This video is so spot on, even for SN. This is what I try to explain everyone about why having space between the fabric and your body is critical as a natural (particularly SN can look like a burrito if something too tight) narrow and slightly loose makes me look so much better.
True! I'm a natural and very lean, yet when I put something tight on, I look...big. I guess that's the best word to describe it, I don't look fat in particular but I look into mirror and I feel like Fiona, like something is not quite right. Wish someone would tell me this few years ago!
@@talkativeacademy4528 I noticed that once I figured out I was SN. I am not lean but also not overweight (around a size 6) and it’s very easy to look like a box 🥲
Excellent, as always. Will wait for your FN. That would be me. Thank you for taking the time to do these. You are always very tasteful in your choices. Well done.
Can't wait! Would love if you one day talk about "gaminish soft naturals" that Kibbe has talked about. This definitely applies to me in a way. I have to honor my width but soft natural styling without small patterns, colors and very intentional separates looks matronly on me. Perhaps it looks different on others. Anyone else??
Hmmm, you mean short soft naturals? I think people would think at first I am gamine but I am not (just because I am short and high waisted) I am not petite even though I am short, SN is the best line I have found for myself.
Do you find you wear SN clothes quite well but just look more “right” when it’s slightly girl-ish? Im thinking like cutesy, anime or school girl vibes (short skirts, some patterns, some colour blocks) but with a soft/flowy edge? If so then me too!!!!
@@di3486 I'm 5'3 but people usually think I'm a couple inches taller than that. SN lines definitely fit but SN essence alone isn't enough for me I suppose @Ennpey Perhaps! Not fully gamine but gamine and natural essence maybe
@@FrootKat It's funny, when you say girlish I'm like no my style isn't girlish, but your description is bang on! I like bold colors like jewel tones, deep earth tones, and bright warm colors and in my mind girly is pastels or neutrals 🤔 I'm also a deep autumn. So I guess yes! But in a slightly more edgy and less girly way
Thank you for this, Aly! You are saying the same things it has taken me years to understand about my type. This is the most detailed explanation I've ever heard, and it's so affirming.
@@missj794 If you don't mind: SD is quite tall w sharp angles (joints) and long bones, with elongated arms and legs. Fingers/ hands are usually slim and elongated. She will still be elongated when she puts on weight, and may put on upper body weight. (Nes Kim channel has some beautiful advice for SD's'). Naturals have broader bones and blunt angles. Hands are broader, shoulders/ribcage quite wide in underlying structure. R is supposed to be quite short, narrow shoulders, have small/short hands and feel, small ankles and wrists, and double curve ( you may have a waist), and look quite delicate even when they put on weight because of an underlying, delicate skeletal system with tiny ankles and wrists. Maybe you can see some of your bones, as shoulders, ankles, elbows, toes and fingers? That could help you type yourself. I struggled typing myself because I'm not 100% like any description, but found out by narrowing it down like you did, and discovering what lines, hair and makeup recommendations suit me the best.
@@dianathomas2674 Thank you for your detailed comparison, I guess my issue is I have the bone structure of a soft natural but I still have a very defined waist even when quite overweight which I've read doesn't happen with a soft natural.
Thank you Aly! Ever since I've been watching your videos I have learnt how to dress properly because I couldn't find what was off on the outfits I liked and why it did not suit me before. Now I know what is best for my silhouette and I probably would never have looked at the clothing items that were good for the shape of my body if I hadn't watched your videos. I am more comfortable in this new fashion style ! Hopefully there will be a video on soft naturals. Keep up with the good work
I love that you talk about just Natural…I look like á short flamboyant Natural ( no soft Natural here😅) I have a rectangular body little to no waist flat bust and flatt butt. I’m 164 cm tall. My essece is dramatic ….Natural body and dramatic face 🦂 Í thought for á long tíma that i was flamboyant gamine.🦄.but im just the inbetween Natural type😂
I have a pair of very old Levi’s that I usually paint in. I’ve had them for years. I wire them once, after painting my house, to pick up my high school daughter. Every kid stopped me to ask where I got them 🙄! I’m a natural, they totally suit me! 😂 yes, torn stuff too. Apparently I’d pull off the homeless look!
