Left+Down Essence: Five Archetypes 

Besides the style advice, what I really, REALLY appreciate in videos where the both of you are present is the example of a loving, nurturing and kind relationship. You two interact with such kindness, respect and appreciation for each other that is truly inspiring. I hope everyone watching these videos recognize that we all, regardless of our body types and essences, deserve to be treated with the same kindness, generosity and respect as the two if you exude.

Love Helen Mirren as the Seductress! It's helpful to see that archetype in its maturity. I would love more mature references in each quadrant. I feel like a mature reference really grounds or fleshes out the quadrant. When women are in their 20s and 30s they have more wiggle room. Meryl Streep seems like a right down person to me, without thinking about it too hard, even though she' s similar looking to Helen, I'd be curious if you agree.

I definitely thought I was Left + Up, but I think I'm the Wildflower through and through. I just thought I would be in the Left + Up because of how extravagant I can come off and how much gravity I hold, but truly it's such a natural and intuitive part of me.

I love being a left down, but this expansion of this archetype makes me more in love and feel more at home being a garnet. I am everything you described to a "t". I love how you chose gemstones and the simplicity of your system is so four seasons to me. I am such a romantic and love the way you are into each other. Thank you for inventing this key type essence system 😊❤

"artful ease" is PRECISELY what I'm going for with my wardrobe 🥺 I love love love this way of thinking about style, thank you!!

i am so excited for a potential left + up expansion of archetypes! such a difficult quadrant for me to understand for everyday people but i gravitate towards it the most

Also as a fellow philosopher I love the counterfactual analysis for the “spicy girl next door” 😂❤️

I love the way you look at each other! 🥰🥰 So fun that Meradj is back!

It would be really cool if you eventually discovered archetypes that naturally “straddle” two of the quadrants! I could see it being the case that someone who is down but sort of hovers in between right and left, for instance, might have a distinctive vibe that could be echoed by other women in a similar straddled placement :) Edit: after watching the whole thing I think you already answered it with the spicy girl next door! I’m so excited about that one because I think that might be me :):)

This expansion on the archetypes was so helpful! When I watched the introduction video to this system I thought I must be a right down woman. However, when I watched the right down video and you mentioned that some women may try to force themselves into the right down and that it works as a form of self-erasure I realized that I am likely doing exactly that. I find the idea of the right down, girl nextdoor essence appealing but I don’t think it has every fully suited me, no matter how hard I’ve tried to squeeze myself into that quadrant. I’ve felt fairly confident that I belong in one of the down quadrants, but when I watched the first left down video I did not relate to the seductress or outsider archetypes so I was very confused about where I fit in the system. However, now that you two have introduced the spicy girl nextdoor archetype I think that the left down quadrant may indeed be where I belong. I will wait to see the right down expansion video so I can really be sure. But I am excited to potentially stop trying to force myself into a role I just don’t quite fit.

I love the expansion into more archetypes! 🌸

#scientistsdofashion. Sample sizes, thematic analyses, phenomenological descriptions, sociocultural critique. I'm dying of joy and extra pleased that LD went first for the update. What a great follow up to the LD workshop & course - signed, an inadvertent seductress on the outer margins (also, glad to see M doing well!)

These are great! The one who surprised me was Helen Mirren; I always saw her as right-up. I also can't help but always think of the monologue from Gone Girl whenever I hear a "cool girl" archetype.

FIRST OF ALL you guys are the cutest

Wild flower ✌ Unless I'm actually on the Up side, so looking forward to Left Up archetypes 😊 It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between dressing for myself but wanting to look unique and and interesting, and dressing to make an impact but still wanting to look sort of low maintenance. I guess it doesn't really even matter as long as I feel like myself in what I wear.

I am 💯 without a doubt a L+D person. I'm so excited about your archetype system. I was explaining my style as "girl next door, grown up" and so I feel like a little bit of cool girl, a little bit of seductress but mainly spicy girl next door. Love love love this.

