was made with gamine body shapes in mind. Now I know how to look great when I wear clothes that follow or break the rules, because I can always add things to emphasize my height.
@@user-qp6lj6gu7s it was one of those early 2010s homecoming dresses with the bustier top and tutu-like skirt. Let's just say that I'm happy fashion has changed
My daughter and I are hourglass. We look very much alike such weight, height. I am SC, she's SN. That's totally different styles. There's no way to figure it out without Kibbe system.
That’s so interesting! My mum and I look a lot alike except I get my height from my dad, so I am a soft dramatic but I think my mum is a soft gamine. I’m just a stretched version 😄
That is how one of my daughter’s and I are! We are both Soft Classic. But right now I am underweight and she is about 20 pounds overweight. We still look good in the same style and colors.
Before I watched your videos I used to think that I was a pear shape because many people said that my hips really stood out as a defining feature. After watching your videos, all of the clues were pointing towards being an FN. This cleared up so many things for me. Instead of being confused about trying to dress like a pear shape, I started noticing that my hips were actually just muscular and athletic and I discovered the broadness of my shoulders which I had never noticed before. I started dressing more for my FN body type, harmonizing with my broad shoulders and athletic figure and I went from feeling good in my clothes 50% of the time to 100% of the time. I really appreciate your videos. And I agree that Kibbe is a great tool to be used in tandem with whats currently in fashion and your own personal style/vision. Its been so helpful for me.
Y2K style had always been my favourite. I've always worn low waisted jeans. Everyone else hates the style, which is fine by me as I don't want to be a clone, I want to be me.
I've always been interested in fashion, but I started my journey, like many of us, trying to conceal certain parts of my body ("chubby" was the word everyone had for me, apparently, even when I was thin). Then I discovered Kibbe and I was so prejudiced about myself that I default typed myself as a Romantic, but it didn't work for me. Fast forward a couple of years, I took the time to evaluate my body and my "vibe" and turned out I'm a Soft Gamine. Now I know why I felt more comfortable in a structured jacket than in a flowy dress, and I can give that boyish edge I like to every outfit.
I think I am following exactly the same path as you! Recently re-evaluated myself as Soft Gamine, and happy to look boyish with bright color blocking, I did not feel like myself in these "delicate woman" things, pastel and flowy is not for me ^^
No, but it can be helpful. Knowing my Kibbe type has helped me round out my closet. I’m able to be much more specific about what kinds of cuts and silhouettes I buy that truly bring out my natural shape. Before, I generally knew that high waisted bottoms flattered me, but now I know exactly which types of rises and cuts look best. It’s been incredibly eye opening and I’m excited to continue to experiment and expand my style horizons.
I was into thinking that I was a theatrical romantic but i did the test again and found out I was soft natural and it resonated and now I am trying to dress accordingly to that thankyou for this series Aly
Before being typed as a DC, I felt I always looked frumpy or “too much” and overall felt terrible about my look. The Kibbe system helped me see myself and gain a confidence that I don’t think I ever had (and thank you Aly for making me discover it with your amazing videos!!)
How did you get typed? I’m struggling with figuring out my type. I’m 5’6” and big busted, flat butt, pretty defined waist but feel like my bones are prominent like knobby wrist bones, longish arms etc. it’s so confusing to me.
@@NEChristo I had Merriam Style typing me when she first started offering that. The report was surprisingly personalized and in-depth, so I recommend it. My issue is that I had no real clarity on myself, so I never ever considered “moderate” to any answer on the Kibbe test. But of course it all made sense when I got the results. Another thing I suspect it’s super helpful, is Aly’s series about makeup for the Kibbe types. I think it’s a quick and inexpensive way to try different looks. A defined eyeliner, or glitter eyeshadow, for example, only works on some types. Good luck!
1:15 as a Natural, I can tell you that my hair looks better when it is not groomed than when someone starts "organising" it lol. Same with no makeup versus (the wrong, non-blended) makeup.
Having studied art and design, I have a degree in fashion and costume. I've worked designing costumes. I find the Kibbe system so ture to life. I think of work I've done and how the lines I chose fit with the Kibbe lines. I think so many people stumble onto the Kibbe recommendations for their body because that's what they look best in. I'm sort dramatic and I find it so freeing because I'm hourglass with a very large bust, but so many hourglass recommendations don't work for me. I never understood why. Now I now that I need to create the T shape everything looks so much more balanced and it makes shopping more enjoyable because I have reasons why things don't work.
I just had a baby and I got back into kibbe to cope with my body changing. It’s different, but still the same and these videos have helped so much with my self image. Now if I do scroll thru social media I don’t find myself comparing my body to others, instead I try type them quickly and move on with my life. Thank you Aly! 💕
I had body type blindness until Kibbe. I thought I was totally lean and "sporty", which I am to some extent. I was however blind to my yin - softness and roundness. Probably because I don't like frilly pink things which they dressed me in as a kid. When I realised I was Soft Natural and saw non-frilly examples of SNs wearing soft and even pink clothes, I copied them and now feel awesome. My Style is now relaxed fits in soft colours+a little sportwear+artsy accessoires.
i think that kibbe is so helpful not just because of the clothes and the styling, but rather because it celebrates each and every particular body type, including its essence. as a soft classic I would always feel bad when some trends just didn't fit me or felt awkward. now i feel so much better because i know it's all about embracing who i am and adding pieces that just work. so yeah, I definitely think is not a rule to know your body type but it sure does help! (sorry for the english, I'm Peruvian)
I really wish if more makeup artists knew about Kibbe types and actually followed at least the main rules for each type...instead of just drawing the exact same face on every woman.
I'm here to agree with all the people who have benefited from the Kibbe system. Since I learned that I am FN, I get a lot of wear out of every purchase. Every new piece is a hit. That didn't use to be the case. When I was trying to copy celebrity styles that I liked, I would always go for SD or DC! It's very depressing actually, when you don't look good in the clothes you like on others, but you don't understand why...
Yes I am SN and tried so hard to find my style through trends and other avenues. I would just end up constantly buying clothes that I only wore once before realizing I hated it and went on to a new style that I would also end up hating. I never felt confident in my clothes and like Aly said, I never felt that I fit in them. Also, I felt I looked like an imposter trying to fit into a “cool girl” mold that everyone could see through. Granted, the SN typical style is not what I would have chosen for myself, but I can’t deny that I look and feel MUCH more comfortable and confident when I wear clothes that are recommended for SN. I now have a mostly “SN wardrobe” for lack of better term, but I do still have a handful of pieces that are probably not in my SN recommendations, but that I love and do still feel good in. I wear these items occasionally, but I notice I do wear my “SN clothes” about 85% of the time and everything looks and makes me feel great.
