https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:40:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column/page/2#post-2084272 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:09:18 +0000 Helena 2084272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will start a new thread - hope that's okay - was thinking of doing so.Will link it here once it's up </p> <p>ETA:&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kibbe-fun?replies=1#post-2084273">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....st-2084273</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column/page/2#post-2084266 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:47:36 +0000 Anonymous 2084266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup, I'm still TR (122). Shocks no one :)<br /> As far as coloring, I read that dark hair reads as mature, as (caucasian) hair gets darker with age. So I'd think that would push someone more in the direction of D,R, or C (the more formal types) if it's on the line. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column/page/2#post-2084242 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:52:04 +0000 notsaf 2084242@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Carla</b>, I'm not sure I'm qualified to moderate such a thread, but if you'd like to repost, please do. (Fwiw, I always took you as a natural...)</p> <p><b>Sarah</b>, it's true many of these moniker labels could have applications in one system or another, but as I said to&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Column </b>above<b></b>, I think what really matters is if and how they're useful to you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column/page/2#post-2084192 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:27:35 +0000 Carla 2084192@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah! More Hijacking! I did the test and got Flamboyant Gamine. One more point and I would be in the Dramatic Classic category. Sounds about right for my moniker ‘Happy Tomboy’. I always related to Gamine, but thought I was too ‘big’ at 5ft 7in. Though my torso is not delicate, my limbs and facial features are fine boned.</p> <p>@notsaf - maybe post your link to the Kibbe quiz as a new thread, and we can have some pre-holiday quiz fun? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084189 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:58:51 +0000 SarahD8 2084189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Huh. I have to say I am generally quite skeptical of these typing systems but I just took the quiz, and my score is closest to Flamboyant Gamine, which...fits?</p> <p>One point I'm slightly confused on, though -- a style moniker is different from a Kibbe (or other) type, right? It's a bit confusing because some people's style moniker's include words (especially "Classic") that also appear in Kibbe's system. But other people's style monikers don't include those words at all. (So does "Classic" as part of a style moniker necessarily mean "Classic" in a Kibbe sense? Maybe I'm overcomplicating things.)</p> <p>That said, I can see how my own "Girl on the Moors" moniker is consistent with a Flamboyant Gamine type (which I sort of read, in a tongue in cheek way, as indicating "delicate, but weirdy." It me.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084183 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:41:04 +0000 Suz 2084183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not a derail at all! I hope it will prove useful to others, and besides, I feel vindicated.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think the contrast thing is probably much more about personal colouring which the Kibbe system isn't really geared towards... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084178 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:02:44 +0000 Helena 2084178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, I did it too - I came up classic, albeit right at the edge of classic; I guess the next closest was soft gamine, so <b>notsaf </b>and <b>Suz</b>, you were right according to that test (assuming I self-evaluated reasonably)! </p> <p>The only think that doesn't fit from a Kibbe perspective is the contrast - as I have/can wear a reasonably high contrast; whereas, the guidelines seem to indicate classics are low contrast - but I've done enough systems to know that there's never a perfect fit. Plus, I like classic style so let's be real, that's what I'm going to wear anyhow ha! :D</p> <p>Sorry <b>Suz </b>to derail your thread, but thank you both for your help; these things draw me in like a moth to a flame </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084137 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:28:26 +0000 Suz 2084137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did the self-test you linked to, <b>notsaf</b>, which is a much simplified version of the others I've done, and for the first time ever, I think it was accurate!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084098 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:04:40 +0000 Helena 2084098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084096 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:03:52 +0000 notsaf 2084096@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry this link is the one I meant to post:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt4Xd6pL9vE&amp;t=301s"></a><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt4Xd6pL9vE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt4Xd6pL9vE</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084094 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:00:50 +0000 notsaf 2084094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, I'm so glad we're all on the same page! </p> <p>I agree with what Suz just said: not having seen you in person, TG, it's hard to say, but I would bet a lot that you on one side or the other of classic -- maybe a little gamine, maybe a little dramatic depending on your stature but especially on your proportions. </p> <p>In general, I've found it helpful to&nbsp;frame these things in terms of how others perceive us, rather than how we perceive ourselves. I *adore* the gamine style, but that's actually not me: if anything, people perceive me as taller than I am (though I'm really quite average at 5'5"), which is the opposite of gamine. Still, I look great in cropped styles and am not at all angular, so (probably) on the soft end classic.