Does Dramatic = Intimidating (Body Type and Personal Style)

[@tomjones2157]

I'd love it if you did some typing of youtubers! There are so many "try on my entire wardrobe" especially and "try on haul" videos for you to see their whole body and kind of clothes they wear. Such a variety of real life body types and faces/personalities. I think it would be fun! I don't relate to celebrities much as they seem to only wear evening clothes.

[@sarahakin]

I vote Jenna Marbles or Safiya Nygaard.

[@crazeechick81]

I nominate Kayln nicholson

[@audrydayes]

That would be very awesome! I vote bestdressed and hitomi mochizuki

[@19Nessiee]

@@sarahakin ive always thought that jenna looked like a natural type

[@19Nessiee]

@@audrydayes yeaah bestdressed is amazing! I think she dresses great for her body type

[@tulpenballerina]

Dear Merriam, could you please do a video about different posing and the effects of bodylanguage for the different bodytypes? You talked about it in previous videos and I find it very, very interesting, because I´ve never thought about it in depth before.

[@lei10100]

Elisabeth Kaiser yesss please

[@vivalabeauty33]

YES! that would be so helpful! I want to learn how to pose for my body type

[@sarahali683]

It’s so frustrating to see that all dramatics are recommended to wear are formal looking clothes. Or at least that’s what’s implied from all the examples I’ve seen on the internet. Blazers blazers blazers. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@alexiavp9519]

See italian brands as fabbiana filippi and peserico. I guess they are great for dramatics

[@hammypie]

im a dramatic too... any suggestions? i certainly dont care to buy any blazers

[@FannysLoA]

I know, right? I want to look like a cute little princess, but I can't do that in blazers.

[@intrigue8664]

Someone please help us lol. I'm a dramatic classic but I don't want to wear oversized blazers as though I'm purchasing from a men's department. Especially with my already angled face. And on top of that, my figure is going to look heavier naturally! I do not aim to look large and androgynous. (Despite appearing that way ugh!)

[@catherine2225]

I'm a dramatic and I don't like blazers either, I find I look best in long straight pants, pencil skirts, slightly large sweaters and turtlenecks

[@stayathomemess]

It would be so interesting to see you go over clothing during pregnancy, especially for the more angular body types because of the added roundness. I would find that fascinating.

[@Analysis_Paralysis]

Can you, please, do a video on how each type can achieve the looks of all the other types by wearing their own lines? :) I'm interested in how a soft natural (like me) can achieve a dramatic, classic or romantic look without looking too odd.

[@Phoenix333Rising]

Oooh yes please!

[@elinljungstrom3932]

Merriam, I have learnt so much from you, you explain Kibbe in such a unique and understandable way! I love these in depth comparisons and I think the examples you’ve chosen here are perfect, especially the one with Rachel McAdams, you illustrate your points so well. I also like how you’re pointing out that it’s all about intention and that all types can end up struggling when not wearing their own lines. Requests for future videos: 1) more comparisons and how you can play around with different elements and achieving different looks. 2) More Break Kibbe’s rules videos, the one you did on dramatics is one of my favourites. 3) In depth analysis on FN, like the video you did in SN - I think FN is one of the body types you’ve talked about the least on your channel. Keep up the good work, it’s greatly appreciated, and thank you for all the work you put in!

[@lev1anus]

Keira Knightley one of most beautiful woman in this world, SO FAR! There absolutely nothing wrong in being sharp, or more structured. I am just amused by how analytic you are and can see these small differences.

[@gracelewis6071]

As always I end the video seeing so much more than I did before! This is so valuable to me when considering design and my own clothing choices. I would love something like this for Romantics looking frumpy, and Theatrical Romantics looking overtly sexy - I have a feeling you have some key insights there!

[@isabelamichetschlaeger5994]

This is absolutely fantastic video..I d love this for all body types 😍

[@kattak5526]

Thank you for this. I'm a soft dramatic with narrow shoulders and wider hips, so if I wear a fitted shirt it will look not balanced. I learned this from these videos so I thank you for that. I look and feel more confident now. I can see how she looks beautiful no matter what , but because of her proportions she looks balanced. Sorry for the edit.. I misspelled something. Have a great day Merriam.

[@iman5873]

3:10 "It's simply looking the way that you intend to look, whatever that may be" 🔝🙏

[@clairekurdelak2913]

Super interesting! Awesome job as usual. Curious about the different effects I get as a FN. will re-watch the “breaking rules” vid!

[@frankievalentine6112]

Great idea! It would be cool to see other types vs their personality stereotypes. I think people read gamines as kind of mischievous & adventurous, for instance. It can be hard to get beyond those boxes.

[@debless9]

Yes. As a SD, I feel like the look recommendations are too stereotypically sexy and diva for my liking.

[@elym_ily]

Your videos are always so perfectly illuminating. I'd never considered the effect of something fitted on a dramatic.

[@lizquijanovaldez]

Hi Merriam! 💞 Through the video you mentioned something about POSING for body type, could you tell us more about that?

[@whoopylove52]

THANX sooo... much ! I`m a Dramatic & now I better understand what Dramatic Lines really are :) !!!

[@titemartiniquaise]

0:50 yes she looks like she's wearing dramatic lines BUT her top is pretty soft, she's has very small earings and her makeup while being mat is quite diffused So if I learned my lesson well, she actually wearing a mixture of opposite and that makes her angularity showing more. Now I can play the video to see if I'm right😊 Edit: YAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY I was right 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

[@mariarasmussen4951]

Keira Knightly looks like a natural to me. Hence the reason she looks more intimidating with harsh make up on the eyes. She is only 1,68 cm tall, moderate height, she has wide shoulders, a protuding strong jaw, which is a very normal often seen characteristic seen on naturals, like Kristen Stewart, Kylie Jenner, Jennifer Aniston. She just does not look like a dramatic to me, sharp, elongated, narrow. She is skinny, yes, but that does not make you into a dramatic. Naturals are also kind of straight-ish in frame, except for the wide shoulders, which I think also confuses people. She is a natural.

[@potatoknishes5860]

She cannot be a soft natural because she doesn't have an upper curve. Her body is not balanced at all. Which I feel like it is the main characteristic of Naturals.

[@chelseacristoffor]

Would be so great if you could do a video comparing dramatic and dramatic classic - hard to tell the difference between these two, seems so subtle.

[@starminoui]

Could you do a video comparing Flamboyant Naturals and Soft Dramatics? I tend to confuse the two. For example, most models are FN but Irina Shayk could go either way. She has exotic fuller features but seems to also have a FN body type. Emily Ratajkowski also has fuller features (probably surgery) and doesn’t seem to be as broad as most FNs.

[@FannysLoA]

Second this! Also Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie in depth, because they are supposedly FN, but to me they look SD a part from one or two things (like julias big smile).

[@starminoui]

I think Julia looks like a FN but Angelina could be a SD imo. I think Angelina lost some of the softness she had when she was younger.

[@FannysLoA]

@@starminoui I think that most of Julia isn't as "sturdy" as what I've become to associate with Naturals, and she's quite curvy and has some sharpness in her bones, so that's why she confuses me. Same with Angelina, although she kind of looks sturdier, but that is probably just because she's slightly better trained than Julia, because looking at her younger years, she's not quite as sturdy looking either.

[@diffsiuhgr4578]

I wonder if the reason why Keira looks more vulnerable on the picture with the suit is not the angle (I understand the jaw thing) because that angle gives the impression of a babyface, what do you think? her face proportions are really altered in this picture and she does look younger, but I don’t think it’s 100% because of the suit.

[@merriamstyle]

Yes that's a good point!

[@MUMtz-ol7nd]

Omggg would a vid of formal wear for flamboiant naturals!

