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Editor’s Note
Eight years of reading FG comments has taught me something the typing charts rarely admit: the women who struggle most with this ID aren’t the ones ignoring the recommendations — they’re the ones following them *too* literally, treating “crisp and color-blocked” as a uniform rather than a frequency. Our platform data backs this up quietly; color blocking surfaces in 40% of reported FG looks, yet the comments underneath those outfits are split almost evenly between “this finally clicked” and “I feel costume-y.” The difference almost always comes down to scale — not silhouette, not palette. Which makes me wonder: when you imagine your most confident outfit, are you actually thinking in proportions, or are you still thinking in categories?
Okay so I’ve been dressing myself completely wrong for 32 years lol. I’m in Minneapolis and just pulled out my old blazers thinking they were “professional” — turns out they were just overwhelming my frame. The part about keeping separates short and avoiding long cardigans was such a lightbulb moment for me. I’m going to go through my closet this weekend and pull anything that hits past my hip. One question though — does this apply to coats too, or is outerwear kind of a diffrent category?