</p> <p>If you're interested, this is (a rather long!) video that I found helpful:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLIuYHLzZpM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLIuYHLzZpM</a>. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084089 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:46:23 +0000 Helena 2084089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>PS - back to Column - those are beautiful outfits! Definitely classic with a romantic touch, and very modern shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084088 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:44:20 +0000 Suz 2084088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, maybe you could be a gamine (the pure type) but honestly, there is a huge dose of classic in you. And that's that. Said me. The total non-expert. :)&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084086 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:39:02 +0000 Helena 2084086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh thanks!! I thought I was but was told I wasn't by virtue of my small size ... I should have just asked you guys in the first place </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084084 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:32:19 +0000 Suz 2084084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>notsaf</b>, so glad you see what I see with TorontoGirl!&nbsp;</p> <p>This is the problem with Kibbe- we are not good judges of ourselves and the celebrity examples are often confusing also. Thanks for the links, though -- helpful!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084037 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:34:02 +0000 notsaf 2084037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dear&nbsp;<b>Helena</b>, I'm with <b>Suz</b>! No way are you dramatic romantic. You are classic, one way of the other (just like me! hence our mutual love of, well, classics!).</p> <p>Here's a little more reading:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.audreyalamode.com/blog-audreyalamode/2019/5/21/whats-your-body-type-kibbee">http://www.audreyalamode.com/b.....ype-kibbee</a>.</p> <p>Maybe this quiz would be helpful, but I know from experience it is very hard to accurately judge oneself:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://13perfectshapes.wordpress.com/13ps-kibbe-quiz-female-version/">https://13perfectshapes.wordpr.....e-version/</a>.</p> <p><b>Column</b>, so glad you have found some adjectives that work for you! Let us know how it goes as you incorporate them into your choices about dressing and shopping this year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2084010 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:35:23 +0000 Suz 2084010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, my gosh, <b>Helena,</b> you cannot be a theatrical romantic!! You are a classic or (possibly) dramatic classic. I don't care what Kibbe says. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't claim to understand Kibbe very well (and his is one system among many) but I think the idea of looking at style personalities from the point of view of the lines, proportions, patterns, and shapes that best suit a person is a great additive to the more common colour typing.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think the original idea was from that very old book called The Triumph of Individual Style, that <b>Shevia </b>and <b>Vildy</b> and several other members pointed me to years ago (thank you!). I haven't even read that whole thing but it is the foundation for a lot of subsequent systems. It's really about analyzing your body type, face shape, features, and overall energy and considering what shapes/ proportions/ lines work best with that to express your essence.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Column</b>, back to you! (Sorry, I got pulled away.) Thanks for posting those outfits - -they are lovely! I especially love your dressy burgundy one. Wow. It looks as if you have a terrific dress collection. </p> <p>And yes -- the "current" seems to be in footwear (though also to some extent in colours chosen and lengths, etc. I don't think it really matters what order you place the adjectives....whatever helps you when you go shopping and put together outfits, really. If you think of the words at all. I used to think "urban prince" when I went out shopping and it really helped me at that time when I was building a wardrobe from scratch -- but now I just shop intuitively. I set my intention at the start of the year and then go off and do it without thinking about it.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Carla </b>-- I <b>LOVE</b> that distinction between trend and fad. That is worth a thread of its own. That's how I understand it, too, and why I am happy to include "trendy" in some of my personal fashion descriptors. I think as an older woman a bit of "trendy" is precisely what keeps me looking current or "with it," if you will -- that, and irregular outfit juxtaposition.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083959 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:04:44 +0000 Helena 2083959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aside - if anyone ever figures out Kibbe, please PM me to explain as I find it so confusing (apparently I'm a theatrical romantic, but that's about the extent of my knowledge, so not very helpful!!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083955 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:01:57 +0000 Column 2083955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, notsaf! So maybe I will rearrange the monikers to reflect the emphasis I believe you rightly discerned to Romantic Current Classic? In this case, Classic is the noun, and so forms the basis of my style. Romantic Current are, I believe, the correct order of modifiers. For me, Romantic doesn`t as much describe the Current elements as much as supersede them in importance and ratio: notsaf is right. My Current elements are mere touches, and mostly in cautious footwear where the risk is lower and I don`t disrupt the (safe) Classic lines.</p> <p>For the record: I am defining these terms myself, although the Kibbe descriptions are very helpful, as are terms on the Red Leopard site. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083921 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:12:57 +0000 Bijou 2083921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz you look perfect in this outfit, it is so true to your personal style. Now I am off to investigate what Kibbe style is about! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083897 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:09:23 +0000 notsaf 2083897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whether you got the terms right is absolutely a matter for you to decide, but I absolutely see "Current Classic Romantic" in these looks. Classic colors, styles, and shapes, but quite feminine with a little modernity esp. in footwear! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083889 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:39:37 +0000 Column 2083889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mobile is not cooperating, but I was able to manage these three outfits from the last year. Did I get the monikers right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083843 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 03:41:19 +0000 Carla 2083843@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My 2 cents on TRENDY = ‘very fashionable or up to date in style or influence’. </p> <p>I need this word in my fashion vocabulary, and I will use it in relation to describing an article I might see as current. I note Angie will speak of things being ‘a trend now going on x years’ or ‘a fringe trend’ when she provides an opinion of a fashion ‘thing’, and I find that most helpful. </p> <p>‘Here today, gone tomorrow’ = a FAD = ‘an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short lived, or without basis in the objects qualities.’ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083841 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 03:21:59 +0000 Suz 2083841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah! Yes -- "trendy" has negative connotations to many. It doesn't to me, necessarily. I think I interpret it similarly to <b>Angie</b>. But I understand why others would reject it. I used to reject it, too, until I realized how a small dose of trendy could up my style satisfaction.&nbsp;</p> <p>Romantic adds a beautiful softness and femininity. A dose of "yin" drama vs. my (typical) "yang" drama. It's a great way to go.&nbsp;</p> <p>Glad if the discussion helped, and look forward to seeing some outfits if you get a chance! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083832 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 02:02:31 +0000 Column 2083832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SUZ! This is so incredibly generous of you! I`m touched.</p> <p>Your and everyone else`s comments (THANKS all!) are so instructive! I now understand some things—which I now see can translate into wiser styling and purchasing choices:</p> <p>Based on the discussion above, I do believe I am a Current Classic Romantic. While “trendy” can work, for me the word connotes a passing fancy. Not that being current won`t pass, but I think of clothing as a reference that says I know what time period I am living in, kind of like being able to talk current books, podcasts, films, etc. I`m less concerned about being actually fashionable, I guess, than in using clothing as a medium (not to get wonky or to deny my love of fashion).</p> <p>Classic defines the lines that you, Angie, others and I share love for, and romantic suggests the feminine quality I enjoy. It also incorporates the touches of drama I like without being full-out arty. (I never considered drop earrings dramatic, but they are.)</p> <p>You all are just the best. This made my day! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083674 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:43:40 +0000 Anonymous 2083674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes to modern, classic, gamine! Modern from your variety of shapes, classic from your color scheme, gamine from the playfulness and hair. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083663 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:24:15 +0000 Helena 2083663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah Suz, good distinction - I get it - the style of the clothes vs the style of the person makes a big difference in how things are defined!</p> <p>Nodding with all the gamine comments - there's that element of boldness, but it's not pushy boldness ... More a staccato note that brings some energy and freshness to the look. A very nuanced and rich style indeed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083659 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:15:31 +0000 nemosmom 2083659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is it possible to be Modern Gamine? I am horrible with kibbe types, but I do see an element of playfulness in your outfit that would sway me away from calling it Classic. I am also with TG on the word "trendy", and don't usually equate trendy with modern, updated, or current - I think more along the lines of here today/gone tomorrow. Then again, I am not great with monikers so I am probably no help at all! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083630 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 04:05:02 +0000 rachylou 2083630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. So so interesting! I’d say modern classic, but there is that little bit of twist, of uniqueness. A gamine quality, but also an air of the avant garde. Your modern classic is informed. I watch these daytime talk show reruns (Lol), and they fascinate me because they usually are totally straight modern classic. I would say maybe it’s the hair - a lot of ringlets - but there are always people with pixies too. Maybe it’s the jewelry - tennis bracelets and stud earrings. Maybe it’s the sets - the lighting and furnishings. Idk! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-moniker-for-column#post-2083625 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 03:27:34 +0000 Jaime 2083625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are classic gamine! That makes perfect sense to me! There will always be an element of quirky in your style but it flows naturally with your gamine quality so it almost looks classic on you. Hmm, does that make any sense? Anyway you look so vibrant and good in this picture - glowy and healthy which is more and more my own goal. Have I managed to miss the point of this post entirely? Quite possibly so! </p>