Guess Her Kibbe Body Type! 

Check out Natalia's interview with me at Skin at Heart, where i talk about a little bit about my philosophy, story, and share some tips: skinatheart.com/2019/05/09/interview-with-personal-stylist-merriam-amani-from-merriam-style/

Thank you all for the kind comments and thank you so sooo much Merriam for the accurate analysis in your video! I must have body dysmorphia or something, because at first I thought I was a Theatrical Romantic, but I was confused, because many things didn't add up. It seems that instinctively I was doing things correctly (some of the pictures are 4,5,7 years old). Anyway, it feels great to belong to the ever-original, crazy, avant-garde FG club! Btw, the pink furry thing is a scarf :)

I would've guessed dramatic classic.

she doesnt look short to me :(

What great pictures that show how the model really "looked like herself" when she dressed in flamboyant styles. Amazing! Thank you both for bringing this example to us.

Thanks for sharing your photos, Ms Flamboyant Gamine! Thanks Miriam, this was really fun

Would love to see an athlete’s body type, like Serena Williams. Thank you for your videos!

These types of video are great! Keep them coming!! So informative and better than constantly just using the same celebrities time and again.

I stopped the video and I guessed her as a dramatic classic because she is very symmetrical she also has a badass look to her so Dramatic classic.

Thank you to the brave beauty who offered up her photos for us all to scrutinise! You look amazing in all your photos, and you look as though you already have your own personal style down perfectly.

At first, her body suggests maybe classic? But her face is more mixed. Flamboyant gamine? Dramatic classic? I am mind blown at how beautiful all of her looks are. I am so clueless with fashion 😭

Thank you so much for another wonderful video and for sharing the interview. It was a true pleasure to interview you and it was very empowering for me to have The Style Report with you. And both the Lookbook and the colour Analysis were extremely helpful! Thank you so much Merriam for such an amazing work you've been doing! Sending you love and gratitude!

Love this! You read my mind, was going to request that you do a specifically Flamboyant Gamine video! Thank you! And the lady in the pics is fabulous!

I would love to see more of these typing videos, it's super helpful! Sharing your thoughts on how angels and different outfits can make the proportions look different was really interesting to hear! I would love more in-depth typing videos, or a video on etherial essence :)

That was really helpful. I love the bangs on her, that red outfit with the cinched waist and the complementary colored outfits are also amazing. I think, flamboyant gamine is one of my favorite types in terms of style variation possibilities. They can look edgy easily without it being too much for them. I just like the vibe I get from them. But this video also gave me a sense for why some people might think differently. Eg those classy looks. If someone really loves classic looks, they might have thought, those were her perfect lines. I can imagine my mom would definitely tell her to stick to monochromatic looks with an elongated line because she hates staccato outfit combinations in general. I love staccato looks and a mix of different textures and complementary, dynamic color combinations. When I try to wear it - as being a soft natural, how you kindly told me - I try too stick to softer colors, more muted, more flowy but still not monochromatic. I think it's really interesting how each body type can play with style. I also love dramatic lines, but I look really off in those, so I try to avoid them. I truly believe that when we understand our lines and really understand the lines of clothes, it's becoming effortless to pick clothes that just look amazing on us. Same goes with colors. Maybe even for someone who doesn't know much or even anything about color analysis for people, when they understand color in general, they might automatically pick colors that work for them. I never liked yellow or pure orange on myself, even as a child I felt very overpowered by those colors. And one think about the interview you meantioned: When I read about your passion for drawing and painting and how that ties in with everything, that really lit a candle for me. I also draw and paint since I was a child, I also love everything about color, picking a nice hairstyle, a certain haircolor, choosing shades for makeup, playing with color in general. But also videography and photography, sewing, interior design etc. Some people don't see how this is just a whole picture and not shattered interest. They tend to think, I don't know what I want. Also I truly believe we don't have to stick to one field and dismiss everything else that tickles our curiosity. This also applies to our style: do we really have to choose if we want to look classy or edgy or cute ALL THE TIME? I don't think so. We can, if we want to, but personally, one day I might wanna look chic, the other day more cute, then more edgy. I know, some people get confused by that. But as our character traits may not all be consistent, our style can vary as well. And that to me is a lot of fun. Style can really be a form of art.

i liked her in classic outfits more

I am really curious to know how tall she is, because to me she does not look short at all! I think she looks rather tall and thin. My favourite outfits on her are the all white outfit, the black skirt/tights & orange top @13.03min, and the skinny black jeans & red top at 14.03min. I like her edgy style, and I think she would look greatest in clothes that accentuated her thin and long stature, like long skinny jeans/pants with patterns (faux snake skin, striped, checkered, etc). I think thats why she looks good in the mono-crome outfits (all blue, all purple) because it adds the length that her long and thin body portrays. Personally, I think her body shines in the clothes that draw on her length (the longer black skirt paired with black tights @12:44m), rather than the shorter skirt that cuts off her legs/length (black & red flowered skirt @1:33m). I think a really cool outfit for you would be black and white striped skinny jeans/pants (thicker vertical stripes) paired with your orange blouse loosely tucked into the waist (the blouse thats shown @13.03min)!