Thanks for Natural content. My Christopher John Rogers dresses aren’t my “type”. As a Natural, but I get so many compliments when I wear them. I’ve literally had people stop me to say they like my dress. But I know Aly would shake her head “No” if she saw me. #kibbierebel 😂
Aly I love your videos! Whenever I’m talking about style I recommend them because they have been so helpful for me. Wondering if you’ve thought of doing a maternity for the body types video? I don’t think the rules would actually change and you just need clothes with stretch or room for the bump, but I’m sure you’d have other interesting insights and nice outfit examples.
I love muted tones and recently got a skirt that its kind of really feminine looking, plaid and pink flowers on it, and I dont think its great on me but still beautiful! I love the feminine style, very girly, but I see its not really for me when it has too much lace for example, nonetheless I like the feminine, delicate clothe because I think it makes me look younger, fresh but it needs not to be too "feminine"
Thanks Aly, but what about shorts as a FN? I feel like most look very off on me and I don't know which to wear. Not a big fan of dresses tbh, I just have them because I know the long flowing ones look good, but I like practical every day kinda style.
Ug shorts are hard! I'm also FN and need help in that department. I will say I did get some loose, linen shorts from H&M that look really cute though. I suspect those tend to work well for Natural types.
My best friend is also FN, she often puts a longer blazer on top when she wears shorts, I think that looks really good (especially when paired with some heavier shoes)! Another idea might be to match the color of your shorts + top so that it will create a longer vertical line
Hi Aly. Do you have any advice for sports wear? I am a FN with quite skinny legs and leggings feel soo skinny on me, I feel like I'm just in tights. Is there a way I can make it look better?
Hi Aly, I love your videos to death and been watching some even more than one time. I’ve just recognized recently that the background music you play in the videos is so distracting so I cant concentrate on waht you say most of the time. It would be amazing to just get to listen to your amazing voice and concenrtrate on the very helpfull words…. Thx 🥰
Thank you so much for creating this! I like crop tops + flared leggings the most for clubbing. I also find your tips for dresses very useful. But how can I as pure N pull off crop tops + shorts when it's really hot weather?
Yo soy natural, estaba dudando porque tenía mucha energía femenina en la cara y un poco de panza tierna, pero aún así no llego a ser Natural suave, no soy tan exhuberante, ni tan ancha, soy triángulo invertido así que creo que soy natural pura con un poco de influencia romántica pero no lo suficiente para ser de otra sub-clasificación, es posible esto?
Can you do a body analysis on Ice Spice? She recently performed with Taylor Swift and a lot people talked about the height difference, i think it will help people to understand the dramatic body type better 💜
I have this body type occasionally I think how hard it would have been to dress in the 1950s, the tight bodices and a line skirts ugh. The 1930s otoh would've been killer with narrow cuts and body skimming silhouettes.
maybe you're not a natural then. maybe you're more of a yin type, that doesn't look the best when accentuating the vertical line of your body. naturals are often a bit taller. SN's can be a bit smaller, since they have romantic in them. width+curve.
It could just be a self perception thing... I'm 5'2" as well, and definitely a SN, and I use to think long skirts/dresses (which I hardly ever wore) dragged me down, but once I got use to wearing them and saw myself in photos I realised I looked great in them!
I can relate to you! I feel like most of these suggestions work for naturals 5'6 and taller. I find hemming skirts to the appropriate length for you can work.
I think SN has good enough proportion to wear long skirts, even when they are short! Ofc you can empty your ankle area and wear wedges if you are not sure
It all depends on your essence. I have been told I am a SN, but with a romantic, classic, dramatic essence. So, I love wearing very feminine clothes, and I do need waist emphasis.
I am SN and I don’t look well with too much waist emphasis. It should be just slightly there. I don’t like using overly feminine clothes but more sporty looking.
@@di3486 I understand, and it is a matter of preference. It took me a while to get that I am a SN, because I don't like casual or lose clothes, and I mostly hate boho. I am more of a 50' type of girl, for me casual is a summer dress with ballet flats or sandals. It helps that I live in Miami, and work in an office. Maybe I am a TR, I don't know.