[@kellie8468]

She looks more approachable in her lines . Interesting ! In the Kibbe system Sarah Jessica Parker is a Flamboyant Natural unless that has changed. Yet she is only 5’2 or 5’3 . How does that work in being able to wear the natural lines? Thanks so much the videos you provide. 💜

[@marysolcranston2032]

Kellie Gallagher i thought she was flamboyant gamine? Hmm

[@kellie8468]

I looked again and even Aly Art has her as Flamboyant Natural on Facebook. But she is using the Kibbe list . I don’t know I was always a bit puzzled by it .

[@merriamstyle]

If you're 5' 2" and FN, you wear FN lines all the same! Height is just one factor (it's actually not even a factor at all, we just get hung up on it since we're so used to thinking about height, the body type is independent of height, what it does depend on is the vertical line, which is how tall you look, not how tall you are, and that is just one of fifteen questions). In the same way, Lucy Liu is dramatic all the same, and she will wear dramatic lines all the same!

[@kellie8468]

So we just wear the lines for our type and not get too hung up on height. Makes sense. Thank you 😊. So if you’re shorter you can be a dramatic or natural but take in consideration how the clothes fit ? Natural or dramatic on a smaller scale ? The opposite for Romantic and Gamine?

[@spaceforthesoul6286]

7:00 10:35 ! Dranatic with FN makes it more delicate. Dramatic with short lines (gamine) is more bad ass

[@rachelcairns605]

Interesting what you say about accidentally wearing gamine lines! Definitely something I do, whenever I try something on and it looks horrible, now that I'm a bit more aware, I've actually realised that it's often because the clothes are secretly gamine -.- Still don't know my type unfortunately- either soft classic or soft natural- I would loooove a video comparing them btw, I really cannot see the difference even though I've now got a pretty good eye for the other types..

[@merriamstyle]

I would say SN vs SC is probably the hardest type set to tell apart. Try messy tousled hair and if that looks great and not 'sloppy' you're most likely a soft natural!

[@rachelcairns605]

@@merriamstyle Thanks so much for the reply! I suit messy hair so I think I must be more soft natural- good tip! x

[@amylolois]

Hi, just consider that these are ads of celebrities created by stylists and makeup artists and photographers that make the choices for the celebrities. They are being told what" look" or intention the photographer, ad agent, or client wants to express. They are told what clothes to put on and what "look" to give the camera and what make up and clothes to wear. So, unless we see the celebrities in their own clothes (and even then, most of them have stylists that chose everything for them) I do not think there was any "intention" on their part when we look at professional ads. So Keira was not IMO trying to achieve any look. She was getting paid to pose for a publicity. I do find all of your analysis very interesting and have very much enjoyed your listening to your perspective. I find it fascinating. thank you.

[@anouschkatsk1]

I think im a dramatic with some curves. Last year i tried romantic, pink colours& i didnt look good at all.

[@AutumnC22]

I think Keira looks very sexy in all the "wrong" styles. I could see how maybe that isn't what she wants to go for all the time, but she certainly don't look bad.

[@paulainaustria9180]

This is super interesting! Your examples at 01:05 are excellent! Also the "mixed messages". Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I thought dramatic lines where meant to be fitted? Like Armani? Knowing what type I am puts reactions from the past in a different light. At school many felt intimidated just by my presence. ;-) At the same time there are outfits that make me receive tons of compliments. :-) And I love love love wearing a grey/blue Ralph Lauren rugby shirt. Now I know why.

[@FannysLoA]

Oh, this is interesting. Because some other places online says Dramatic *can* be fitted, and don't have to look oversized. But maybe that rules out D again for me, because I just look fat in oversized without waist emphasis... Or maybe it's different for fat dramatics? Because I'd rather look thin and intimidating than fat and friendly :P

[@nesminra8982]

Hello Merriam, I still don't know what my body type is. My bone structure is more yang but my flesh is ying.. Did the test 5 times. Most answers were soft classic. But the soft classic clothes don't look good at me. I tend to more soft natural. Soft classic is too stiffed for me. Can anyone help me out. How can I find my body type? My face is also more yang than ying, but my cheekbones are super ying that's why I look more androgynous. I'm 1m64, quite normal when I wear tight clothes with Heels I look super soft dramatic and this makes me look and feel extremely beautiful and feminine. When I wear soft natural i also look beautiful and like the girl next door. Idk please help.