@@MaryanaMaskar ohhhh thank you so much!!!🤗and yes totally! It’s almost like we try to fight against how we naturally are. I definitely took time to come to terms and accept that I look the way I am meant to look and enhancing my looks is not the same as trying to change everything about my physical appearance. 😳 Learned that one the hard way. 🤣☹️
Hi Aly and friends 👋I have mostly been a silent viewer for a long time, but this felt like the right video to comment on. I am a SN. I wanted to tell you how much Kibbe system has helped me. Like many comments I see here, I went through so many style trial and errors to finally find what works for me. For me specifically, I really love streetwear looks (especially London streetwear, I was so inspired when I went there for a trip), but in all honestly most of those styles looks TERRIBLE on me. I went crazy for a few years buying endless packages of clothing and feeling like everything looked AWFUL on me or that I didn’t fit in them the way I was supposed to or that I was an imposter...like I was trying to look cool. I always felt I looked like I was trying too hard, and now that I know I am SN this makes complete sense. I would have never gotten a new outlook on myself and my body if it wasn’t for your videos, Aly. I have since converted most of my wardrobe to a “SN Wardrobe “ for lack of a better term, and I can not deny how comfortable and confident I now feel in my clothes! If I ever order online I know it will look good on me and it always does. If I am being truthful, the boho style I wear now doesn’t always feel like what I would prefer to wear (boho and London Streetwear could not be more opposite lol), but boho looks great on me and I do have many pieces that I love. I still have a few of my beloved London streetwear pieces though, particularly only select things I feel great in and feel I look good in (only a handful of items lol). All in all, I am very happy with my wardrobe now and actively think about being a SN whenever I make a clothes purchase! And I am also very happy with my body now and COMFORTABLE in my body...which is something I never thought I would say. It’s been such a relief to come to terms with what I look like and why I look that way. I look just the way I am meant to. ☺️ I wasted a lot of time trying to wear super structured and tailored pieces, very unusual silhouettes, and now I know why they never felt like “me”! I
I relate to this so much! I love sportswear and sharp suits, but I am a soft dramatic so now I understand why they always looked uncomfortable on me. Now, even with my running clothes I buy something with a softer, drapier fabric and it looks so much better. Have you seen Merriam Style’s video on body type versus style? I watched it and it was the first time I really grasped how our types aren’t the same as the styles we like, but how they can work together or against each other.
@@sallyfrench007 oooh so I have seen a few videos from that channel but I don’t believe I have seen that exact one! I will have to watch it today! 🤗 Thank you for recommending it, because sometimes I do find it hard to know how to balance things that fit into a typical SN style with things that might not be the most true to my lines. I envy people I see on RUclips who look amazing in everything they wear (who knows how much trial and error it took for them, though! I’m sure there’s a lot we don’t see behind he camera lol.) How long ago did were you able to “type” yourself? Do you feel you’ve fully “got it” in terms of what makes you feel the best in your clothes now? For me, it’s been like six months since I figured out my “type”. I’m sure it’s always a learning process. I feel I have made a lot of progress, but like I said my biggest thing now is trying to balance out my newly found “boho” style with other pieces I love. Sometimes I feel boho style is too casual for me . 🥺 Though I do live in the South, so boho really works well for the heat we experience almost year round!
@@travelandlaughs9281 Aha, I found it, it’s called “Style vs Body Type vs Essence”. I like it because I t’s the first time I’d seen the difference between the three explained in a way I could understand. I pretty much typed myself but got a paid typing to confirm, because I don’t think my face fits my type particularly, certainly not when you see the celebrity examples usually given for SD. I’d agree that it took about six months to really get it and I still bought a couple of things in that time that I can see were nearly right but not quite there! Compared to my wardrobe before still a big improvement though. I think my favourite thing about Kibbe is it’s about playing to your strengths rather than trying to mimic a different body type. You’re tall? Make the most of it. You’re curvy? Make the most of that too!
Fantastic insights, Aly. It also took me quite a long time to find my own signature style. Regular clothes did not fit me well. I now get alterations done on most pieces for a perfect fit. What a difference it makes!
The "knowing what looks bad on you" tip is saving my life lol I'm not sure of my body type still, but I certainly know I'm NOT a romantic. When I try excessively soft fabrics, with small and intricate ornamentation or curved forms I feel so silly, not feminine at all. It feels like I'm trying to hard to look sexy, and honestly I think I look way more attractive with a plain t-shirt.
I think I am soft natural. I bought a new wardrobe on your recommendations and am very comfortable. However, I feel judged for what I wear because I am black. Therefore, I sometimes feel like I am wearing a costume. Do you have advice for this? Thank you! 💗
I cannot tell you how jealous I am of my Natural friend - almost everything fits her when she goes shopping, especially bottoms and long cardigans 😭 It’s a nightmare to find well-fitted, high-waisted bottoms (I’m a TR) and nice, flowy blouses that aren’t skimpy (cheap elastic fabric) but fall on the body and are made of nice material (preferably with sheen because I’m a magpie). One of my biggest realisations was that crop-tops were basically made for a TR! It fits me like a regular shirt :) basically, clothes that were tailored for smaller builds can do wonders for you ❤️
The message at the end of this video is beautiful and inspiring. Aly, you're more lovely than any model I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing all of this information.
As a teenager, I learned what suited me. After menopause ... Not only do they have almost nothing in stores, but many times I don't even know what to look for. And there is no advice on the net either. As if there was no solution. I was always small and with curves, but now I almost don't have a waist, my hips have shrunk a bit (this has highlighted my shoulders) and my belly has increased ... For example: If I wear skinny jeans I have nice legs, but my body looks disproportionately big. The ratio is better in straight pants, but my whole body looks big ... etc. It would be great if You could make a video with some tips for us postmenopausal women.
I don’t really dress 100% like my body type because the general style of it I don’t like. I’m a SD and I don’t like the femme fatale look. I like to look feminine but soft. I just try to focus on the general ideas of Kibbe. 1. For example long coats look great on me and I love them. They emphasize my vertical line 2. I used to buy clothes with small flowers and always looked off on me. Now I know bigger flower prints look way better. 3. I should look more monochromatic and don’t mix and match different styles. 4. General draping and not too heavy turtlenecks 5. No lived in hair or too layered and thin ends. Better is full and one color or where you can’t see the highlighted strands one by one 6. Light black tights with skirt 🥰 7. Nothing oversized and heavy 8. Pay attention to fabric 9. Nothing too smoked out eyeshadow. Washes me out. Eyeliner is best But I think color season was very important for me
I'm an earperson too and I've never heard anyone else say this! 'Doing stuff by ear' also gets weird looks :') music comes naturally, but drawing from a young age trained my eye and asking 'why?' why does this look good, why doesn't it? Why do it this way, and not another way?
Thank you for your wonderful channel. I’ve learned new things from your Kibbe series, but more than that I genuinely enjoy hearing you talk. I always feel such positivity from you, which all of need from time to time.
Thanks, your personal experience with having your makeup done was so i teresting to hear about also. What are your thoughts about this-is there a dominant type in different parts of the world? For example, maybe most asian women are gamine?
Kibbe technology is awesome but aly is the queen for me, this feels like a renaissance of fashion information in every videos of her. Keep it up queen!
I love the story you told at the end Aly, very inspiring and very special about how you found your signature style. Thanks for sharing. By the way, I have always thought you were very beautiful and just as pretty as any model, but in your won unique way, and wouldn't want you to look any different.
