Your sense of style, combined with your body type, coloring, and personality all contribute to your STYLE personality.
Let me be clear. Just because someone says you can’t wear large yellow floral prints with your coloring BUT THAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING TO WEAR, so what? Wear what makes you feel good. However, if you are looking for style help, a nudge in the right direction, or some new ideas, I urge you to keep an open mind. This lady may sometimes dress weird, but she still knows her stuff!
The Dramatic
She comes first because she waits for NO ONE!
The Dramatic wears what’s cool, because she can. She can go way over the top, and somehow it still works for her. Powerful colors, geometrics, animal prints. Shiny, glittery, or severely plain. Skin-tight or ultra blousy, she is EXTREME in any direction. Dramatic fabrics are “theatrical and striking.”
Some of her biggest drama, however, is saved for her shoes.
“Full-fledged dramatics are…exotic looking and have flat hips and long legs.” I say, try the dramatic style if you have a loud voice, look very cool with an undercut or bright haircolor, or are constantly drawn to anything with studs on it!
The Romantic
This woman might call you “shug,” and you might like it. Her clothing is beautiful, soft, sweet, and feminine, because she is too.
Frills, ruffles, draping, lace…nothing is too feminine for the Romantic (although she needs to dress for her age. Pigtails and bows are the jurisdiction of the Ingenue, the “youthful romantic”).
Romantic women have curves and look great in clothing that drapes or has curved lines.
“Her hair is best in…curls, even if she sweeps it off her face, and her make-up can be strong if it is not overdone.” Highlight your favorite feature! Eyes? Fake eyelashes! Lips? Strong lip color (in your palette)! Cheekbones? Learn how to use bronzer and highlighter to make them stand out, with some shimmer!
Girl, shimmer is a Romantic’s best friend. She can shimmer in satin, velvet, silk, brocade, and/or chiffon.
Try the Romantic look if you self-describe as ‘sweet,’ or if you just can’t get enough of lace.
The Natural
She is friendly and unpretentious.
Her clothes are simple, casual, and playful.
The Natural woman looks perfect in jeans and a t-shirt, athletic wear, and/or natural, textured fabrics.
Anorak jackets, dark-wash skinny jeans, and hiking boots with wool socks would look plain on a Dramatic and boring on a Romantic, yet look vibrant and appealing on the Natural.
Natural women come in a range of sizes and shapes, from thin, ballet types to more muscular athletes.
If you are a Natural and you need dressy clothes, pick simply cut dresses in more casual, textured fabrics (such as boucle, tweed, or linen), and neutral colors.
“All natural types should avoid shiny fabrics.”
Easily tousled, low-maintenance hair is perfect for Natural women.
The Classic
The Classic women is evenly proportioned, tailored, neatly groomed, and on her fashion game 100%. When she was young, she was probably called “preppy,” but she has since grown into a more elegant style.
Classics don’t change their fashion with every new trend, but they never look out of date.
Structured dresses and trench (or pea) coats are perfect for the Classic woman, as are fabrics such as chiffon, silk, and herringbone weaves.
No one should wear clothes that look cheap, but the Classic especially needs to wear quality fabrics and well-made clothes, as the simple silhouettes that look wonderful on her can look dreary in poorly made fabrics and garments.
On the subject of the Classic woman’s hair, “you must choose a controlled style that you can keep neat. The casual, windblown look is incompatible with your image.”
BTW: The Afro is a classic hairstyle for black women.
The Androgyn
The Androgynous woman (or person, rather) pulls style elements from both the masculine and feminine. This might mean a woman who identifies as a woman wearing men’s suits, suspenders, or A-shirts (usually white tanks commonly worn by men as undershirts).
This might mean a person who identifies as genderfluid, wearing whatever feels authentic to them today.
This might mean a man who identifies as a man wearing unisex or feminine clothing, hairstyles, or make-up.
This might mean a totally adorable boy dressing like a totally adorable boy.
This might mean Harry Styles.
Androgyny can be achieved in a lot of ways, from casual to formal, from male to female, from extremely trendy to…well, me in a grandpa sweater.
The defining characteristic of the Androgyn is that you don’t subscribe to gender norms. That’s it.
If you’ve never experimented with Androgyny, a great way to dip your toe in the water is through Menswear. Every few seasons, designers remember how INCREDIBLY HOT women look in men’s clothing (and occasionally vice versa). During those blessed seasons, you usually see wool three-piece suits, crisp trousers, neckties, or gorgeous hats. Pick one or two and blend them into your wardrobe.
Menswear-inspired shoes are very stylish, as well. You can find some great boots, heels, and oxfords modeled on classic wingtips. Pair with dress and tights, or under a suit and rakish hat. You can’t go wrong.
About the Androgyn that has curves “The current aesthetic seems awfully narrow and limiting compared to the textbook definition of androgyny. Androgyny does not belong to one gender or one body type: it is for all genders and every body! If you love your curves, embrace them!”
The Creative (That’s me!)
This confident, freethinking woman wears her artistic flair on her sleeves, her shoes, her pants, her dresses, etc. Her patterns are wild, sometimes even famous prints. Her bag is likely to be a screen-printed tote (with Marylin Monroe on it, perhaps).
Telling the Creative to stay away from color in her clothes is like asking her not to breathe. She has such an eye for color that she can match better than you, but she won’t do it (especially when it’s trendy to match). In fact, she cares very little about trends. She wants to stand out and be surprising and throws layers together in the least ordinary way she can.
Here’s a three-fer!
THE CREATIVE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO THRIFT SHOP, and has no fear when it comes to tearing apart her clothing to make something WAY cooler. Even if she’s not the do-it-yourself type, the Creative will incorporate lively patterns into classic pieces such as a blazer or trousers.
If you are a Creative type, get weird with your hair! It suits you. After all, “you’re such a free spirit!” (As though you’ve never heard THAT before).
The Gamin(e) (Or is this me? You judge..)
If you are petite and look incredibly good in a hat, it’s very possible you are a Gamin(e).
Just crazy good.
The Gamin(e) is adorable, stylish and perky. She can wear touches of the youthful Romantic, Creative, Natural, and Classic styles, but she looks best in a mix and match style.
Pull a cardigan from the youthful Romantic’s wardrobe, a sheath dress from the Classic, colorful sneakers from the Natural, or jewelry from the Creative. Cuffed jeans, even-width stripes, and fun oxford shoes. Ruffled dress, patterned tights, granny boots.
Vintage (even horrid polyester) looks so cute on the Gamin(e). I know, it’s not fair. If you are a Gamin(e), you might be snidely referred to as a “hipster,” but really, they stole YOUR style!
The Gamin(e) owns the pixie cut, and has the large eyes to balance it.
“Clean, straight lines complement both her body and her energetic spirit.”
Gamin(e)s, if you don’t own one great pair of flats (ballet flats, leopard smoking slippers, gold oxfords, plaid loafers, etc), then you are missing out! Women, you are quirky! Go with it!
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