Great video as usual Merriam. I love the reveal, I also thought gamine then classic. Then you put the last photos up. Lol. She looks amazing and so much fun! Love your comment about the guitar. She should make an Epiphone bag lol.

I would guess dramatic classic? She looks good in classic lines and seems pretty balanced. EDIT: Oh, now I see what you mean! :)

You should do more videos like this, i loved it !

Such a wonderful model and example for your video Merriam! Not easy to classify her I would say, very interesting! thank you for your amazing work.

Wow, this was really cool! What a beauty she is, and her outfits are so creative and awesome too! Having said that, I thought she might be a Dramatic Classic at first, but I do get some serious Zooey Deschanel vibes from her, and she is also a Flamboyant Gamine! However, my eyes did perceive her vertical line to be longer, since her head seemed kind of small to me. It wasn't until her picture with the red loose top taken slightly above her that I could see that she's smaller. That vertical line thing still trips me up! As does perceiving balance, and length. I wonder if this might've been easier to see if there were picture comparisons with other types as you often do. Anyway, thanks again for your video Merriam! 💕

I think she's a tricky one... because... - Her body doesn't look short and boyish like FGs (and Gs) silhouette usually does. - Her body is yes, somewhat angular (mostly the shoulders though) but it is also somewhat long and feminine which contradicts FG. Audrey Hepburn a FG, had a similiar(ish) body: a long torso and a waspish waist - but she also had more narrow shoulders and bigger head AND squarish hips and coltish/long legs. Typical gamine shape. The model here is less severe. Less leggish, less angular. Maybe it's just me but I think the FG lines kind of swallow her up. (The high waists look great tho, in comparison to the dropped ones.) But it looks like she's someone TRYING to be a FG. The colour- blocked boxy lines and animated prints look too severe on her feminine body. Maybe she might be a soft gamine? Emilia Clarke (SG) has a bit similiar shape (long torso). Though Emilia's head also looks proportionately bigger than what this lovely model has. Also, maybe if she went more towards a "Zooey Deschanel style"? (I saw someone naming Zooey a FG/SG.) Because the A-line floral dress and bangs do flatter her. The Kelly Osbourne kind of crazy punk rock FG look... just kind of looks too much on her. Just speculating. I do enjoy your videos Merriam. I think you often get things 100% right. But this is what I thought! Edit: Also, the orange relaxed blouson looks awesome on her. I think even some natural lines would look good on her.

I'd love to see a video on Sophie Turner; she's done so many different looks and somehow manages to pull them off from a combination of posing, angles and adapting styles for her body shape

I love this video, it really gives insight on how to type, could we have more of these?

Dramatic classic or flamboyant gamine? 😅😅

I'd love a video on mature Gamines! From 50-60-70 +. Would be so fun to see how they express the playful, "youthful" lines. Especially FG's! Overall it would be really fun and interesting if you made a series on mature ladies of all the types. The older the better! There must be mature celebrities too out there!😊 Another tppic idea is to see how all the celebrities wore there line on the Metropolitan Gala last week! (Céline Dion!) 😊 Thank you for your videos, Merriam! 😊🌺😊

I'm not 100% certain if Olivia Palermo and Haley Williams are Flamboyant Gamines, but they sure do embody the style lines pretty well (for those of you looking for outfit inspo).

She looks amazing in these latter outfits, particularly in red.

there are so many components to this system so I give all the creds to those who can type accurately. when you said that her vertical line might be short, it reminded me of a kibbe example of a short model who's line for her height is pretty long so that's what I thought about during the beginning 😅👌🏿

Yes, thank you to Natalie. Great job. Love the outfits. I would be interested in Theatrical Romantic.

Her pictures are absolutely stunning their beautiful pictures

I'd be interested to see the kibbe types of Keri Russell, Megan Fox, Jessica Pare, and Lana Del Rey. I've seen people say different types for them, so it would be cool to see exactly that they are. Thanks!

This was a really insightful video, thank you Merriam! Typing real people does seem to help even more than typing celebrities.

I first thought she was a Dramatic Classic then Flamboyant Gamine. Where you saw D answers, I saw them as C answers...

I liked the way you walked us through the process. Would you do a video on Zoe Deschanel? She has such a distinctive style that seems to suit her well.