Could you please talk about ageing types? I am a dramatic type with high contrast and my hair is getting very grey round the sides. Also my facial colour is warm but the grey hair is cold. I don't want to fall into the trap of constantly dying it, especially where it grows fast. Thank you very much! I love your videos!!! 😊 🙏😘💕
Kibbe would be definitely thankful cuz you helped us alot know ourselves and you intrudused him to us ♥️kibbe system and you helped me alot to start knowing myself.. iam so in fashion but it was hard to know myself in the beginning thank you aly and thanks for your hard work 👏👏
I like that. That's great saying. "if you walk your own path you can never overtaken." True dat. I agree you don't need to know your Kibbe type. I think it's good to realize why things may or may not work for you and to realize your body looks better in certain things and if it doesn't, then it's not necessarily you.
Hi Aly. Yes very interesting and "eye-opening ". No one could have said this better than you. I think that in previous generations women didn't have a lot of fashion choices or colours to chose from. There was basically one type of style and everyone wore the same things. I think this starting changing in the 2010's. There were a lot of choices and many clothes and colours to choose from. Women chose to wear whatever they wished and it didn't matter if it looked good on them or not. I feel sorry for these young girls that dress very casually, sloppy and over-sized. I think that designers, manufactures, stores and probably most sales people don't care about how the clothing looks when worn. It's all about sales, marketing, money. Where I live in Canada everyone wears mostly black clothing. Black coats, pants, footwear, purses ect. And now women have everything in black that they don't need to buy anything else. Being a Spring black is not my best colour but there wasn't anything else that I could buy. My guess us that stores realized a drop in profits because finally now coats are being sold in more colours. Unfortunately these colours are light pastels and get very dirty quite quickly. I think most people and myself still tend to wear our black coats the most. As for trends it's a good idea to keep up to date, however, most trends do not look good on everyone. Again it's just a money grab. Great video and keep up the good work.
This video came touches my soul! I was one of those people who always was asked opinions on people clothes but people would always tell me I should put more effort in lol During lockdown something flicked where I started to see my image objectively and not just go for things that are 1) cheap 2) reminds me of an aesthetic I like. I still find it hard to not gravitate towards things that may not suit me as due to my location and me not remembering how different my body is too the average woman so I get drafted into buying something that may fit them more but Kibbe made it more comfortable for me to accept my look and see the good in it.
You and I have a lot in common. I have never known anyone who was similar in thought. You are a lot more artistic and I am more technical but we use the same logic, ways of observing, and research methods.
Hey Aly, I have been watching your videos since you began RUclips. Thank you for another in-depth video about personal style. If it wasn't for you ai would have never found out about Kibbe. It's sucha great system andI had an instant click with it. I finally understood why ai was gravitating towards a certain style. That was my actual type! That being said... it took me a while to discover that every era has something cool about it. You name the very low waist jeans. With beautiful abs, I mean that's a very sexy look.
I have immensely benefited from the kibbe body type system and the suggestions you've given Aly! After discovering I'm a soft gamine, it helps to keep the guideline while shopping and not getting frustrated like before. Thanks
My late mother, who was firmly on board with the concept of color analysis (she was a Winter), introduced me early to the idea of wearing one's colors. We were talking to a lady who largely agreed with Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful but had set up her own thing. I was typed as an Autumn. The few times I dressed trendy as a wee thing, I hated it. I would say much of my look throughout my tweens and teens was loosely inspired by the 1960s and 1970s. I looked like a rumpled little ragamuffin, but I didn't care. I didn't start trying out "groomed chic" until my late teens and early twenties. This looked all right, but something was still missing. To cut a long story short, I got more into unusual colors, avant-garde looks, standout pieces. Via Grace Margaret Morton and Harriet T. McJimsey I learned that this impulse was the correct one. Initially when I was looking at Kibbe I thought I might fit with Flamboyant Gamine. Come to find out I'm a full-fledged Dramatic; the knack I have for pulling off elongated lines and styles should have been a tipoff. On top of all of this, circling back to color analysis, I am a Dark Autumn (or what Suzanne Caygill would have called a Bronze Autumn). I don't know if I would have evolved my current style on my own, but I must say McJimsey and Kibbe both helped. Thank you so much for this video!
I agree been placed wich type I am. I think I am dramatic. I don't have a thin lips example but I read that Kibbe doesn't look face not so much. I have long face, straight eyebrows.
I struggled to type myself because my body is obviously soft dramatic but I don’t think my face is at all, but I think SD clothes suit me best. There are some good videos on here about when body and face don’t seem to match 🙂
Also, Jenny Mustard has a super empowering take on dressing for your own body ruclips.net/video/NqL02AJDeTE/видео.html. Like Kibbe, she focuses on emphasizing what you have, rather than trying to compensate.
Thank u so much for your efforts ❤ I hope you answer me .. As a theatrical romantic does it means basically that I should wear romantic and dramatic lines combined ?
@@HumanimalChannel Yes, @imane if you search “theatrical romantic” on here you’ll find Aly and other creators have put together some excellent videos 🙂👍
Aly, you do great job. I like your channel very much. I founded it not too long ago. I realised that I'm flamboyant gamine. It not so clear in the test. But I've always liked bold colors: orange, yellow, lime (even neon), warm red. Hate pink, don't like blue (especially light). I like geometric patterns, Asimetrical accents, don't like big floral, frills, glamour accents. I feel good myself only in narrow skirts or dresses above the knee and most of all in trausers (it's been since childhood). I'm 159cm tall, muscular ( I prefer the term sporty silhouette :) ) By the way, does my favorite colors mean that I'm warm type? I have gray-green eyes with darker shape and a little yellow around a pupil, middle blond, curly hair with very light sun reflexes in the summer. My skin is not so pale but not too dark also.
I'm quite slim, but I look my best in Marilyn-style clothes, with emphasized waist. I find that style quite banal and too copied, but I obviously have to just accept it😊
I remember the first video I ever saw on your channel, you did the Madonna repro...girl, you've come a long way! I'm really grateful for your work, even thought sometimes I disagree with one thing or two, but what you're doing is so important and so good! Congratulations and hugs from Brazil!!!
YES, Macy's clothes are so weird? LOL !! the shots of pics you put up when talking about department store clothes completely explains why mall anchors are DEAD in 2022.
“If you walk your own path- you can never be overtaken by anyone”. Aly
Gold.
Kibbe really saved me. I also would follow those rules about looking chic and I never looked or felt right. Once I understood my soft dramatic frame, so many things started to make sense and I began to realize that I needed to focus in fabric and line. Now I do not waste money on items that don’t work for me. The fruit and geometric systems only added to the chaos and waste. I appreciate your videos so much.
Were you typed by him ?
@@Iden_Elihio_1999 no I figured it out by following ally art
Fellow SD, completely agree!
So true..before this I never even thought that the fabric is something I should be paying attention to..
Kibbe system saved me too 😍😍Actually I took a professional consultant. I was between theatrical romantic , romantic and soft natural. I was confused because I have no hourglass, so I thought I could be soft natural. In the end i was typed as pure romantic. And I’m happy about it. When I shop clothes I know almost immediately what I looking good on me. It saved me time, money and lot of frustration 😍😂👍🏻
*When I look at Alyona I feel that her clothes belong to her. Her accessories belong to her.*
And that's what I think we're all after.