After this video i like "left down" a lot more, because the new archetyps are so much more connectable. Might have misjudged myself. Excited to see more of this content. Will enjoy rewatching for sure😘

You guys are a brilliant team. And how he looks at you when you’re being brilliant and vice versa is just stunning couples goals.

Can't wait for the other quadrums 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌼

I guess I just found myself somewhere within the Wildflower and the Outsider - just feel like these two natures are somewhat intermingled within myself:) Loved the Wildflower expansion! Great insight:)

Rita, Meradj, great job! You actually answered my unasked question that was forming in my mind for some time now - what with the people who don’t fit within any of the two initial archetypes (I felt like not everyone was, for example in case of Left Down, very Left and very Down or closer to the Right and closer to the Up - you could be very Left and closer to the Up). I’m super excited because with your explanation of the Wildflower a lot of things got more clear to me. I suppose I could be this one since I think I’m a mover. I’m waiting for your Left Up expansion. Once again, great job and keep going! I’m very grateful for your approach. And yes, the LD course is an amazing resource! Kasia

I have a feeling I am going to watch this video 10.000 times

That lip and that top are SO good together.

Great explanation, thank you! I can’t wait for the right down!

I am so excited about these expansions! Yes! And the L+D course was really useful, so much info, and it helped move me deeper into knowing what I want to express and how. As L+D I would definitely be the Wildflower part that's on the line, or slightly over in the Up quadrant -- this is me at present. The course and the L+D and L+U workshops have unlocked desires and dreams that I think could send me straight up, maybe even to the Mystic spot, once I have the courage. Or maybe I am exactly where I am meant to be, about to unfurl my Wildflower petals, moving me only slightly to the upper limit of this archetype. No side-to-side movement for me! I can't wait for the L+U archetype expansion, especially to discover what is directly above/overlapping Wildflower.

Thank you, Rita! ❤️ Your videos have been a very important resource to me as I've been exploring my personal style. I have overcome depression and lost a big amount of weight, and now in my early 30s I have found myself wondering how I actually _want_ to dress now that clothes aren't about "what will fit me" or "what's the least possible effort" anymore. I've felt a very strong sense of belonging to the left down ever since you introduced your quadrant system, and I really loved this expansion video. I'm thinking spicy girl next door for myself, at leats for now... P.S. Love the bright, harsh spring light in your videos lately - so very similar to ours here in Helsinki!

Looking forward to the Left+Up video! 😊😊

This is so fun! I love all the added archetypes and can definitely see the LD women I know in them. Also love the little add on at the end ✨ So excited for the rest of the quads 💕

Love watching you guys interact and hearing all the concepts

The waiting was worth it 😍 I truly like your concept, it speaks to me very naturally. I think I am a cool girl and it confirms how I feel about my style. Thank you so much

Still feel like I'm a Charmer archetype but a woman! :D Your thoughts are always great, both of you - I can't wait for Expand, and I'll absolutely be checking out the L+D course as well. 💛

I think I am the spicey girl next door 🤓 I always felt most represented in the down qualities. Great video, thank you!

Yaaaay!!! You guys are so sweet. This was very informative, many thanks to you both. You look so beautiful, Rita. 💙🤍💚💜💗

Love it! I love watching your system grow so organically ❤ Zendaya was my own left-down inspiration when you made your first video (and Zoe Kravitz, who I think is a little more towards Seductress), so having a name to the "Wildflower" archetype is very helpful and feels clearer!

I love you guys!! Keep up the amazing content.

Also if there is any L+D celebrity whose archetype you're curious about, ask me!

This is exciting, thank you for expanding your archetypes!! I don’t know which quadrants they are in but I’d love to know where Natalie Portman, America Ferrera and Britney Spears are in your system. No pressure to include any of them I’m happy with any examples you want to give.

Hiiie Rita. This video became even more interesting. Although as someone who have had body image issues throughout my childhood, a part of it feels sad but I am healing. And style is helping a lot. 🌸 I wanna request for like taking day to day outfits for people like us and classifying them into may be there base quadrants so tht we can learn to identify the elements more in the outfits.

