https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:17:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/3#post-2188946 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:17:14 +0000 Zaeobi 2188946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Jenni NZ maybe you &amp; I are 'stealthy' Theatrical Romantics? TRs in disguise </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/3#post-2188930 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:55:22 +0000 Anonymous 2188930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think we both have romantic and dramatic, you the d would be primary (so soft dramatic) and me the r (so theatrical romantic). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/3#post-2188927 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:50:04 +0000 Janet 2188927@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Soft Dramatic, eh? OK, I checked out a little bit about it and think there's definitely something there that applies to me. Thanks for the insight!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/3#post-2188925 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:45:50 +0000 Anonymous 2188925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you definitely have gamine Gillian Pearl! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/3#post-2188877 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:48:35 +0000 Anonymous 2188877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this discussion! I’ve gone down all these rabbit holes many times. Kibbe enthusiasts typed me as a Soft Natural in the last, and I think there’s something to that, but it’s never been quite right. I can look good in those styles, but it doesn’t suit my face and personality. My hair looks good long, but I look better and more like me with short hair. I’ve embraced the gamine aspect and relate to several of the gamine mix types on Truth is Beauty. Basically wherever she says a combo is for a pixie, fairy or sprite I relate :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188591 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 02:21:16 +0000 Jenni NZ 2188591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I thought I would be a Theatrical Romantic but my hair has been wrong for that since I cut it all off aged 35. The difference between that and Romantic Gamine is not easy though in my recent reading... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188548 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 01:18:31 +0000 Zaeobi 2188548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha @suntiger in that case I'm not sure if I'm a Romantic either then, since I thought I'd look awful with short hair but surprisingly it looked ok (or at least the forum seemed to think so - also my husband kept trying to convince me not to do it but, now that I have, he keeps asking when I'm going to get my hair cut short again lol!) </p> <p>I do think that it took more effort to make sure I had a cut that would 'work' for me though (still somewhat long in places), as opposed to another Kibbe Type (say 'Gamine') that could probably get away with a much shorter look with panache. </p> <p>Oh well, food for thought - I therefore have no idea what I am either @Janet </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188536 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:45:45 +0000 Anonymous 2188536@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jealous of the beach camping!<br /> I don't think I have any gamine at all! All the juxtapostion these days seems like it would be gamine, cause it's playful. On some it looks authentic, but feels like a costume on me. Tattoo "poser" on my forehead costumey-lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188371 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:31:17 +0000 Bonnie 2188371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suntiger - Thanks for your help. I like the idea of starting with the clothes and what is working, and your explanation of the usefulness of the Kibbe types. I know I'm not R or D and don't buy those kinds of items and I thinkI must be a G, C, or N and buy items in all of those categories. Now I realize it would be useful to stick with one type.</p> <p>Suz: Thanks for chiming in. There is a N-C-G category?&nbsp;&nbsp;I've always loved your outfits so it makes sense we share a similar type. I will check those articles.</p> <p>Sorry for the quick replies but I'm camping at our local beach right now, it's our first trip in over a year in our MH and kind of a quick practice trip before we take a longer trip in May. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188322 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:53:37 +0000 Suz 2188322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ETA, <b>Bonnie </b>--&nbsp;</p> <p>Check out the Natural-classic<b>- </b>gamine that <b>Suntiger</b> pegged me as. The colours are not right for you but maybe the style sensibility, to an extent.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I think it could also explain your choice of those two tops and why both might work on you really well. First -- while one is yin and one is yang, both are patterned and also tops, and you would COMBINE them with other outfit elements to create the balance that works best on you. And that would work really well. Also, while the patterns are quite different, there is a horizontal effect to both tops that would "cut you in half" (combined with bottoms) which for a gamine type is a good thing, not a bad thing, weirdly enough. And even if you wore tonal bottoms (which you might well do, for figure flattery or simple cohesion) those patterns up top would give you the sense of movement or dynamism or playfulness that is important to your overall look.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm definitely a gamine of some type who veers toward yang but I, too, happily choose and wear lots of "yin" type clothing -- soft scarves with organic patterns, for instance, and some tonal or organic patterns on blouses, sweaters, etc. It works -- if there's a balance of other elements.