Absolutely love all the work you're putting into yours videos. A great inspiration for my own tiny channel
I think the old adage "you have to know the rules before you start breaking them" is in play here. You don't need to strictly adhere to the Kibbe system to look good or even your best, but it does give you a great starting point with lines that suit you (and lines that don't, lol).
It honestly helped me develop a sense of what I like vs what simply flatters me (it also saved me soooo much money on clothes 😂)
Amazing comment 🤎
I'm a 170cm tall SN, wide arms, soft body, even when underweight. I also have muscular legs which wouldn't help my self- esteem throughout the years- they're just strong and everyone notices this fact. Even now, at a very healthy weight I look much fleshier than my peers who have way higher BMIs. When I was overcoming my body dysmorphia and eating disorders, my co-patients were literally pitiful of the body I'm stuck with. They said at least "my face was pretty". I was in tears.
If it wasn't for Kibbe and you, Aly, I would've never dared to wear flattering clothes. I'd been overpowered by the need to cover up as much of my body as I could and then, POOF, you showed me I didn't need to "fix" my body because it's already perfect. I've never been happier and more liberated. And I've never felt so self- confident. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Aly.
Thank you for sharing your story! I'm sorry you went through that, I know it must have been so painful to hear those people's words. However, I hope you are now aware of the sad reality that they were just very much stuck in their own insecurities and projected their twisted and limited view on everyone. I truly hope they are doing better now.
Your body is amazing. Strong legs are incredible and gorgeous, don't worry at all. Thick thighs save lives lol
Thin legs are pretty as well but there's nothing wrong with thick or strong ones either!
I also know a textbook SN who is about your height, I've always thought she's really gorgeous. The fleshiness I think gives off both cuteness and sexiness, embrace it!
Aly's channel really is a gift, she's helped me so incredibly much as well! Keep that self-love going, you deserve it!
Congratulations on this important discovery. Enjoy your journey of life with this newfound wisdom. Keep well.
I have a very similar story about a make up artist. She was not even an artist but a student in very prestigious French make up school. She asked me if she can try make up on me. The make up was invisible but my eyes became so gorgeous and bright blue that I have never thought that how my eyes can be. People in the room were staring at me because they couldn't understand what happened why I looked so different from a few minutes before. No visible make up just your own beauty being elevated.
Wow that sounds awesome! Glad you had that experience. Do you know what techniques she used?
@@nicolesmith4371 unfortunately, I don't know what she has done, there was no mirror. I was trying to repeat but never got the same result. I just know that it's possible.
Hi! What colors did she use and what color are your eyes? And maybe shape?
What a gift.
Ah, I think I might know what she did! A friend of mine was a makeup artist for TV news anchors. She did my makeup once, it was light, almost invisible and made my eyes just pop right out.
She lined only the middle part of my upper lid right above my irises. She used an angled tight eye liner brush dipped in dark brown eyes shadow. After that she coated my upper lashes with a layer of brownish black mascara. That was it. So simple, easy and very effective!
Ever since I discovered I'm a dramatic classic, and started dressing accordingly, I saved money, shop faster and feel soooo much better! So YES to Kibbe🙌💖🧚♂️😃
True..... and YES!
omfg nobody talks about how much time you stop wasting looking for clothing after knowing your body type or knowing which lines are best for you
“If you walk your own path you can never be overtaken“- WOW! What a powerful phrase, Aly!
A friend of mine is text book Soft Natural. She didn't know about Kibbe, but was really into boho style anyway (now she knows, of course xD). Some people will just catch which style fit them best, without ever understanding why. Another one, a textbook Gamine, was quite into Lolita.
I'm Romantic, I was a teenage in the 90s, I liked these frilly "medieval" tops so much, no wonder why. xD
That being said, Kibbe helped me to know which piece will fit me and which won't. And as a Romantic, 90% of the clothes in about any store will look awkward on me, so it saves me a lot of time and a lot of self worth issues.
This is very interesting! I’d like to add my 2 cents:
I was a tomboy growing up because I wanted to be independent and take care of myself (cargo pants, a tank top, hair in a ponytail, a cap, and boots lol).
As I was getting older, I started to look down on girls that dressed in red dresses and wore red lipstick, I though I was better than these romantic-looking girls so I dressed in very classic clothes: pencil skirts, dress shirts and blazers, hair in a tight bun, small earrings.
Years passed and my friend helped to get me into Kibbe. Lots of research and pondering followed, and I realised… that I was jealous of these girls. I wanted to look like this romantic Spanish dancer, in her nice white blouse, flowy red skirt, her hair in beautiful curls, smiling while dancing. I wanted to be like that and I was jealous because, for some reason, I told myself I can’t look like that. Lo and behold, a TR in denial!
The Kibbe makes so much sense ❤️ now I know why I’ve always looked so stocky even when I was exercising regularly, and was thin. These thick fabrics and tailored fits really killed me 😅 and don’t get me started on low-rise jeans.
what is xD?
@@jillybean4899 this emoji, in text format: 😆
😆 = XD
I remember when your first video How to Be Beautiful came out, and I was so intrigued because you said things differently than I had ever heard any other RUclipsr say before. And you made me think that I could be beautiful in my own way, when I felt like I wasn't much to look at. So, I subscribed and watched each video in the series as it came out and that was the best decision I ever made when it comes to my personal fashion and beauty. 😊❤️ I feel so much more confident with my style and shopping now, when before, I sincerely dreaded going shopping. And I really owe it to you. ❤️ I tell all my friends about your videos too because I think everyone should use your methods and advice for themselves!! Please keep doing what you're doing because it is so wonderful and refreshing to hear different and accurate ways to bring out our own personal beauty. ❤️
Finding Kibbe was like a revelation to me. I'm a SC and most all of the clothing the fashion industry dumps on the market made me look stupid, fake, lost, strange, trying to hard, and what have you. And I so much wanted to feel nice and "me"in my clothes. It's so funy, because nowadays I search for "unfashionalble" clothing in stores I always turned my back on before I found my Kibbe ID.
Thank you for doing the Kibbe series! I am 58 and I’ve been confused about why I never looked right in most clothes, even when I am at my ideal weight. When I watched your first video, I took detailed notes on each type. I became a little obsessed with it! It was very clear that I am a Soft Classic. It has been a tremendous help for me to clear out my closet of all of the stiff or too thin fabrics. And to get rid of most of my loud prints. I am getting better and recognizing the fit and proportions that work for me. The hair and jewelry had come more naturally to me, so it was fun to have that confirmed. I have told so many people about your videos! All of them are wonderful and you are a natural teacher!
