Different Kibbe types, same dress: a visual case study

How can you differentiate between a soft gamine and a romantic visually?

Let’s talk about it!

This is Marilyn Monroe (5’ 5.5”). Marilyn Monroe is a Kibbe verified Romantic.

This is Leslie Caron (5’1”)

Leslie Caron is a Kibbe verified Soft Gamine.

Did you catch it? 😜

They’re wearing the same dress… but they look so different!

It all comes down to their bone structure & how flesh lays on top of it.

Marilyn Monroe is a Romantic - the most yin (rounded, lush, soft) of all the types. If you were to imagine a line from her armpit to her knee, it would be an unbroken curved line all the way down.

Leslie Caron is a Soft Gamine – meaning she has a mix and match of yin/yang features. Her shoulder area looks angular and narrower (yang) than Marilyn’s. On the other hand, she has a somewhat rounded, curved quality to her torso (yin). However, her “rounded'“ torso is not nearly as rounded as Marilyn – there’s a more taut, angular quality to it as well (yang).

Also, notice their heights. Leslie Caron is a whole 4 INCHES shorter than Marilyn, but looks taller than her in the photo, right?

That’s one place where you can see elongation/vertical (yang) on a petite frame (yin) in Leslie’s body compared to Marilyn.

This system is tough to understand because it’s not as intuitive as the fruit body typing system. It takes a ton of visuals, side-by-side pictures, and analyzing to start seeing these subtle nuances. That’s why I created a lookbook with descriptions of each body type as well as pictures of every Kibbe verified celebrity so you can easily see similarities within types and differences between types! If you want to check it out, click this link!

As always, I hope that helps and happy styling! <3