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Color seasons, body shapes, and what to do with both.
Guides to the 12 seasons, to reading a body shape, and to the cuts and colors that follow from each. Written from the same rules the analysis runs on.
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Body type · 17 min read
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.
Seasons · 12 min
Soft Autumn vs Soft Summer: how to tell which one you are
Both are muted, medium and low contrast. Undertone splits them: ivory and matte gold for Soft Autumn, soft white and matte silver for Soft Summer.
Body type · 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.
Seasons · 12 min
Bright Winter vs Deep Winter: how to tell which one you are
Bright Winter and Dark Winter are both cool and share pure white and silver. Lemon and cool burgundy at your collar show whether brightness or depth leads.
Body type · 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.
Color analysis · 12 min
What suit color actually suits you
Navy, charcoal, gray, brown or black? The suit colors each of the 12 color seasons can wear as a jacket, and why black works for only three of them.
Seasons · 12 min
True Autumn vs True Spring: how to tell which one you are
Both are fully warm, so undertone cannot split them. Chroma does: True Autumn wears rust and olive at the face, True Spring wears coral and leaf green.
Body type · 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.
Seasons · 11 min
Light Summer vs Soft Summer: how to tell which one you are
Both are cool-neutral and low contrast. Light Summer is light, Soft Summer is medium and more muted, and two denim shirts show you which one you are.
Body type · 11 min
Men's proportions and fit: why the same jacket looks different on two men
The five men's body shapes, a mirror test and a tape test to tell yours, and what each one changes, from the jacket to the rise of your trousers.
Seasons · 11 min
Deep Autumn vs Deep Winter: how to tell which one you are
Same depth, same high contrast. Undertone splits Dark Autumn, warm-neutral, from Dark Winter, fully cool, and one burgundy test settles it.
Body type · 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.
Seasons · 9 min
Soft Summer vs True Summer: how to tell which one you are
Both are cool, medium in depth and want soft white. The split is chroma: True Summer wears raspberry at full strength, Soft Summer needs it grayed down.
Body type · 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.
Color analysis · 11 min
The best shirt colors for your skin tone
Ivory, soft white, or pure white? Which blue is yours? The shirt colors for each of the 12 color seasons, and the three shirts for a man's week.
Seasons · 10 min
Bright Spring vs Bright Winter: how to tell which one you are
Both run bright and both own turquoise, so brightness cannot separate them. Undertone can, and one turquoise test settles it.
Body type · 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.
Seasons · 11 min
Soft Autumn vs True Autumn: how to tell which one you are
Both are warm. True Autumn wears rust and golden yellow at full strength, Soft Autumn grayed down, and one defocus test at a window shows which you are.
Body type · 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.
AI · 12 min
ChatGPT color analysis: fix the photo, not the prompt
Every viral ChatGPT color analysis prompt reads one uncorrected selfie. Here is a free prompt built around white paper, three photos and a second chat.
Seasons · 9 min
Light Spring vs Light Summer: how to tell which one you are
Both are light and low contrast, and both own periwinkle. Undertone is the main split, and the peach and pink test tells you which side you are on.
Body type · 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.
Seasons · 11 min
Deep Winter vs True Winter: how to tell which one you are
Dark Winter and True Winter both wear pure white, black and silver. Four colors split them, and one forest green test shows which one you are.
Body type · 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.
AI · 12 min
How to add your AI profile to ChatGPT
Add your Wearly Labs .md profile to a ChatGPT Project: upload it under Sources, paste one instruction, and every chat answers against your colors and cuts.
AI · 11 min
How to add your AI profile to Claude
Add your Wearly Labs .md profile to a Claude Project, on any plan, and every chat in it answers from your palette and your cuts. Four steps and a test.
AI · 9 min
How to add your AI profile to Gemini
Attach your Wearly Labs .md profile to a Gemini chat, add one instruction, and it answers against your palette and your cuts. Free plan works. Two steps.
Color analysis · 10 min
The 12 color seasons, explained for men
All 12 color seasons in menswear terms: core colors, the right white shirt, the right watch metal, and where black and navy work for each.
AI · 9 min
AI color analysis vs a professional consultation
One gives you fabric against your face and a person in the room. The other gives you a repeatable result you can keep. Here is what each is better at.
AI · 17 min
The best AI color analysis tools, honestly compared
Seven AI color analysis tools and ours, compared on price, free tiers and body type as of October 2026. We make one, so we say where the others win.
Color analysis · 11 min
How much does a color analysis cost in 2026?
Software costs 6 to 59 dollars once, a session in person 240 to 645 at the US sellers we read. Every price is linked to its source, checked October 2026.
Style · 9 min
Trends are temporary, your colors aren't
Check the color against your palette and the cut against your shape and line. Two questions, what to do when only one passes, and a real example.
Color analysis · 8 min
How to take photos for an accurate color analysis
The light, the angles, and the white paper trick. How to take five photos that give a color analysis something real to work with.
Style · 11 min
Build a capsule wardrobe from your color palette
Pick seven colors from your color season: 3 neutrals, your best white, a dark anchor, 2 accents. A table for all 12 seasons and a 12-piece example.
Style · 11 min
How Japan quietly leads global fashion
Japanese fashion style rests on craft, proportion and restraint. Four rules to steal, a one-minute test for each, and real Wear, Depends, Skip verdicts.
Body type · 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.
Style · 16 min
The 8 basics of dressing well (that have nothing to do with trends)
To dress well, get eight basics right: fit, undertone, proportions, fabric, contrast and more. Each has a do, a don't and a one-minute test.
AI · 10 min
Make any AI your personal stylist (the .md trick)
Give ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini a text file with your colors and cuts and it answers Wear, Depends or Skip, with a reason. Set up once, works anywhere.
Style · 12 min
Italian style, decoded (sprezzatura)
Sprezzatura is studied carelessness: Castiglione's 1528 rule for hiding effort. In clothes: exact fit, colors that suit you, one undone detail.
Color analysis · 12 min
Seasonal color analysis, explained
What seasonal color analysis measures, how undertone, value and chroma name the 12 seasons, and how to get a rough read on yourself at home.
Color analysis · 7 min
Color analysis isn't just for women
Color analysis works the same way for men. What changes is where color lands: your white, your black, denim, metal and one power color.
Style · 11 min
The Scandinavian style formula
Scandinavian style is a tight neutral palette, few quality basics, function first, texture over print. The formula, the brands, and how to make it yours.
Color analysis · 9 min
Find your undertone at home (warm, cool, or neutral)
Three daylight tests to find your undertone at home: wrist veins, gold vs silver, white paper. Plus how to read a neutral or olive result.
SeasonsGuide10 min
Light Spring Color Palette
Warm and light with low contrast, which is why clear pastels lift you and anything deep or heavy drags.
SeasonsGuide10 min
True Spring Color Palette
Fully warm and clear, at home in saturated golden tones and never in anything dusty or iced.
SeasonsGuide10 min
Bright Spring Color Palette
Warm and high contrast, so clean brights carry on you where muted tones flatten out.
SeasonsGuide9 min
Light Summer Color Palette
Cool and light with low contrast, best in soft tonal shades with nothing sharp near your face.
SeasonsGuide9 min
True Summer Color Palette
Fully cool and softly muted, so every color reads better with the heat and the glare taken out of it.
SeasonsGuide9 min
Soft Summer Color Palette
Cool and grayed down, the season that wants the quietest version of a color rather than the purest.
SeasonsGuide10 min
Soft Autumn Color Palette
Warm and muted with low contrast, at ease in warm neutrals and thrown by a clean bright.
SeasonsGuide10 min
True Autumn Color Palette
Fully warm and rich, built for earth tones with real depth in them and undone by cool pastels.
SeasonsGuide10 min
Dark Autumn (Deep Autumn) Color Palette
Warm and deep with high contrast, the season that carries a dark base with one rich color on top.
SeasonsGuide9 min
Dark Winter (Deep Winter) Color Palette
Cool and deep with high contrast, where a dark ground and one clear cool accent do the work.
SeasonsGuide9 min
True Winter Color Palette
Fully cool and clear, the one season that can wear true black and true white as blocks.
SeasonsGuide9 min
Bright Winter Color Palette
Cool and vivid with high contrast, so icy and electric shades land where anything muted goes flat.
Body typeGuide11 min
Hourglass Body Shape (Women)
Shoulders and hips level with each other and a waist that clearly narrows between them.
Body typeGuide10 min
Pear Body Shape (Women)
Hips carrying more width than the shoulders.
Body typeGuide9 min
Rectangle Body Shape (Women)
Shoulders, waist and hips running close to the same width, with no sharp narrowing at the waist.
Body typeGuide10 min
Inverted Triangle Body Shape (Women)
Shoulders carrying more width than the hips.
Body typeGuide10 min
Apple Body Shape (Women)
Volume gathered around the middle, with the waist the fullest part of the frame.
Body typeGuide10 min
Triangle Body Shape (Men)
Waist and hips carrying more width than the shoulders.
Body typeGuide11 min
Trapezoid Body Shape (Men)
Shoulders a little broader than the hips, narrowing gradually.
Body typeGuide10 min
Rectangle Body Shape (Men)
Shoulders, waist and hips running close to the same width, with no sharp narrowing at the waist.
Body typeGuide10 min
Inverted Triangle Body Shape (Men)
Shoulders much broader than the hips, narrowing sharply to the waist.
Body typeGuide11 min
Oval Body Shape (Men)
Volume gathered around the middle, with the waist the fullest part of the frame.
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