I found the body type knowledge really helped me A)use what I already have and B) feel and look put together in everyday life. Not everyone has the time, money or even wish to ”express yourself” with clothing style (maybe we express ourselves in music or cooking or something else), but we do want to look put together, polished. In that aspect the kibbe/bodytype bonestructure knowledge REALLY made a difference for me :)
That is, When I finally got it😂
You are wise beyond your years, Dear. Your ability to see beauty in everything, your willingness to learn, and your many interests has, and will continue to serve you well! Your videos are incredible! Thank you! ❤️
Kibbe typing helped me immensely! I'm 5'8, with wider bones and an hourglass shape. I've always struggled to look at myself objectively, and the looks and clothes that I was drawn to were perfectly suited to more gamine types. I wished I could be shorter, bone thin, narrow, anything but what I was, so I could look my best in tinier clothes, and what I now know to be extreme yin. When I was 15, it was cool to have a pixie cut. All the cute petite girls I saw on tumblr did it, so I decided that would be the next life changing step in my style journey, so I did it too. It looked... just okay. Not terrible, but not good. I spent such a long time hating myself because I never looked good in the clothes or hair I liked. I genuinely thought I must simply be ugly, not even considering that it might actually be the clothes I was picking out. When I stumbled across Kibbe at age 20, even while not being able to determine my type, I suddenly began to understand why all the styles I tried looked so wrong on me. I've since determined that I fit into the FN category. It was confusing because while I have a thin, balanced hourglass shape, it's apparently not what Kibbe considered to be hourglass, so I mulled over SD vs FN for a long long while. I was able to find things that work beautifully on my from both types before realizing that FN works the most. It really is about the journey, more so than the perfect label.
From this journey, I learned to love my height and my athletic build, enabling me to work with my body rather than against it. With Kibbe, color theory, and youtubers like yourself, learning the rules and tailoring them to fit both my body and style have never been easier, and I thank you so much for that!
FN high five! 🙌🏻
@@liveartanyadavide TR is so gorgeous!! Ornate, dainty, stunning! I adore that type :)
Aly, you're so right! I was always super interested in fashion, sewing & sketching my own ideas since I was a child. My advice for anyone who wants their own style is to keep a fashion journal, cut out pictures from magazines that inspire you & put it together on the pages in a way that you like, a moodboard, put pictures of yourself in amongst the fashion pictures to see how it looks. I used to order catalogs from different stores, j.crew, anthropologie, and get free fashion magazines from the library. Maybe go to a thriftstore or the mall, try on everything and anything that you like (without the pressure of purchasing) take pictures of yourself & play with new styles, create outfits. Take your trusted friend or your mom/ sister, ask for honest feedback. Go with your instincts but also keep an open mind and try things before you rule them out. It takes time but you have to get to know your body & your unique aesthetic. Don't compare yourself to anyone, don't copy pinterest or Instagram etc, learn to appreciate your own beauty & have fun being creative!
*If you walk your own path, you can never be overtaken by anyone...*
This has put a huge smile on my face. Such wise words.
You just seem like the coolest person I would love to have a cake with :)
In my opinion the kibbe system really helps towards owning your lines. I am a DC and I ve always dressed myself in strict lines and deep colors. My mistake was that when I tried to dress more feminine I would add things in my look that really took away from me and made me look and feel kind of clownish. After learning about the kibbe system I go all the way with my strict and geometrical lines and I feel more feminine than ever.
So true. I also enjoy rocking my fedora hats! I get so many compliments when I wear one.
Personally finding kibbe has been like rising to a higher level of consciosness. Pieces of puzzles just kept falling on place and I got peace.
It's been more then 2 years since I discovered the kibbe body type technology and at the same time I started to learn how to sew and design clothes so imagine how much my style improved as a soft classic I can purchase good quality fabrics and make my own simple good fitting clothes it was just life changing and that is thanks to you alyona thank you so much my dear .
No, but a very useful tool! And “unharmonious” styling that is oddly proportional is a valid way to dress yourself too. Fashion can look like anything-rules or not-which is why it’s so fun!
Kibbe cured my body dismorphia and eating disorder 🤧
I love that! So glad for you.
Love this chat! Very well thought out. And thanks for sharing about your experience. Gosh, in the 2000’s I was a young mother. Very tall, with a newly post- birth belly. Those low rise jeans were terrible! I’m a FN; I probably never had a pair that was really long enough. I did like the very long ‘tunic’ tops around that time. I could wear a super long top with a hip level belt and look good at least. But I already have a long torso, and those styles made it look longer. I am loving the high waisted trousers theses days! Never going back.
Thanks for your videos! I have been very tall since I was a kid, and even in middle-school I wondered why the clothes and makeup that looked good on my petite classmates looked awful on me. I specifically remember going to a dress shop with friends for my first formal dance, and trying on a short puffy dress that was popular at the time, and I looked like a swollen kids birthday party fairy. I ended up getting a long dress that looked great on me, but I always wondered why I looked so terrible in the dress all of my classmates looked great in. When I found your channel it all clicked, and I had a name for what I was; Soft Dramatic. Of course I looked puffy in the popular dress, because it was made with gamine body shapes in mind. Now I know how to look great when I wear clothes that follow or break the rules, because I can always add things to emphasize my height.
I know that feeling too well, when I read " swollen kids birthday party fairy." I knew you'd be a SD like me haha
@@user-qp6lj6gu7s it was one of those early 2010s homecoming dresses with the bustier top and tutu-like skirt. Let's just say that I'm happy fashion has changed
Ugh! Story of my life. I was a soft natural in a sea of gamines and theatrical romantics😭 their lines make me look like a piñata 😞
@@di3486 😂😂
My daughter and I are hourglass. We look very much alike such weight, height. I am SC, she's SN. That's totally different styles. There's no way to figure it out without Kibbe system.
That’s so interesting! My mum and I look a lot alike except I get my height from my dad, so I am a soft dramatic but I think my mum is a soft gamine. I’m just a stretched version 😄
@@sallyfrench007 it's so interesting! Thank you for sharing. I would like to hear more of mother/daughter Kibbe body types stories.
@@Alyona-ty4pp Me too! And I know so little about men and Kibbe, I'd be fascinated to see parents and children and the combinations we get 👍
That is how one of my daughter’s and I are! We are both Soft Classic. But right now I am underweight and she is about 20 pounds overweight. We still look good in the same style and colors.
@@SuzySylvania amazing! Love it 💕
Before I watched your videos I used to think that I was a pear shape because many people said that my hips really stood out as a defining feature. After watching your videos, all of the clues were pointing towards being an FN. This cleared up so many things for me. Instead of being confused about trying to dress like a pear shape, I started noticing that my hips were actually just muscular and athletic and I discovered the broadness of my shoulders which I had never noticed before. I started dressing more for my FN body type, harmonizing with my broad shoulders and athletic figure and I went from feeling good in my clothes 50% of the time to 100% of the time. I really appreciate your videos.
And I agree that Kibbe is a great tool to be used in tandem with whats currently in fashion and your own personal style/vision. Its been so helpful for me.
Y2K style had always been my favourite. I've always worn low waisted jeans. Everyone else hates the style, which is fine by me as I don't want to be a clone, I want to be me.
I've always been interested in fashion, but I started my journey, like many of us, trying to conceal certain parts of my body ("chubby" was the word everyone had for me, apparently, even when I was thin). Then I discovered Kibbe and I was so prejudiced about myself that I default typed myself as a Romantic, but it didn't work for me. Fast forward a couple of years, I took the time to evaluate my body and my "vibe" and turned out I'm a Soft Gamine. Now I know why I felt more comfortable in a structured jacket than in a flowy dress, and I can give that boyish edge I like to every outfit.
