expressing your truth blog: STYLE CATEGORIES

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

STYLE CATEGORIES

(I'm intentionally not including Kibbe here).

Looking at systems with 6 or 7 style categories

McJimsey	Classic/ Traditional	Natural/ Athletic	Dramatic/ Theatrical	Romantic/ Sensual	Ingenue/ Youthful	Gamine/ Lively
Cho	Classic/ Elegant	Sporty/ Casual	Exotic/ Dramatic	Feminine/ Romantic			Sexy/ Alluring	Arty/ Offbeat
Parsons	Classic/ Traditional	Classic/ Sporty	Dramatic	Feminine			Alluring	Creative	Classic/ Elegant
Hartman	Classic	Sporty	Dramatic	Romantic				Trendy
Hopkins	Classic	Casual	Dramatic	Romantic			Alluring	Innovative

Since I'm certified in Color Me A Season, I learned those style categories used by Kentner, but they line up with McJimsey and I also use those categories to look at inner and outer lines. But more and more, I'm thinking about how to use style guidelines with flexibility. You may need to focus on design lines that work best for your body type, and then you can play around with several categories for accessories depending on your mood and purpose.

You may have a significant dominant style or you may have a blend of dominant and secondary style, too:
http://expressingyourtruthcloset.blogspot.com/2015/04/styles-related-to-secondaries.html

An important thing to note is that Ingenue or Youthful/Playful is not used in other systems. It is really a younger or shorter Romantic. Gamine is a younger or shorter Dramatic, sort of "tomboy." Gamine may have some overlap with arty, offbeat, creative, trendy and innovative categories in other systems.

http://www.colormeaseason.com/color-me-a-season/