:^) I would say to follow whatever elements of Soft Gamine that you like or want to experiment with, and leave it at that. So I am following my heart-bought some mint green nail polish the other day. Yet there is something in my emotional makeup that is yearning for those colors. And mint green! I could hardly have picked two colors that would be more unflattering. I wanted pink.pretty, feminine pink.which looks atrocious on me. I was very happy doing that at first, but after a while I started to get bored. I began coming to the forum about 9 months ago, and at that time I really delved into buying clothes that suited my Deep Autumn self (fyi, there are more-detailed seasonal systems that divide each season up into three subseasons, if you're not confident that Spring is 100% accurate for you). I may have a very similar body structure to someone else but have a completely different personality therefore, I will be drawn to different colors and styles than that other person. The Kibbe and Color Me Beautiful are based on physical characteristics and not our personalities. These analyses are good for starting points, but at some point we realize that it's not emotionally the best thing to submit ourselves to these systems as rules that we MUST follow. I think what previous posters have said here is wise. I am currently in the mood to experiment with my style (I'm not set in my style yet), so why not? :^) But I may give it another chance, by combining the circular patterns with other more exciting elements, like bold colors. I think circular patterns make me look boring. For instance, the Soft Gamine is supposed to have a lot of curves and circular detailing in her clothing, but I like more angles. I too am a Soft Gamine! :^) I haven't read up on what the style entails too much yet, but I do see some areas where that style doesn't agree with mine. Reading your post prompted me to do the Kibbe analysis.
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Yet I happily wear my cropped denim jackets with dresses and think they work just fine. Example: According to Kibbe, I should never wear a cropped jacket. I find Kibbe extremely useful on silhouette and cut, and on the type of detailing that works best. The upshot? Take what makes sense and have fun with fashion. Except, well.I may not be soft, meek, and gentle, but I don't know if anyone has ever called me "forceful," either. And my personality type should be forceful and dynamic. Meanwhile, according to Carol Tuttle's Dressing your Truth (or whatever it is called) - I am a type 3, which in her view means I should also be an "autumn" in my colours. Except.er.I'm not such a soft and gentle person. According to colour theory I'm a "cool" or "true" summer - which also makes sense - but which conflicts a little bit with "dramatic classic." The classic part is fine - but summers are supposed to be soft and gentle, not dramatic. If you're convinced that you are some kind of gamine, why not simply play around with the different suggestions for both types until you find a balance that works for you? You may discover that you've "mis-typed" yourself (and what your heart yearns towards is closer to what suits you best) or, in the actual day -to -day wearing, you may learn that actually, soft gamine does work a whole lot better than you thought.Īccording to Kibbe's system, I'm a "dramatic classic" - which actually makes a lot of sense to me.
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Has anyone else dealt with this, where what you love isn't what might be the most flattering? Are there workarounds-adding Soft Gamine shapes but with decidedly Flamboyant touches, for example? Or is it the whole point that I need to go Soft Gamine to really be who I truly am/unleash my full beauty, with this yearning for flamboyantness holding me back?
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Personality-wise, Flamboyant is much more "me." But the softness/daintiness of my figure points to Soft Gamine, which I can never imagine myself wearing.
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While looking at Flamboyant Gamine on pinterest, polyvore, etc., everything in my heart goes YES. I have resigned myself that I am a Spring, even though I love all black everything, because I've always kind of known it that the colors I love aren't necessarily the ones that are the most flattering.īut I then tried to figure out my style personality, and after going online and discovering Kibbe, it was far more difficult for me to resign myself to my results. Hi all, this is my first topic, so bear with me.Ī couple of days ago, I read Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful.