Body types and Kibbe
11 articles
Body types and Kibbe · 17 min
Kibbe Soft Dramatic: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe's Soft Dramatic, checked against his 1987 text: broad shoulders, a long draped line, light cloth, lavish detail. What works, what fails, and why.
Body types and Kibbe · 15 min
Kibbe Dramatic Classic: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe's Dramatic Classic, checked against his 1987 text: a sharp or sculpted shoulder, regular volume, and why oversized and skin tight both fail.
Body types and Kibbe · 16 min
Kibbe Romantic: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe's Romantic, checked against his 1987 text: a soft hourglass, wrap lines, fluid cloth. The cuts that work, the ones that fight you, and why.
Body types and Kibbe · 16 min
Kibbe Flamboyant Natural: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe's Flamboyant Natural, checked against his 1987 text: broad shoulders that are not sharp, no cinched waist, texture and room. What works and why.
Body types and Kibbe · 17 min
Kibbe Soft Gamine: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe Soft Gamine, checked against his 1987 text: the frame, the height, the cuts that work (short, fitted, crisply rounded) and the ones that fight you.
Body types and Kibbe · 14 min
Kibbe Dramatic: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe's Dramatic, checked against his 1987 text: built shoulders, long straight lines, smooth cloth. The cuts that work, the ones that fight you, and why.
Body types and Kibbe · 14 min
Kibbe Theatrical Romantic: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe Theatrical Romantic, from his own 1987 lists: how to tell, the cuts that work, the ones that fight you, and how it differs from Romantic.
Body types and Kibbe · 14 min
Kibbe Soft Classic: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe Soft Classic: soft tailoring, wrap lines, cloth that gives. The cuts that work, the ones that fight you, and how to tell it from Dramatic Classic.
Body types and Kibbe · 13 min
Kibbe Flamboyant Gamine: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Flamboyant Gamine, Kibbe's mix of opposites with extra yang: the cuts that work, the ones that fight you, the height rule, and what his 1987 book says.
Body types and Kibbe · 14 min
Kibbe Soft Natural: the cuts that work and the ones that fight you
Kibbe's Soft Natural, checked against his 1987 text: the cuts that work, the ones that fight you, and why his own list rules out the A-line.
Body types and Kibbe · 15 min
Kibbe body types, explained
Kibbe without the cult. What the system measures, the ten types with their 1987 heights, how to read your own, and how it fits with apple and pear.
Body types and KibbeGuide11 min
Hourglass Body Shape (Women)
Shoulders and hips level with each other and a waist that clearly narrows between them.
Body types and KibbeGuide10 min
Pear Body Shape (Women)
Hips carrying more width than the shoulders.
Body types and KibbeGuide9 min
Rectangle Body Shape (Women)
Shoulders, waist and hips running close to the same width, with no sharp narrowing at the waist.
Body types and KibbeGuide10 min
Inverted Triangle Body Shape (Women)
Shoulders carrying more width than the hips.
Body types and KibbeGuide10 min
Apple Body Shape (Women)
Volume gathered around the middle, with the waist the fullest part of the frame.
Body types and KibbeGuide10 min
Triangle Body Shape (Men)
Waist and hips carrying more width than the shoulders.
Body types and KibbeGuide11 min
Trapezoid Body Shape (Men)
Shoulders a little broader than the hips, narrowing gradually.
Body types and KibbeGuide10 min
Rectangle Body Shape (Men)
Shoulders, waist and hips running close to the same width, with no sharp narrowing at the waist.
Body types and KibbeGuide10 min
Inverted Triangle Body Shape (Men)
Shoulders much broader than the hips, narrowing sharply to the waist.
Body types and KibbeGuide11 min
Oval Body Shape (Men)
Volume gathered around the middle, with the waist the fullest part of the frame.
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