Can you please help me? I’m a classic and so stuck! I hate the preppy look that I keep coming up with. It’s so boring. I don’t want to look dated like Grace Kelly. Suburban Connecticut 😢 Especially with casual clothes. Even though I look okay with the cardigan over my shoulders, for example, all of the “classic “ stuff is, well, so classic! What suggestions do you have so I don’t feel so prissy and predictable. I don’t have the words to describe it, because I know I look best in this style but I find it so boring and doesn’t convey anything about my creative or artistic nature. I’m so appreciative of your expertise. But we classics must bore you guys too because you all love to play with those gamines! Who can blame you! Maybe the real conversation is about how to feel self expressed in your style? As in opposites.
I feel you. I'm a natural, and all I felt when I conned on was - meh, narrow but baggy, not exciting at all. Do I have to be a natural? :) Its not even a polished style! How I wanted to look like a Grace Kelly... But years of looking like a buffon in bad clothes taught me well and I have accepted the boring,, narrow, baggy, unromantic reality - I look my best in natural lines, like it or not.😅
@@lenkamaresova4116 Oh what a lesson this will be in accepting my self as I am and finding ways to be beautiful within boundaries. I’m still resisting, I guess. But you give me hope that I can find peace.
What about some pieces with classic silhouette, but in more interesting colors suitable for your color type: some bright blue, rose, turquoise? Or maybe some jewelry that is on a funniest side, but is not to big or flashy. I've just find myself a natural, I had resist to it for a long, because I had a stereotype that naturals should look like a hippies😂 But now I feel relief, it just makes sense why I look amazing and tiny in wide leg corduroy pants, but awful in cropped pants or preppy sleek dress
All of these look like something someone’s great grandma would wear ew, I’d rather dress how I want and feel good without having moomoos draped on me ick
I hope soft natural is next!
Me too
This is for both
The summer well be over when our vid comes out
I love the detail that Aly is dressing herself inspired by the type of each video 😭 It's the little things~ ❤
This video is so spot on, even for SN. This is what I try to explain everyone about why having space between the fabric and your body is critical as a natural (particularly SN can look like a burrito if something too tight) narrow and slightly loose makes me look so much better.
True! I'm a natural and very lean, yet when I put something tight on, I look...big. I guess that's the best word to describe it, I don't look fat in particular but I look into mirror and I feel like Fiona, like something is not quite right. Wish someone would tell me this few years ago!
@@talkativeacademy4528 I noticed that once I figured out I was SN. I am not lean but also not overweight (around a size 6) and it’s very easy to look like a box 🥲
@@di3486 yes, surprisingly boxy 😁 but put us in the right lines and kaboom, we're in Jen Aniston / Margot Robbie vibes 🙌
@@talkativeacademy4528 haha! I am happy with not looking like a burrito😝
@@talkativeacademy4528 totally feel the same!
You make me feel like I can make the Natural fashion actually work for me, even without being boho.
Thank you for still acknowledging pure types. Some of us will be closest to them, no matter what Kibbe says.
Excellent, as always. Will wait for your FN. That would be me. Thank you for taking the time to do these. You are always very tasteful in your choices. Well done.
This confirms my suspicions about certain outfits on me, I figured all of this out through trial and error. Great video
Can't wait! Would love if you one day talk about "gaminish soft naturals" that Kibbe has talked about. This definitely applies to me in a way. I have to honor my width but soft natural styling without small patterns, colors and very intentional separates looks matronly on me. Perhaps it looks different on others. Anyone else??
Hmmm, you mean short soft naturals? I think people would think at first I am gamine but I am not (just because I am short and high waisted) I am not petite even though I am short, SN is the best line I have found for myself.
It sounds like naturals with a gamine essence?
Do you find you wear SN clothes quite well but just look more “right” when it’s slightly girl-ish? Im thinking like cutesy, anime or school girl vibes (short skirts, some patterns, some colour blocks) but with a soft/flowy edge? If so then me too!!!!