I cannot wait to see if you are able to expand the archetypes for all quadrants. I’m pretty sure I’m on the right side but still finding it difficult to place myself on the up/down axis so I’d be intrigued to see where on the right quadrants you might place other more specific archetypes like this. Also, you are the sweetest couple!

This is so interesting! Such an interesting framework to think about style

Love this and you guys! 🙏🔥💕

I just a subtle booty shake for Spicy Girl Next Door! You guys are awesome! I believe in your system. This is a breath of fresh air after running circles around Kibbe, when all I really desired was to express my internal energy outward. I’ve always called myself spicy or spunky as a way to define myself as someone with some flirty intrigue. I’ve battled with my light and darker side for years. Looking forward to seeing more!

I love the explanation of showing and hiding - this is the first time I really understood! Also just want to say that the shade of purple you’re wearing looks gorgeous on you Rita! 💖

I love when you said the outsider is their own little planet. I so relate to that. 😂

Regarding the Seductress: I can't really think of a word in English that means "draws people towards them" that involves sensuality, can involve sexuality for certain people, but doesn't necessarily. For a Left-Down person, we dress for ourselves and not the other person, so the Seductress isn't dressing for the "seducee", so to speak, and I can imagine people being confused without the explanation. Although I relate even more strongly to both Outsider and Wildflower, one thing I've said and heard others say is, "I like my clothes to feel like a hug", and I have often felt like many people who like soft, form fitting knits with some stretch relate to this.

What a fun video! I can't wait to watch all the new quadrant archetypes. For Left Down celebs, which archetype would you say Marisa Tomei is?

Can't wait to hopefully see Left + Up!

I’ve been watching your style essence videos over the last couple days and I love them!! I realized quickly I’m definitely down. But have really been exploring whether I am right or left. “Am I right and just want to be left?” has been a big question…. but it feels more than a want .. I gravitate towards sensual clothing. (I’m pretty sure I’m soft natural, after a few days of study and reflection..) but I also feel I can’t ignore that I tend towards dreamy. Is the dreamy me an older me? Maybe, there are more refined pieces in my wardrobe that just don’t feel quite “me” anymore. But then there are also some left+down ways of dressing that don’t really fit me either. So this new video with updated archetypes has almost decided it for me! Spicy girl next door is totally screaming that she is my essence home. And I like playing with seductress and cool girl and outsider and wildflower even maybe. But I also think I moreso admire / am fascinated by those rather than fully being them. I think I am quintessential spicy girl next door ….. which is so funny because I randomly started describing myself as spicy on tinder years ago lmao??? kind of cringe but huh! and, I am suuuuper super curious about your right+down added archetypes. I literally cannot wait. This is such a fun way to explore fashion. I love your open approach to this being more about inspiration rather than rigid categorization. I love how poetic you both are in your descriptions! Dressing is an art and we are our own muse! So fun. I also love admiring those essences that I am not and witnessing other beings exude their radiance in their own unique ways. Thank you for sharing this system! It has honestly been life changing. Because yeah now I feel like I can exclude things simply - “oh, that’s pretty and cool and interesting but it’s not me because I am *this*” or “oohh this isn’t fully me but I want to try it on any way to see how it feels” 💓💓💓 and I’m so curious to continue exploring how I am Gaia sensual and also dreamy ethereal

I didn't feel like I fit too well into the original L+D archetypes (although I knew I was L+D by your definition, without a doubt), but now with more to consider, I am finding that I may be more cool girl or outsider (one of the original archetypes). So, I dunno, it's like where I felt like maybe with fewer options things were too 'labeled' for me, I now am seeing with the expansion that I might be able to experiment, have fun, and maybe even find my favorite thing on the map. This definitely is exciting, and you guys are awesome together and so fun ("shoop!").

Love this! I’m definitely the Spicy Girl Next Door! Thank you so much for this video.

I resonate with the cool girl, the spicy, the seductress and the outsider. I've been all of those at different times in my life.