[@enfpflower5751]

Nesminra do pictures wearing different lines Do them from a bit far apart

[@Keapix]

I’m stuck between the same two types, and it’s really frustrating! I went to a department store, over the weekend, to try and test out a SC dress vs a SN dress (using the examples in Merriam’s video), but couldn’t find examples of either in store.

[@ladyvignette]

If you feel more yourself and look more beautiful in SN lines, and not in SC lines, wouldn't you be a SN?

[@nesminra8982]

@@ladyvignette yeah that's what I am thinking. Well I'll try the tips which the girls here gave me. Maybe there will be an end to this dilemma

[@nesminra8982]

Thank you for the advices. Gonna try them tomorrow out!

[@halesm]

I think I'm flamboyant natural leaning towards dramatic and I still don't know how to dress ughh 😢

[@Cockroachlover4ever]

Still waiting to see what is said about Flamboyant Gamine! I was originally typed as Soft Classic by you, but finally settled on FG because I am kind of made of spare parts, in an awesome kind of way, lol.

[@merriamstyle]

Ah yes that was way back when I was doing consults for free-thank you for being such a longterm supporter

[@Cockroachlover4ever]

Yay! You remember me! Of course I am a long term supporter!

[@mokococolata]

For some reason, I find Keira much better looking on the right pictures

[@CherylMason61]

My test result is soft classic but rachel is not curvy than me , hos is it possible? İm confused 😔

[@iman5873]

How do weight gain on dramatic (usually mainly on lower body) affect kibbe lines? I figured I have a dramatic body type when I stay into normal weight range but don't know if still applies when more yin is added...

[@alexandrah535]

I’m a dramatic and when I gained (and lost again) 50 lbs, I looked almost exactly the same and carried all my weight perfectly evenly, so every part of me just got a little bit bigger. I even went up half a shoe size!! I remained angular (but with softer edges) and still looked incredibly long above anything else. I did increase in bust size, but I did not appear curvier. I am 6’2”, so this was probably more extreme in my case than if someone shorter gained 50lbs.

[@velerina2017]

How can other body types look dramatic, expensive and elegant? (Not cheap or slutty)

[@faycoleman9023]

I actually love drappy dresses and flowing fabrics on Kira lol. The juxtapozition is lovely. I think the shot of her laying witht the strawberry was suppose to be sensual with some softness. I think they did it well.

[@2PuppyProductions]

Everything I see about Kitty tells me I must be dramatic because I am 5'9. It's like there's no other option. I do appear tall overall but in general my features are soft and there's nothing really dramatic about me besides my height. Is there any possibility that I am another type besides dramatic if I am so tall? I can't seem to find this answer anywhere online so I'm hoping you can help! Thanks so much!

[@anouschkatsk1]

Im 5.9 too. My face shape is similar to yours. From what ive learned dramatics look long, narrow & have small bones. I think im a dramatic. Another youtuber said if youre over 5.7 youre either a flamboyant natural, dramatic or Soft dramatic. Just looking at your Profil you look like a dramatic

[@arwenives]

I'm theatrical romantic and I want to look intimidating. Show me how to do that. lol

[@merriamstyle]

wear SG lines. you should watch my video called rachel mcadams, style actualization--I show the effects there.

[@arwenives]

@@merriamstyle Thank you - I actually just saw it and was mega impressed you had already addressed it previously!

[@fsmishere5992]

what about lingerie? this means drsmatics cant or shouldnt look feminine in lingerie thats sad

[@ju2082]

That's not true, I don't think, just should look for sharply angular lines or detail, stiffer fabric possibly, so not lightweight "girly" frilly delicate flowers rounded type of situation

[@intrigue8664]

Maybe we look best naked? Lol! Please let me know if you've found a video for dramatics and lingerie! That popped into my mind a few days ago. I'm dramatic classic and I want to know how to look best without looking like my lingerie is too youthful or feminine for my face structure and "heavier looking" body.