@@di3486 I'm 5'3 but people usually think I'm a couple inches taller than that. SN lines definitely fit but SN essence alone isn't enough for me I suppose
@Ennpey Perhaps! Not fully gamine but gamine and natural essence maybe
@@FrootKat It's funny, when you say girlish I'm like no my style isn't girlish, but your description is bang on! I like bold colors like jewel tones, deep earth tones, and bright warm colors and in my mind girly is pastels or neutrals 🤔 I'm also a deep autumn. So I guess yes! But in a slightly more edgy and less girly way
I love how detailed your videos are, and yet, you make this SO easy to understand! Thank you for all the visual examples too!
Thank you for this, Aly! You are saying the same things it has taken me years to understand about my type. This is the most detailed explanation I've ever heard, and it's so affirming.
Can't wait for soft naturals, especially as an overweight soft natural
Yes! Although, I'm still unsure if I'm soft natural or soft dramatic or even romantic, it's harder to tell with the extra weight.
@@missj794 If you don't mind:
SD is quite tall w sharp angles (joints) and long bones, with elongated arms and legs. Fingers/ hands are usually slim and elongated. She will still be elongated when she puts on weight, and may put on upper body weight. (Nes Kim channel has some beautiful advice for SD's').
Naturals have broader bones and blunt angles. Hands are broader, shoulders/ribcage quite wide in underlying structure.
R is supposed to be quite short, narrow shoulders, have small/short hands and feel, small ankles and wrists, and double curve ( you may have a waist), and look quite delicate even when they put on weight because of an underlying, delicate skeletal system with tiny ankles and wrists.
Maybe you can see some of your bones, as shoulders, ankles, elbows, toes and fingers? That could help you type yourself.
I struggled typing myself because I'm not 100% like any description, but found out by narrowing it down like you did, and discovering what lines, hair and makeup recommendations suit me the best.
@@dianathomas2674 Thank you for your detailed comparison, I guess my issue is I have the bone structure of a soft natural but I still have a very defined waist even when quite overweight which I've read doesn't happen with a soft natural.
I just bought so much linen for summer! Button down oversized blouses, relaxed fit shorts and trousers. I can’t wait! 😎
Me too!! 😂❤
Thank you Aly! Ever since I've been watching your videos I have learnt how to dress properly because I couldn't find what was off on the outfits I liked and why it did not suit me before. Now I know what is best for my silhouette and I probably would never have looked at the clothing items that were good for the shape of my body if I hadn't watched your videos. I am more comfortable in this new fashion style !
Hopefully there will be a video on soft naturals. Keep up with the good work
As a FN, this is so true. Btw you look great in this video!
Flamboyant natural 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
I love that you talk about just Natural…I look like á short flamboyant Natural ( no soft Natural here😅) I have a rectangular body little to no waist flat bust and flatt butt. I’m 164 cm tall. My essece is dramatic ….Natural body and dramatic face 🦂
Í thought for á long tíma that i was flamboyant gamine.🦄.but im just the inbetween Natural type😂
Thank you so much Aly for including PURE natural ❤❤❤❤
This is so fun to watch and to hear the 'science' behind the clothing. Thanks Ally!!
Hi Aly, the Blue colour of your Shirt suits you well...
Thank you!
This is so great! I have a big collection of summer dresses but the ones i wear over and over again are just like the ones you describe.
Can't wait to hear about soft natural 😊
Yay! Looking forward to this video since you've started the series 🎉 Love your videos ❤
My life eхperience shows you and Kibbie are right regarding these recommendations :)
Soft natural next?
As a Soft Natural, you are totally spot on! Thank you!❤️
Flamboyant natural next ❤
So so so good!
I have a pair of very old Levi’s that I usually paint in. I’ve had them for years. I wire them once, after painting my house, to pick up my high school daughter. Every kid stopped me to ask where I got them 🙄! I’m a natural, they totally suit me! 😂 yes, torn stuff too. Apparently I’d pull off the homeless look!
Spot on!!! Saving this video for tons of inspiration, thank u Aly!
Thank you! This gave me comfort!
