r/kibbedramatics

Looking for Yays or Nays on give or take my entire wardrobe. At this point I'm not attached to anything, though I have some skills to "edit" (dye/alter/etc) items, because I hate to just get rid of stuff if I can make it better.

I've tried to hide in clothes for almost thirty years and make myself disappear ever since I shot up in height and felt uncomfortable around my gamine pals and everyone felt the need to comment on my body.

Also trying to stay within a Deep/Dark Autumn Palette.

Thank you <3

Oh! And I know the whole idea is if it looks good ON my body, but I feel like I just need someone to let me know "you don't even have to put that on, it's going to look wrong on you". If that's possible. I'm also 40 and feel like my wardrobe belongs to a sloppy college kid.

To accentuate the vertical and not interrupt the vertical on dramatics, you can see visually longer pants, especially with appointed shoe create the column look so I’ve shown this three different ways long pants with pointed shoe long pants with round shoe and cropped pants. Even though I love cropped pants, they do interrupt the vertical line. I like to mix it up on occasion, but visually on a photo I can see why the Kibbe system does work.

I have a pair of these pants (in a different color) that I bought a few years ago, before I realized that full-length pants tend to be more flattering on me. They’re probably even a touch more cropped on me vs the model from slight shrinkage in the wash

That being said…I still keep them in my rotation. Anyone else rock cropped pants?

So I did my kibbe lines, and the verdict is soft dramatic. Trying to get opinions really, I think it's the only thing that fits. My shoulders are wide but I have a taper down to my waist and it comes back out. I know I have vertical, I'm 5ft5 but I look taller. So I'm wondering, have I found my place?

Thanks!

So I’m 172cm and currently overweight (BMI of about 28) on a weight loss journey.

I’m really struggling to decide on whether I’m an SD or a D with more body fat lol.

I’m definitely one of the two Ds - aside from being heavier in my lower body, I don’t have any width and my shoulders are really narrow. So, not FN - plus, FN clothing makes me look absolutely atrocious.

But, I’m pear shaped and whilst I have a decent size bust, they’re more “front facing”.

My waist is quite straight, and my overall torso looks to kinda just go straight from my waist upwards - from the front, unless I don’t wear a bra or wear a padded one, there’s not much side volume/upper curve. Which argues against SD.

But, I also feel like there are a lot of arguments to not be D either - such as the sloping, narrow shoulders, I have very little D facial structure, and I’m fairly fleshy everywhere, not just in specific areas.

Clothing wise, I feel like I suit some aspects of both, whilst also some other aspects of both don’t work either.

Thoughts? How can I distinguish between the two?

I’m undecisive if I’m dramatic or flamboyant natural and recently I thought what if I’m even soft dramatic? But I think mainly those SD thoughts come from being size L/XL, which visually takes away some of my height. I think I’m kind of angular in shoulder line especially but then kind of blunt at the same time lol. Opinions?

*For reference, I’m 177cm / 5’10 in height

Feels so so scary to post something like this, please be nice 🥺

So I’m a bit unsure because I feel like I fit a bit both types.
I’m tall and lean, and have a good jawline but not extremely angular. I’ve done competitive swimming for a decade until end of high school and am still very active which might overpronounce shoulders. Outfit-wise I tend to prefer monochromic items over overly patterned ones except when it comes to long dresses, in which case they need to have a sleek line to compensate for the pattern. I generally steer away from overly stiff and structures fabrics and in maxi dresses tend towards flowing, soft materials like tencel or cupro.
I do love both a monochrome and a layered look, the layers however have to be flowy. I do like a ripped oversized jeans! I like oversized outfits and feel confident in them. I also have wild long and curly 2c/3a hair. I’m at a loss 🥲

ok i think i have put these pictures on every subreddit possible lmao but i think im really close to getting it. the final dilemma is.. am i dramatic or flamboyant gamine? i didn’t think it was possible for me to be dramatic at this height but now idk

ok i think i have put these pictures on every subreddit possible lmao but i think im really close to getting it. the final dilemma is.. am i dramatic or flamboyant gamine? i didn’t think it was possible for me to be dramatic at this height but now idk

I feel like I look different in every photo and I'm at pretty much the middle of SD, D, and FN.

Without going into specifics, my body used to look very different but my weight has changed and I'm now reconsidering all of the tall types in the wake of my changing form. Any thoughts are welcome!

Edit: initially I thought my height was 5’6”, but it turns out I’m actually 5’5.75”… I use metric and didn’t bother to look it up, my apologies! So all types but the Gamines are back on the table.

I think I am too short to be dramatic, but asked in another subreddit and was typed as pure D. I do like wearing structured clothes but I also enjoy somewhat flowy dresses, like bias cut silk slips. I am sort of skinny, but when I gain weight it's mostly on my legs/hips and I also lose a bit of waist definition.