I think I am following exactly the same path as you! Recently re-evaluated myself as Soft Gamine, and happy to look boyish with bright color blocking, I did not feel like myself in these "delicate woman" things, pastel and flowy is not for me ^^
I hope you will do a follow up video about which body type you are. I remember you was going to reveal it with another video.
No, but it can be helpful. Knowing my Kibbe type has helped me round out my closet. I’m able to be much more specific about what kinds of cuts and silhouettes I buy that truly bring out my natural shape. Before, I generally knew that high waisted bottoms flattered me, but now I know exactly which types of rises and cuts look best. It’s been incredibly eye opening and I’m excited to continue to experiment and expand my style horizons.
I was into thinking that I was a theatrical romantic but i did the test again and found out I was soft natural and it resonated and now I am trying to dress accordingly to that thankyou for this series Aly
Before being typed as a DC, I felt I always looked frumpy or “too much” and overall felt terrible about my look. The Kibbe system helped me see myself and gain a confidence that I don’t think I ever had (and thank you Aly for making me discover it with your amazing videos!!)
And once you get it, it is such a great look!
How did you get typed? I’m struggling with figuring out my type. I’m 5’6” and big busted, flat butt, pretty defined waist but feel like my bones are prominent like knobby wrist bones, longish arms etc. it’s so confusing to me.
@@NEChristo I had Merriam Style typing me when she first started offering that. The report was surprisingly personalized and in-depth, so I recommend it. My issue is that I had no real clarity on myself, so I never ever considered “moderate” to any answer on the Kibbe test. But of course it all made sense when I got the results.
Another thing I suspect it’s super helpful, is Aly’s series about makeup for the Kibbe types. I think it’s a quick and inexpensive way to try different looks. A defined eyeliner, or glitter eyeshadow, for example, only works on some types. Good luck!
@@colei1536 thanks!
I love that you focus on helping each of us find our own personal style versus telling us this is what is IN.
1:15 as a Natural, I can tell you that my hair looks better when it is not groomed than when someone starts "organising" it lol. Same with no makeup versus (the wrong, non-blended) makeup.
Not necessary to know your body type for dressing great but it's sooooo helpful 🌼
Having studied art and design, I have a degree in fashion and costume. I've worked designing costumes. I find the Kibbe system so ture to life. I think of work I've done and how the lines I chose fit with the Kibbe lines.
I think so many people stumble onto the Kibbe recommendations for their body because that's what they look best in.
I'm sort dramatic and I find it so freeing because I'm hourglass with a very large bust, but so many hourglass recommendations don't work for me. I never understood why. Now I now that I need to create the T shape everything looks so much more balanced and it makes shopping more enjoyable because I have reasons why things don't work.
You have such a sunny outlook on beauty. I love it
I just had a baby and I got back into kibbe to cope with my body changing. It’s different, but still the same and these videos have helped so much with my self image. Now if I do scroll thru social media I don’t find myself comparing my body to others, instead I try type them quickly and move on with my life. Thank you Aly! 💕
I had body type blindness until Kibbe. I thought I was totally lean and "sporty", which I am to some extent. I was however blind to my yin - softness and roundness. Probably because I don't like frilly pink things which they dressed me in as a kid. When I realised I was Soft Natural and saw non-frilly examples of SNs wearing soft and even pink clothes, I copied them and now feel awesome. My Style is now relaxed fits in soft colours+a little sportwear+artsy accessoires.
i think that kibbe is so helpful not just because of the clothes and the styling, but rather because it celebrates each and every particular body type, including its essence. as a soft classic I would always feel bad when some trends just didn't fit me or felt awkward. now i feel so much better because i know it's all about embracing who i am and adding pieces that just work. so yeah, I definitely think is not a rule to know your body type but it sure does help! (sorry for the english, I'm Peruvian)
I really wish if more makeup artists knew about Kibbe types and actually followed at least the main rules for each type...instead of just drawing the exact same face on every woman.
Such an inspirating video! Thank you
I'm here to agree with all the people who have benefited from the Kibbe system. Since I learned that I am FN, I get a lot of wear out of every purchase. Every new piece is a hit. That didn't use to be the case. When I was trying to copy celebrity styles that I liked, I would always go for SD or DC! It's very depressing actually, when you don't look good in the clothes you like on others, but you don't understand why...
Yes I am SN and tried so hard to find my style through trends and other avenues. I would just end up constantly buying clothes that I only wore once before realizing I hated it and went on to a new style that I would also end up hating. I never felt confident in my clothes and like Aly said, I never felt that I fit in them. Also, I felt I looked like an imposter trying to fit into a “cool girl” mold that everyone could see through. Granted, the SN typical style is not what I would have chosen for myself, but I can’t deny that I look and feel MUCH more comfortable and confident when I wear clothes that are recommended for SN. I now have a mostly “SN wardrobe” for lack of better term, but I do still have a handful of pieces that are probably not in my SN recommendations, but that I love and do still feel good in. I wear these items occasionally, but I notice I do wear my “SN clothes” about 85% of the time and everything looks and makes me feel great.
@@travelandlaughs9281 exactly! isn't it funny how we are not instinctively drawn to things that would make us look our best? Love your channel name :)
@@MaryanaMaskar ohhhh thank you so much!!!🤗and yes totally! It’s almost like we try to fight against how we naturally are. I definitely took time to come to terms and accept that I look the way I am meant to look and enhancing my looks is not the same as trying to change everything about my physical appearance. 😳 Learned that one the hard way. 🤣☹️
This was so interesting. Expanding the style journey with your personal stories you shared are so relatable. I love the direction you are taking.
You’re right about the examples of clothes that don’t look. I’d never buy them and can’t imagine who’d look good in them either.
Hi Aly and friends 👋I have mostly been a silent viewer for a long time, but this felt like the right video to comment on. I am a SN. I wanted to tell you how much Kibbe system has helped me. Like many comments I see here, I went through so many style trial and errors to finally find what works for me. For me specifically, I really love streetwear looks (especially London streetwear, I was so inspired when I went there for a trip), but in all honestly most of those styles looks TERRIBLE on me. I went crazy for a few years buying endless packages of clothing and feeling like everything looked AWFUL on me or that I didn’t fit in them the way I was supposed to or that I was an imposter...like I was trying to look cool. I always felt I looked like I was trying too hard, and now that I know I am SN this makes complete sense. I would have never gotten a new outlook on myself and my body if it wasn’t for your videos, Aly. I have since converted most of my wardrobe to a “SN Wardrobe “ for lack of a better term, and I can not deny how comfortable and confident I now feel in my clothes! If I ever order online I know it will look good on me and it always does. If I am being truthful, the boho style I wear now doesn’t always feel like what I would prefer to wear (boho and London Streetwear could not be more opposite lol), but boho looks great on me and I do have many pieces that I love. I still have a few of my beloved London streetwear pieces though, particularly only select things I feel great in and feel I look good in (only a handful of items lol). All in all, I am very happy with my wardrobe now and actively think about being a SN whenever I make a clothes purchase! And I am also very happy with my body now and COMFORTABLE in my body...which is something I never thought I would say. It’s been such a relief to come to terms with what I look like and why I look that way. I look just the way I am meant to. ☺️ I wasted a lot of time trying to wear super structured and tailored pieces, very unusual silhouettes, and now I know why they never felt like “me”! I
I relate to this so much! I love sportswear and sharp suits, but I am a soft dramatic so now I understand why they always looked uncomfortable on me. Now, even with my running clothes I buy something with a softer, drapier fabric and it looks so much better. Have you seen Merriam Style’s video on body type versus style? I watched it and it was the first time I really grasped how our types aren’t the same as the styles we like, but how they can work together or against each other.