It d scary how accurate
Thanks for Natural content. My Christopher John Rogers dresses aren’t my “type”. As a Natural, but I get so many compliments when I wear them. I’ve literally had people stop me to say they like my dress. But I know Aly would shake her head “No” if she saw me. #kibbierebel 😂
Flamboyant natural next please ❤
I Hope Flamboyent Natural is Next ❤
I think she’s just doing the general categories, not the breakdown. I could be wrong though…
@@ashleynicole9423 she said she is going to make all of them, I am pretty sure, but it can take quite some time
@@ashleynicole9423 I think she does all types because she also did Dramatic and Soft Dramatic
@@FlamboyentTruesummer Oh I didn't realize! Okay well I can't wait for ours either now lol
I also hope she does FN as I find they are the exceptions to the many of the general rules for Naturals.
Aly I love your videos! Whenever I’m talking about style I recommend them because they have been so helpful for me. Wondering if you’ve thought of doing a maternity for the body types video? I don’t think the rules would actually change and you just need clothes with stretch or room for the bump, but I’m sure you’d have other interesting insights and nice outfit examples.
Looking forward to the soft natural video.. 😃
Thank you so much, waited for such a video ❤
I love muted tones and recently got a skirt that its kind of really feminine looking, plaid and pink flowers on it, and I dont think its great on me but still beautiful! I love the feminine style, very girly, but I see its not really for me when it has too much lace for example, nonetheless I like the feminine, delicate clothe because I think it makes me look younger, fresh but it needs not to be too "feminine"
Thanks Aly, but what about shorts as a FN? I feel like most look very off on me and I don't know which to wear. Not a big fan of dresses tbh, I just have them because I know the long flowing ones look good, but I like practical every day kinda style.
Ug shorts are hard! I'm also FN and need help in that department. I will say I did get some loose, linen shorts from H&M that look really cute though. I suspect those tend to work well for Natural types.
My best friend is also FN, she often puts a longer blazer on top when she wears shorts, I think that looks really good (especially when paired with some heavier shoes)! Another idea might be to match the color of your shorts + top so that it will create a longer vertical line
Slightly longer wider shorts look good
Hi Aly. Do you have any advice for sports wear? I am a FN with quite skinny legs and leggings feel soo skinny on me, I feel like I'm just in tights. Is there a way I can make it look better?
So Exciting ❤🎉
I hope Flamboyant Naturals is next! 🙏
Very helpful, even for not naturals, there were really cool advices.
Finally
I feel like I'm the only Natural in the universe.
Excellent!!!
Hi Aly, I love your videos to death and been watching some even more than one time. I’ve just recognized recently that the background music you play in the videos is so distracting so I cant concentrate on waht you say most of the time. It would be amazing to just get to listen to your amazing voice and concenrtrate on the very helpfull words…. Thx 🥰
Hey Aly, I absolutly love your hair!❤
Which products do you use to dye and style them and which haircare?
Thank you Aly. I love your advice!
Ooooh, I'm waiting 😍😍😍
Finally I am convinced that I am not a soft gamine but a soft natural even with my 156cm height.
Thank you so much for creating this! I like crop tops + flared leggings the most for clubbing. I also find your tips for dresses very useful. But how can I as pure N pull off crop tops + shorts when it's really hot weather?
Ohhh I've been waiting!
Thank you Aly 🙂
Can’t wait! ❤
Excellent Ali🎉🎉🎉
yes, finally 🎉🎉
Very informative video!
Yo soy natural, estaba dudando porque tenía mucha energía femenina en la cara y un poco de panza tierna, pero aún así no llego a ser Natural suave, no soy tan exhuberante, ni tan ancha, soy triángulo invertido así que creo que soy natural pura con un poco de influencia romántica pero no lo suficiente para ser de otra sub-clasificación, es posible esto?
Can you do a body analysis on Ice Spice? She recently performed with Taylor Swift and a lot people talked about the height difference, i think it will help people to understand the dramatic body type better 💜
So interesting! Thank you!!
Great information. Thank you 🙏🏻🥰
Very helpful. Thank you ❤
I can't wait!
This is great thank you 💕
why textures look good on the natural family?
Im 1.60, broad shoulders, not delicate bones, tend to be muscular my body, my body is assymetrical in general. So I think Im natural.
🙏
I have this body type occasionally I think how hard it would have been to dress in the 1950s, the tight bodices and a line skirts ugh.