This was really interesting, please do more of these types of videos 😀

I was thrown off because in some photos I thought she looked like a dramatic classic (like me) but then in others I thought no way it must be some sort of gamine.. I really appreciated you walking through how the different photos can change the perspective and body lines

Could you please do a video talking about differences between soft classic, soft natural and flamboyant gamine?

I guessed flamboyant gamine, and once she dressed for this body type you can see it really suits her! In the before pictures her flamboyant gamine outfit with the flowered skirt really stood out as well. Great transformation, thanks Natalie!

I thought she was a type of Classic like Dramatic Classic. Lol.

Actually gamine lines are shortened not elongated.The oversized jacket does not compliment the look that well.

Great videos! They helped me figure out my type better than any another Kibbe guide. Thanks. (I would still love to have you type me though, but I'm sure you are super busy.) Lately, I've been super curious as to what Jennifer Morrison's type is. Also, I think it would be fun to see what each country's dominant type is. And maybe what each of the eras' dominate types are.

Awesome topic, very interesting to see people who aren't by the book types! my celeb request is Gal Gadot, because of the physical transformation she went through to become wonderwoman, she might be tougher to type :) thank you for your work!

Well what I can say is that she's absolutely stunning

Yes! More of these videos, please!😊🌺

Dear Merriam, thank you for this amazing video, and also thanks to this lady who shared her photos. But still, I guessed it wrong. I thought about SD at first. Could you share your thought about Eva Green's kibbe body type? She is my favourite actress. Thank you.

You've said Emilia Clarke is Romantic and Maisie Williams is (soft?) Gamine, but I'd love to hear the body types of some other Game of Thrones ladies as the series draws to a close!

love this kind series

Thank you to the model--great examples!

At first, I thought she is dramatic and then a dramatic classic type and finally, you said flamboyant gamine! I thought oh OK so I now understand why they say a flamboyant gamine is a small dramatic. Thank you so much, Merriam, for all your creative videos. xoxo

Hey Merriam, really appreciating your channel and this video helps to see your process. Would you type Eva Green?

Yeah immediately i thought she was classic, she fooled me haha

Honestly I find her great in all theses look, I don't think the latest outfit much better than the first one But it's probable that I just anable to see the subtitle differences

Wow, I typed her correct and that in mind a few months ago I couldn't make a sense about Kibbe-bodytyping. But it was kind of a frewbie since she looked so great in the more gamine outfit (colourblocked + short flared skirt with kind of higher waist emphasis).

Super cute gamine! Thank you to her and to you for typing her for us!

To me she looks gamine maybe FG because her bones are really angular, but small. She looks really petite. She has some softness, but nothing in the romantic category. Sometimes her flesh even has some dryness to it depending on the angle. Especially her facial flesh. Edit: Yay! I was right ! Edit # 2: Thanks to the volunteer. Beautiful photos.

She is stunning! I first guessed D, then went on to SD and eventually DC. But gamine lines really do flatter her... Maybe it's because I think she looks tall that gamine didn't occur to me before you typed her and showed her in gamine outfits....

I guessed classic before we zoomed in on her face then I went to gamine. I'm not quite skilled enough to guess subtypes. Thank you for photos!

She looks like a rock star in flamboyant gamine. Very nice. Love videos like this !

Brilliant per usual! Francoise Hardy

What a great girl! Thank you 😊

First glance from the thumbnail - Classic. At the 3:00 mark I'm thinking maybe Dramatic Classic seeing her face closer up?

Loved this video!! I have a couple celebrities I am curious to know your thoughts on their kibbe type: Ariana Grande Dove Cameron Beanie Feldstein

Can you do a lipstick shades for the undertones video?

Dramatic Classic? 😂 edit: Whoops, so that's what her body type is. Wow, I need to train my eye more hehe.

I'd love to see a full analysis (kibbe type and skin undertone) on alexa chung

Firts glance-guess. Flamboyant Gamine.

First I thought dramatic classic because of the body, but the facial features were not classic and she rocks the short bangs. And she looks too tall for a pure gamine, but she must be a gamine, so I thougth flambloyant gamine? And my second guess was right. I'm getting good at this :D

I have a very similar body shape to her in terms of bone structure, but I am 5'9, more fleshy in the bum and thighs and my face is a bit rounder. Would I also be considered a flamboyant gamine?

She looks good in the gamine looks, but the lightly ruffled look in the first set of photos looked theatrical romantic (?) But I am always bad at picking these. She looked tall to me in the first photos. I'm guessing before I watch the whole video. I'm going by what outfits she looks the best in... that one on the steps is perfect for her. What body type is that outfit best for? Okay-- I guessed kinda wrong, as usual. I still don't quite get this but appreciate the video. Thank you to the volunteer for the photos!

I just paused it and this is very hard because of her small head proportionately but I would say a gamine because I think that she is a mixture of opposites and with an angular skeleton, I would say flamboyant gamine but I think she looks too good with waist emphasis i think if she were a flamboyant gamine a tighter fitted waist wouldn't be her look as much, now I'm gonna un pause it.