I’m so excited for the expansion of the right+down. I’m either spicy girl next door, or the equivalent on the right side haha :)

you are very lucky to have found each other - it's a pleasure watching your love dynamic :)

I have been trying to figure out where I fit in this system. I knew I was down but it was the left and rightness that was stumping me. I recently watched the right + down video and the Explorer drew me a bit but didn’t feel quite right. So I thought lets watch left + down again. And this time I heard what you were saying, the spicy in Spicy Girl Next Door, is what’s spicy for ME. I feel like I messed that the first watch. I was drawn to it but didn’t think I was spicy enough, lol. Found my spot!

I feel like I relate to Left + Up but I'm also "sweet" so maybe after/if you make more archetypes I can find my match there, hopefully.

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What a sweet couple you are and clearly so passionate about this! Heard about this video in Freely Kibbe group when posting about where I'm at with trying to clarify my style through Kibbe, Kitchener, etc. David Zyla also interests me. For colors I dip into Soft Autumn and Soft Summer. Natural essence plus with guess romantic and ethereal is where I'm leaning. Definitely not dramatic or classic. Maybe some gamine quirky playful touch in there? Still figuring it out. I went into more detail and someone suggested this video, mentioning wildflower.

Love the drums, they feel so expectant, like, "What is about to happen here?". Also the couple videos are so cool. I enjoy the conversation you two have around this system. Looking forward to expanded archetypes in every quadrant :)

I have recently discovered this beautiful system and am learning so much. I was wondering about Helen Mirren and where she fit and tonight I am rewarded with the answer. Thank you for this . ❤

When will the next video be out? I'm looking forward to it so much🥺🥺🥺

Wonderful!👏👏👏👏👏❤⚘👍

I identify a lot with Zendaya style wise ☺️

You can find me and all my fellow infps in the outsider archetype of the left-down quadrant

I couldn’t even be more of the outsider. Fun fact I’m diagnosed schizophrenic and schizotypal so that probably has a lot to do with it. 🙃

Very interesting! Now I am really sure I am in L+D (actually, I already knew, but still). I might relate to the outsider archetype, which is a bit scary but also VERY exciting to me! Can I ask where the art mom aesthetic would fit on this scale? :D

I’m pretty sure I’m either “the cool girl” or the “spicy girl next door” type. Can you do a video going more in depth on styling suggestions for these?

Ah. Well, that makes sense. I'm the outsider in approach, I just happen to like moonstone aesthetics 😂

Surprisingly I identify with the spicy girl next door quite a bit :)

Please do right up next!!!!!

I'm not sure yet if I'm left or right down, but I felt really drawn to the 'spicy girl next door' aesthetic.

Hi everyone who is left down what are some tips you have that elevate your own style ?

Can one be an outsider without the "sensuality" aspect of LD? I've related to this archetype a lot for a variety of reasons, I'm very dependent on mood when it comes to choosing outfits, colours, etc. and I combine things as they speak to me and my imagination (I rarely ever follow trends), and I also oscillate a lot between appearing more delicate and rather harsh and unapproachable. I've been termed "cool" by other people even though I'm actually super aloof. But! I don't really dress in a way that is sensual nor do I appear sensual to others I don't think (although people have told me that I come off as intriguing). This "sensuality" thing has been tripping me up for the longest time!

Hm, I am really interested in where should we place Bella Hadid. Left up or left down?

Hi Rita! Question: Would it be accurate to say that the Left+Down woman's energy is more 'receptive', whereas the Right+Down woman's energy is more 'expressive'? Like, the Left+Down woman goes to a party expecting people to come to her, whereas the Right+Down woman goes to the party expecting to... approach others? Or something? Or am I conflating this with personality too much, and either woman would be equally likely to just plant her butt on a couch and wait for people to come to her?

Cool Girl/Spicy Girl Next Door

My main takaway is that you gotta have dark hair for being Left Down lmao.

Did you notice that there are only brunettes ? I wonder why ? Does being brunette adds to the vibe ?