Wonderful to hear from you, Caro! I have missed your voice.
Thanks for the links, it's a very intriguing read. My own experience with Kibbe is fairly recent, and based on reading the snippets from his book that I found on the internet and trying to apply them to myself. So really, more of an intuitive approach, as he recommends (although I think not everyone is wired that way). For me it led to some epiphanies... now instead of trying to hide or "soften" my large features, wide shoulders etc, I have learned to embrace them and evolved my "Gentlewoman Style".
As far as today's stars being "plastic", I didn't read that as "plastic surgery" but as "malleable". A good actress is a chameleon, who can disappear into a part and become someone else.
When I see , for example, a pic
of Julia Roberts touted as an example of Flamboyant Natural, I don't know if she is dressed for a director's vision of a character, or a Vogue shoot, or the role of Celebrity Walking her Dog (or walking the red carpet, displaying a stylist's vision, or I wouldn't see so many blondes washed out by all black).
Whereas the old-time stars had their own distinct "look", or persona, and the parts they were given were made to fit the "character" they already were.