Merriam Style: What's her type? Me: Spanish gamine

I guessed right! Well actually I wasn't sure between pure gamine and flamboyant gamine... But most importantly I think this helped me type myself! Seeing how you actually add up the results was very helpful. I think I might be a soft gamine!

Looking at the math, she only has +2 yang verses yin characteristics. That’s enough to push her from Gamine to Flamboyant Gamine, especially with her C dominate body? Since perfect types don’t exist, I can see how this requires some subjectivity.

WOW! I guessed FG. I usually get it all wrong.

I really like these typing videos. I would love for you to do more. I am curious about Maureen O’Hara’s Kibbe body type.

I guess Soft Dramatic. Edit: FG was my second guess. I'm not even really certain about my own body type though.

In red dress she looked fantastic!

Whenever I click on the link to the interview it says the page can't be found .....

Could you do Lizzo’s body type? I’ve been trying to figure it out!

I Love this!!! I have a few things Meriam, I wish you would do more videos because I just love them I'm sure so many others feel the same YOU ROCK.. another thing I was wondering if you could do a video on sloped shoulders it is extremely hard to get dressed and I'm always in a tee shirt because everything hangs and lays weird. (very narrow shoulders) .. I would love to know what Selma Blair is.. When she was in that TV show with Charlie Sheen. I'm similar to her. If I had the money I would. have a consultation so hopefully I will get that soon. 💛

Flamboyant Gamine? Thank you to this generous lady 😊

Great video, thank you. And as well thanks a lot to Natalia. :-) She's looking beautiful in the flamboyant gamine clothes.

my guess dramatic classic

At first I thought soft dramatic or flamboyant natural because of the effects of that empire waist dress/pose, then I thought classic because of the long red dress, then I thought 'maybe she could be flamboyant gamine, they're supposedly hard to recognize'... Hahaha took me a while but it was more instinct than insight. I have a lot to learn!

This is difficult. I don't always know whether I'm looking at A, B,C etc type of features even. Get the book I guess but there seem to be so many exceptions.

I think she’s a classic of some sort

This was fun 👍🏻👍🏻😘

I'm trying to figure out everything about me. Have you checked out Jen Thoden doing colours and Carol Tuttle with Energy typing? All of these concepts are fascinating and I'm trying to blend everything together in a package for myself. I'm interested if you also think about what colours suit people. Thanks for the video.

What would Catherine Zeta Jones kibbe be? I never see her on kibbe lists/videos

I have question, can soft gamine have smallish to moderate eyes, or must have always huge eyes?

Paused- I’m guessing dramatic classic because she is so proportionate. Maybe flamboyant gamine because she looks great in everything.

Her body type is Beautiful!

Can someone help me? I’ve got these results and I’m just entirely confused Vertical: C Shoulders: D but then ever so slightly wider than my hips so maybe B? They’re definitely tapered though. Arms & Legs: C Hands & feet: E ahahah they’re so small (3.5 UK) but kinda wide Bustline: well I’m on the larger side of a C and my ribs are 32 (UK sizes) so I think C? Waist: C-D kinda varies? Hip line: C Flesh: C-D difficult because I’m slim but where there is a flesh it’s quite soft so maybe D? There’s just not much of it anywhere but my face. Cheekbones: um nonexistent? I guess they’re high but not very prominent so maybe A? Nose: E or B? wide, round and short. Jawline: D Eyes: E Cheeks: D? Lips: E Yeah idk I’m stuck. I’d say my body is soft classic but my face is more like theatrical romantic or romantic so I’m just lost (doesn’t have anywhere near the balance of a classic. I look best in romantic clothes but I’m not rounded enough in my body to be romantic I’m hella confused. Oh yeah I’m 5”5.5

When I paused and did the test with her pictures I had A-4 . C-8 , D-3 , E-1 But came out with the same conclusion Because Her Facial bones were so dramatic and Felt like the Flesh C's were more Yin for some reason XD

Yes, it would be great if you did some more in-depth typing videos!!!

I think she's dramatic classic :)

Firstly, in that red blouse and blue skirt, she reminds me of Krysten Ritter for whatever reason. Secondly, I wonder if we can really throw away the C answers? If there were only 1 or 2, I could understand, but we basically through her flesh out of the window. Personally, I would try to see whether these C answers leaned more yin or yang, though I imagine the argument is "but C answers don't lean any which-way". I'm still working on that theory. Her vertical line, I would actually call "moderate". I'm judging by the swimsuit picture because the other pictures are a bit biased. A shirt untucked and ending quite low will make one seem shorter than a shirt that is tucked in, for instance. That said, I don't disagree with how you typed her.

yess i guessed right :3