The 1930s otoh would've been killer with narrow cuts and body skimming silhouettes.
Thank you Aly! Now i love being a 5’11 flamboyant natural🦒
I wish I was richer. Need to change my whole wardrobe
your blouse is amazing!!!
So even if you’re 5’2 does this apply too?i feel like the long skirts drag me down
maybe you're not a natural then. maybe you're more of a yin type, that doesn't look the best when accentuating the vertical line of your body. naturals are often a bit taller. SN's can be a bit smaller, since they have romantic in them. width+curve.
It shouldn’t drag you down if not too long, your ankles should show and you should be ok.
It could just be a self perception thing... I'm 5'2" as well, and definitely a SN, and I use to think long skirts/dresses (which I hardly ever wore) dragged me down, but once I got use to wearing them and saw myself in photos I realised I looked great in them!
I can relate to you! I feel like most of these suggestions work for naturals 5'6 and taller. I find hemming skirts to the appropriate length for you can work.
I think SN has good enough proportion to wear long skirts, even when they are short! Ofc you can empty your ankle area and wear wedges if you are not sure
I think tiny flowers print don’t quite work on naturals, am I right?
I'm a soft natural (but probably with some youthful or ingenue essence) and quite like them on me. But they might not work on other natural types.
Can u pls make vdo on body types of black pink members
Please will FN be next? ?
I like your hair with softness. I think you're a romantic. Might be why you've always liked Marilyn.
It all depends on your essence. I have been told I am a SN, but with a romantic, classic, dramatic essence. So, I love wearing very feminine clothes, and I do need waist emphasis.
I am SN and I don’t look well with too much waist emphasis. It should be just slightly there. I don’t like using overly feminine clothes but more sporty looking.
@@di3486 We are all different. For me sporty looking is for the gym or to exercise. That's it.
@@aidagalvez7883 Sporty looking can look business casual if done right. Also sporty can be quite loose which I love.
@@di3486 I understand, and it is a matter of preference. It took me a while to get that I am a SN, because I don't like casual or lose clothes, and I mostly hate boho. I am more of a 50' type of girl, for me casual is a summer dress with ballet flats or sandals. It helps that I live in Miami, and work in an office. Maybe I am a TR, I don't know.
What happens if you are a soft natural who does not look good in these or hates most of these fabrics? LOL
This natural hates skimpy bikinis and revealing evening wear.
Can you please help me? I’m a classic and so stuck! I hate the preppy look that I keep coming up with. It’s so boring. I don’t want to look dated like Grace Kelly. Suburban Connecticut 😢 Especially with casual clothes. Even though I look okay with the cardigan over my shoulders, for example, all of the “classic “ stuff is, well, so classic! What suggestions do you have so I don’t feel so prissy and predictable. I don’t have the words to describe it, because I know I look best in this style but I find it so boring and doesn’t convey anything about my creative or artistic nature. I’m so appreciative of your expertise. But we classics must bore you guys too because you all love to play with those gamines! Who can blame you!
Maybe the real conversation is about how to feel self expressed in your style? As in opposites.
I feel you. I'm a natural, and all I felt when I conned on was - meh, narrow but baggy, not exciting at all. Do I have to be a natural? :) Its not even a polished style! How I wanted to look like a Grace Kelly... But years of looking like a buffon in bad clothes taught me well and I have accepted the boring,, narrow, baggy, unromantic reality - I look my best in natural lines, like it or not.😅
@@lenkamaresova4116 Oh what a lesson this will be in accepting my self as I am and finding ways to be beautiful within boundaries. I’m still resisting, I guess. But you give me hope that I can find peace.
What about some pieces with classic silhouette, but in more interesting colors suitable for your color type: some bright blue, rose, turquoise? Or maybe some jewelry that is on a funniest side, but is not to big or flashy. I've just find myself a natural, I had resist to it for a long, because I had a stereotype that naturals should look like a hippies😂 But now I feel relief, it just makes sense why I look amazing and tiny in wide leg corduroy pants, but awful in cropped pants or preppy sleek dress
All of these look like something someone’s great grandma would wear ew, I’d rather dress how I want and feel good without having moomoos draped on me ick