@@sallyfrench007 oooh so I have seen a few videos from that channel but I don’t believe I have seen that exact one! I will have to watch it today! 🤗 Thank you for recommending it, because sometimes I do find it hard to know how to balance things that fit into a typical SN style with things that might not be the most true to my lines. I envy people I see on RUclips who look amazing in everything they wear (who knows how much trial and error it took for them, though! I’m sure there’s a lot we don’t see behind he camera lol.) How long ago did were you able to “type” yourself? Do you feel you’ve fully “got it” in terms of what makes you feel the best in your clothes now? For me, it’s been like six months since I figured out my “type”. I’m sure it’s always a learning process. I feel I have made a lot of progress, but like I said my biggest thing now is trying to balance out my newly found “boho” style with other pieces I love. Sometimes I feel boho style is too casual for me . 🥺 Though I do live in the South, so boho really works well for the heat we experience almost year round!
@@travelandlaughs9281 Aha, I found it, it’s called “Style vs Body Type vs Essence”. I like it because I t’s the first time I’d seen the difference between the three explained in a way I could understand.
I pretty much typed myself but got a paid typing to confirm, because I don’t think my face fits my type particularly, certainly not when you see the celebrity examples usually given for SD. I’d agree that it took about six months to really get it and I still bought a couple of things in that time that I can see were nearly right but not quite there! Compared to my wardrobe before still a big improvement though. I think my favourite thing about Kibbe is it’s about playing to your strengths rather than trying to mimic a different body type. You’re tall? Make the most of it. You’re curvy? Make the most of that too!
Fantastic insights, Aly. It also took me quite a long time to find my own signature style. Regular clothes did not fit me well. I now get alterations done on most pieces for a perfect fit. What a difference it makes!
Ally, please, we want to see the pictures of you with the model make up! xxx
Eventhough it's not perfect yet, Kibbe has saved my wallet and time that's for sure.
Thank you so much every your post is a treasure for me
i like your young self style as well as the current one. i guess when someone is so pretty, everything looks pretty too
The "knowing what looks bad on you" tip is saving my life lol I'm not sure of my body type still, but I certainly know I'm NOT a romantic. When I try excessively soft fabrics, with small and intricate ornamentation or curved forms I feel so silly, not feminine at all. It feels like I'm trying to hard to look sexy, and honestly I think I look way more attractive with a plain t-shirt.
I think I am soft natural. I bought a new wardrobe on your recommendations and am very comfortable. However, I feel judged for what I wear because I am black. Therefore, I sometimes feel like I am wearing a costume. Do you have advice for this?
Thank you! 💗
Hey Aly, love your vids! I would LOVE a kibbe -related bridal guide, I think that’s such a cool topic!
I cannot tell you how jealous I am of my Natural friend - almost everything fits her when she goes shopping, especially bottoms and long cardigans 😭
It’s a nightmare to find well-fitted, high-waisted bottoms (I’m a TR) and nice, flowy blouses that aren’t skimpy (cheap elastic fabric) but fall on the body and are made of nice material (preferably with sheen because I’m a magpie). One of my biggest realisations was that crop-tops were basically made for a TR! It fits me like a regular shirt :) basically, clothes that were tailored for smaller builds can do wonders for you ❤️
The message at the end of this video is beautiful and inspiring. Aly, you're more lovely than any model I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing all of this information.
As a teenager, I learned what suited me. After menopause ... Not only do they have almost nothing in stores, but many times I don't even know what to look for. And there is no advice on the net either. As if there was no solution. I was always small and with curves, but now I almost don't have a waist, my hips have shrunk a bit (this has highlighted my shoulders) and my belly has increased ... For example: If I wear skinny jeans I have nice legs, but my body looks disproportionately big. The ratio is better in straight pants, but my whole body looks big ... etc. It would be great if You could make a video with some tips for us postmenopausal women.
I don’t really dress 100% like my body type because the general style of it I don’t like. I’m a SD and I don’t like the femme fatale look. I like to look feminine but soft. I just try to focus on the general ideas of Kibbe.
1. For example long coats look great on me and I love them. They emphasize my vertical line
2. I used to buy clothes with small flowers and always looked off on me. Now I know bigger flower prints look way better.
3. I should look more monochromatic and don’t mix and match different styles.
4. General draping and not too heavy turtlenecks
5. No lived in hair or too layered and thin ends. Better is full and one color or where you can’t see the highlighted strands one by one
6. Light black tights with skirt 🥰
7. Nothing oversized and heavy
8. Pay attention to fabric
9. Nothing too smoked out eyeshadow. Washes me out. Eyeliner is best
But I think color season was very important for me
What you said at the end about individual beauty really touched me. I wish that every young woman could have the experience you had that day. ❤
I'm an earperson too and I've never heard anyone else say this! 'Doing stuff by ear' also gets weird looks :') music comes naturally, but drawing from a young age trained my eye and asking 'why?' why does this look good, why doesn't it? Why do it this way, and not another way?
Thanks!
Thank you for your wonderful channel. I’ve learned new things from your Kibbe series, but more than that I genuinely enjoy hearing you talk. I always feel such positivity from you, which all of need from time to time.
Thanks, your personal experience with having your makeup done was so i teresting to hear about also.
What are your thoughts about this-is there a dominant type in different parts of the world? For example, maybe most asian women are gamine?
I relate so much to this. Love your channel aly!
Kibbe technology is awesome but aly is the queen for me, this feels like a renaissance of fashion information in every videos of her. Keep it up queen!
I love the story you told at the end Aly, very inspiring and very special about how you found your signature style. Thanks for sharing. By the way, I have always thought you were very beautiful and just as pretty as any model, but in your won unique way, and wouldn't want you to look any different.
You have a real talent to tell stories! : )
Excellent video. Thank you ❤️👍🏻
Aly I loved this series so so much
Can you please talk about the balayage for body types and tattoos for body types
Could you please talk about ageing types? I am a dramatic type with high contrast and my hair is getting very grey round the sides. Also my facial colour is warm but the grey hair is cold. I don't want to fall into the trap of constantly dying it, especially where it grows fast. Thank you very much! I love your videos!!! 😊 🙏😘💕
You've given me so much confidence for how to dress and how to love my body shape!