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188317 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:47:39 +0000 Suz 2188317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>And the main usefulness is it's then easier to figure out what will be harmonious, and stop buying, or even considering, those things that have no properties in common.<br /></i><br />Yeah. I like what Shevia and a few others above (can't remember now, sorry!) said about aligned style. Some get to this intuitively, and some need to be more analytic.&nbsp;</p> <p>And even if you do it intuitively, it can sometimes be good -- when you're stuck about something -- to think about these yin/ yang balances or the categories to figure out why. For instance, I love tonal and column of colour outfits on others. But on me, they always always always feel "flat.&nbsp;<br />I mean, unless I add a scarf with a pattern or pops of colour via bag, shoes, etc.&nbsp;</p> <p>It makes complete sense with my style type.&nbsp;</p> <p>For visual types, this site is way easier than going directly down the Kibbe rabbit hole. Even if the clothing examples aren't completely current, you can get the idea pretty easily and quickly and see the distinctions between the subtypes.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188256 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:52:22 +0000 Anonymous 2188256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are pretty far apart Bonnie! Are you picturing them for different moods/ occasions?<br /> I think there's definitely something to be said for starting with the clothes, what's working and not, to determine the Kibbe. And the main usefulness is it's then easier to figure out what will be harmonious, and stop buying, or even considering, those things that have no properties in common. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188246 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:14:40 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2188246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never know where to step into the circle of these things to use them: look at myself and what I wear to determine what category fits, then use that category to determine what to wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188194 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 02:56:44 +0000 slim cat 2188194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting read - need to come back and take my time with it.<br />So far I figured out that I'm Gamine with natural inclinations ( the rest needs to be discovered ). Although all the examples/pictures are so fabulous - I feel not measuring to any of them ( even as inspiration )<br />&nbsp;;) &nbsp;. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188173 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:56:37 +0000 Bonnie 2188173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing these articles about Kibbe types. I've read a few of them so far and plan to read more because I still haven't figured out what I am and how knowing what I am will help me. &nbsp;I ordered two tops recently that I now recognize as yin and yang and am wondering what that tells about me.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188171 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:51:48 +0000 Sal 2188171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree Suntiger and Synne re Janet being Soft Dramatic - or this being the closest.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188140 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:24:20 +0000 Anonymous 2188140@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree to SD for Janet!<br /> Definitely C and G Suz in any case! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188081 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:51:18 +0000 Suz 2188081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun discussion! Thanks for alerting us to this, <b>Suntiger</b>! </p> <p>For myself, I think maybe I'm closer to Classic Gamine, now that I've taken a closer look at all her options for Gamine. </p> <p>Anyway, I'm definitely&nbsp; "something" gamine! :)&nbsp; It could be Dramatic Classic Gamine too -- but I agree with you that her examples seem off for me -- a bit too intense/ dressy/ sharp. Then again, they are no more "off" than the Classic Gamine or the Natural Gamine examples -- the natural gamine outfits are too relaxed, casual, and earthy for me—not as crisp and structured as my usual style. The classic clothes are a bit too ...mmmm, verging on cliché of French style? and also a bit dressier than my current style -- which, of course, is not my preferred aspirational style, i.e. I'm way more casual now than I was two years ago, due to pandemic and new living situation -- which is why you might have pegged me as "natural classic gamine." Makes sense.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188080 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:42:34 +0000 Synne 2188080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Soft Dramatic, my guess for you Janet. Lots of great comments here. Aligned dressing, yes indeed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188076 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:13:23 +0000 Janet 2188076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Am I the only one who gets completely lost in these discussions? But I remember getting very unsatisfactory, muddled results when I tried taking Kibbe quizzes. I have no idea what I am, although I laugh at the idea of my being gamine, so that's not it. Part of me is curious, but the other part of me is pretty sure it wouldn't make me do anything differently from what I already do.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188074 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:08:32 +0000 Isabel 2188074@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. This is all so fascinating ! Thank<br /> You for posting about it and everyone who is chiming in. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2188052 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:59:33 +0000 Anonymous 2188052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The one with the short hair on all the types was interesting. Proof that people with R are just wrong with short hair (to my eye). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2187960 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:13:13 +0000 Zaeobi 2187960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Coming back to this thread because @suntiger's last comment (re: effortless style) plus a lot of talk about Gamine in particular reminded me of this: </p> <p>I've seen Zooey Deschanel typed as different types of Gamine a lot. But I always felt this was a bit of a Catch 22, since that's the way she dresses anyway. Then when I saw a post arguing that she was a Romantic 'masquerading' as a Soft Gamine, something clicked. I couldn't find the original post but this interesting analysis got me thinking again of what it is that we actually class as Yin vs Yang features:<br /> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Kibbe/comments/mkx44r/zooey_deschanel_a_manifesto_that_no_one_asked_for/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/Kibbe.....asked_for/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2187842 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 21:42:56 +0000 Anonymous 2187842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad to get everyone thinking :)<br /> Effortless to me is the opposite of "trying to make things work" just because they look right on others or they're trending or they're wardrobe orphans. It's putting something on that just feels like it belongs. Like it didn't come out of someone elses wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2187822 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 19:31:28 +0000 smittie 2187822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yah, I like these discussions.<br /> I think I’m a straight up classic, but love gamine styles. But I think I look best in the basic styles that are not “too” anything. Straight up the middle.</p> <p>I think high contrast colour really works well on me too.</p> <p>I’m trying to think of some things I feel uncomfortable in, and I think it’s mostly long straight lines don’t look that good, and...oversized anything, sadly. Dramatic colours work though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2187662 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 02:20:07 +0000 Jaime 2187662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like what Jonesy said - effortless style may actually be aligned style. I have read a lot about these systems, and the idea that your style works best when it reflects your natural lines or even essence is fascinating to me. A long time ago it was suggested here on this forum that I am a flamboyant gamine, which surprised me at first, but I have since run with it. Been having second thoughts lately, but that is another topic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2187639 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:17:31 +0000 cat2 2187639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am finding it really freeing to be able to say something just isn’t me, even if it means sitting out long retail cycles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2187635 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:21:06 +0000 Jonesy 2187635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This truly is a rabbit hole! I find this sort of analysis much more compelling and interesting than color theory, so I spent some time poking around, following the links. Thanks for sharing this. I guess if someone has what we would call an "effortless" or "genuine" style, they are intuitively putting together looks that complement their physical self and overall gestalt (vibe, presence, drama, warmth, etc.), so everything looks cohesive and unstudied. It's very interesting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2187603 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 22:03:55 +0000 LaPed 2187603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>According to Kibbe I'm too short to be a Natural, and am probably somewhere in between flamboyant gamine and dramatic classic if we're talking strictly about body type. I tend to do well with the "broken" lines that suit gamine types, rather than long unbroken lines (e.g. I rarely do column-of-colour looks, or long-over-lean). I do like both the Natural-Classic-Gamine and Natural-Dramatic-Gamine looks on Truth is Beauty; there's kind of a sweet spot in between the two for me -- not too prep/polished and not too punk/RATE -- that I aim for but rarely hit. </p> <p>I'd never really considered colouring as an element of the yin/yang continuum; I sort of think of colour as its own distinct axis. I've moved away from high-contrast over the past year or two towards mid/low-contrast looks. I don't wear a lot of pure black or pure white anymore. With colour, I'm never sure how much my shifts are a reflection of the zeitgeist vs understanding myself better. My personal colouring is definitely lower-contrast than it used to be, thanks to growing my hair out and spending a lot of time outside. But if I chop off all my hair and go back to working mostly indoors, that will change again. Will I go back to wearing higher contrast outfits? Who knows! I do think low-contrast and tonal is also "in" right now, and I'm sure that plays a role in what I choose.</p> <p>Does embracing softer colours and longer hair bring more yin elements into my style? Could be, but tempered by a lot of other yang elements: linear patterns, sturdy fabrics... I definitely think it's important to use yin and yang as a continuum, not an either/or. &nbsp;</p> <p>The blog post about "It's a good time to be gamine" really resonates. I was totally lost when *everything* was long-over-lean. There was just nothing for me to wear! I did pretty much all my shopping at thrift stores. Then the Kamm Pants/high-rise cropped wide-leg trend came in, along with boxy tops and chunky shoes, and suddenly I could shop retail again. :)&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/yin-and-yang-elements-for-angie/page/2#post-2187601 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:51:48 +0000 Sal 2187601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that is right for you Angie! And NemosMom I do think you are FN - texture, long lines, a bit of ruggedness, Relaxed hair, some bold elements, not fussy. </p>