[@potatoknishes5860]

Leather 😈

[@marhas1389]

What kibbe type is Talulah Riley?

[@xinxxx6321]

Could you make a similar video for naturals. I'm sure now, I'm natural but I often don't know what to wear.

[@stayathomemess]

Think relaxed styles. I'm a natural too! Naturals look more dressed up in casual clothes than other body types. What category of natural are you? She recently typed me as a full natural, so I tend to look at the kind it things Jennifer Aniston wears and what I think she looks good in. Some things may be recommended for your body type, but if you see them on others with the same body type and don't like them, it may be your personal style coming into play. But if you don't like ANYTHING recommended, then you might have typed yourself wrong.

[@cutienerdgirl]

She made a video about what Soft Naturals can wear and how they can do their makeup, the link is kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJC3gZSBraqjoM0 . She also made a video for casual looks for Naturals and Dramatics, kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6Czfpiahbp_eqc . You can also look at clothing boards for Naturals on Google and Pinterest.

[@kuramacabre]

Now that I follow Keira on IG I can see soooo many epic fails, lol. Poor woman, she is under a microscope. 🤣

[@nikolateslaize]

What if a dramatic wants to be intimidating? Like a strict boss or principle etc. :D

[@diffsiuhgr4578]

she would wear gamine lines, like Keira did in some of the pictures merriam showed

[@nikolateslaize]

@@diffsiuhgr4578 Yes :) I was just kidding :)

[@petrichorris]

Hey, would a slight undercut under long hair look too severe/intimidating for a FN? As we tend to have a strong neck?

[@katyakomlach6171]

I'd say undercut is a gamine thing, so it probably would create an intimidating effect for a FN. However, Rosamund Pike who is a FN I think (could also be dramatic) rocks an undercut. Pretty intimidating, but it's a look :) Best done with tousled wild hair on top in this case

[@petrichorris]

@@katyakomlach6171 Rosamund is said to be a dramatic classic. I see she is not nearly as broad as we FN are. So yeah I guess it would bring out the strong blunt features even more without an elongating effect.

[@katyakomlach6171]

@@petrichorris Interesting, she's definitely no "clean" type, her eyes are yin, jaw, cheekbones pretty angular and squarish, nose sharp. I'm curious how Merriam or Aly would type her :)

[@MattieMacaya]

Nope the ad on the right is a coco Chanel ad, ie: independent at times intimidating dramatics are supposed to look unapproachable at times cuz we wanna spook all the other types lol jk about that second part but rlly Chanel isn’t target a womxn who wants to be a Rachel mcadams Agree about that crop tho

[@exhater7820]

Can you have small hands and feet and round eyes and still be dramatic

[@potatoknishes5860]

Yes

[@Iden_Elihio_1999]

To be honest , as a short Theatrical Romantic , I am jealous of dramatics because they are intimidating and can be taken seriously .... I like being a TR but it wouldn't hurt to look tall and badass ......

[@Iden_Elihio_1999]

It is interesting Kiera is a dramatic because she looks like she is like 5'6 and has more of a moderate vertical line .....

[@angelamillikin3843]

Brilliant!

[@Lowwski]

I don’t have a dramatic face but i’m a pure dramatic body wise. I really don’t like the ”intimidating” word to describe this body idk 😅

[@lisamedla]

I think it's intimidating when your lines are not honoured otherwise you just look like yourself

[@maloneaqua]

I think Kiera looks great in the ethereal images at the beginning, but not in the lace/transparent frilly frocks

[@Iden_Elihio_1999]

As a short Theatrical Romantic , I would rather be intimidating than not being taken seriously because of how cute I look ughhh ....

[@burgermister7580]

Classics, men are also intimidated by these too.

[@Darkalista]

I'm a soft dramatic and people that don't know me thinks that i'm intimidating and snob 😂

[@potatoknishes5860]

Imagine is pure dramatics 😂

[@Alvyonzo]

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