Kibbe would be definitely thankful cuz you helped us alot know ourselves and you intrudused him to us ♥️kibbe system and you helped me alot to start knowing myself.. iam so in fashion but it was hard to know myself in the beginning thank you aly and thanks for your hard work 👏👏
Oh his was excellent! Thank you!
You make us the best version of ourselves!! Thank you so much dear💖💖 loved the last quote
I like that. That's great saying. "if you walk your own path you can never overtaken." True dat. I agree you don't need to know your Kibbe type. I think it's good to realize why things may or may not work for you and to realize your body looks better in certain things and if it doesn't, then it's not necessarily you.
I loved lisyening to your make up anectode.
Aly Art, can you please do an updated and thorough video on how to make your lips bigger and more lifted
Hi Aly. Yes very interesting and "eye-opening ". No one could have said this better than you. I think that in previous generations women didn't have a lot of fashion choices or colours to chose from. There was basically one type of style and everyone wore the same things. I think this starting changing in the 2010's. There were a lot of choices and many clothes and colours to choose from. Women chose to wear whatever they wished and it didn't matter if it looked good on them or not. I feel sorry for these young girls that dress very casually, sloppy and over-sized. I think that designers, manufactures, stores and probably most sales people don't care about how the clothing looks when worn. It's all about sales, marketing, money. Where I live in Canada everyone wears mostly black clothing. Black coats, pants, footwear, purses ect. And now women have everything in black that they don't need to buy anything else. Being a Spring black is not my best colour but there wasn't anything else that I could buy. My guess us that stores realized a drop in profits because finally now coats are being sold in more colours. Unfortunately these colours are light pastels and get very dirty quite quickly. I think most people and myself still tend to wear our black coats the most. As for trends it's a good idea to keep up to date, however, most trends do not look good on everyone. Again it's just a money grab. Great video and keep up the good work.
This video came touches my soul! I was one of those people who always was asked opinions on people clothes but people would always tell me I should put more effort in lol
During lockdown something flicked where I started to see my image objectively and not just go for things that are 1) cheap 2) reminds me of an aesthetic I like. I still find it hard to not gravitate towards things that may not suit me as due to my location and me not remembering how different my body is too the average woman so I get drafted into buying something that may fit them more but Kibbe made it more comfortable for me to accept my look and see the good in it.
You and I have a lot in common. I have never known anyone who was similar in thought. You are a lot more artistic and I am more technical but we use the same logic, ways of observing, and research methods.
Hey Aly, I have been watching your videos since you began RUclips. Thank you for another in-depth video about personal style. If it wasn't for you ai would have never found out about Kibbe. It's sucha great system andI had an instant click with it. I finally understood why ai was gravitating towards a certain style. That was my actual type!
That being said... it took me a while to discover that every era has something cool about it. You name the very low waist jeans. With beautiful abs, I mean that's a very sexy look.
I have immensely benefited from the kibbe body type system and the suggestions you've given Aly! After discovering I'm a soft gamine, it helps to keep the guideline while shopping and not getting frustrated like before. Thanks
My late mother, who was firmly on board with the concept of color analysis (she was a Winter), introduced me early to the idea of wearing one's colors. We were talking to a lady who largely agreed with Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful but had set up her own thing. I was typed as an Autumn.
The few times I dressed trendy as a wee thing, I hated it. I would say much of my look throughout my tweens and teens was loosely inspired by the 1960s and 1970s. I looked like a rumpled little ragamuffin, but I didn't care. I didn't start trying out "groomed chic" until my late teens and early twenties. This looked all right, but something was still missing.
To cut a long story short, I got more into unusual colors, avant-garde looks, standout pieces. Via Grace Margaret Morton and Harriet T. McJimsey I learned that this impulse was the correct one. Initially when I was looking at Kibbe I thought I might fit with Flamboyant Gamine. Come to find out I'm a full-fledged Dramatic; the knack I have for pulling off elongated lines and styles should have been a tipoff. On top of all of this, circling back to color analysis, I am a Dark Autumn (or what Suzanne Caygill would have called a Bronze Autumn).
I don't know if I would have evolved my current style on my own, but I must say McJimsey and Kibbe both helped. Thank you so much for this video!
I'd looooove if you brought more fashion history content!!
I agree been placed wich type I am. I think I am dramatic. I don't have a thin lips example but I read that Kibbe doesn't look face not so much. I have long face, straight eyebrows.
I struggled to type myself because my body is obviously soft dramatic but I don’t think my face is at all, but I think SD clothes suit me best. There are some good videos on here about when body and face don’t seem to match 🙂
Thank you ☀️
Also, Jenny Mustard has a super empowering take on dressing for your own body ruclips.net/video/NqL02AJDeTE/видео.html. Like Kibbe, she focuses on emphasizing what you have, rather than trying to compensate.
You amaze me😃👌Thank you for all that you do❣️
Thank u so much for your efforts ❤ I hope you answer me .. As a theatrical romantic does it means basically that I should wear romantic and dramatic lines combined ?
Aly has lot s of videos on how Congress foe thenvodybtyoes, and how each type can create different looks.
@@HumanimalChannel Yes, @imane if you search “theatrical romantic” on here you’ll find Aly and other creators have put together some excellent videos 🙂👍
Aly, you do great job. I like your channel very much. I founded it not too long ago. I realised that I'm flamboyant gamine. It not so clear in the test. But I've always liked bold colors: orange, yellow, lime (even neon), warm red. Hate pink, don't like blue (especially light). I like geometric patterns, Asimetrical accents, don't like big floral, frills, glamour accents. I feel good myself only in narrow skirts or dresses above the knee and most of all in trausers (it's been since childhood). I'm 159cm tall, muscular ( I prefer the term sporty silhouette :) ) By the way, does my favorite colors mean that I'm warm type? I have gray-green eyes with darker shape and a little yellow around a pupil, middle blond, curly hair with very light sun reflexes in the summer. My skin is not so pale but not too dark also.
Aly I need that mascara!
I'm quite slim, but I look my best in Marilyn-style clothes, with emphasized waist. I find that style quite banal and too copied, but I obviously have to just accept it😊
I remember the first video I ever saw on your channel, you did the Madonna repro...girl, you've come a long way! I'm really grateful for your work, even thought sometimes I disagree with one thing or two, but what you're doing is so important and so good!
Congratulations and hugs from Brazil!!!
Shopping is hard. The stores all want to sell the same things
Wouldn’t it be great if there were stores that arranged their collections by Kibbe type?
But ... Aly! Which Body type are you?
I seem to remember her saying “soft gamine,” but I could be wrong.
@@wonderment6032 She said a while back that she’d been wrong about SG and would soon reveal her actual type…but never did. My guess is FG.
@@sarahakin I agree. If she’s not SG, FG seems like the best fit.
@@wonderment6032 I agree
@@sarahakini think she is closest to pure Gamine if she is that petite.
Kibbes Idea is cool, you also Aly.
Love this video!
Ally you look amazing, just the best outfit for you ♥
You teached me more about personal style than fashion graduation was able to ♥
YES, Macy's clothes are so weird? LOL !! the shots of pics you put up when talking about department store clothes completely explains why mall anchors are DEAD in 2022.