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Editor’s Note
Eight years into this work, the question I still get most in the comments isn’t about body geometry at all — it’s about *feeling*. Readers who test as Natural often resist the type because it reads as too casual, too undone, while readers who land in Flamboyant Natural sometimes worry it’s too much, too bold. What I’ve noticed is that the confusion between these two types lives less in the mirror and more in the stories we tell about who we’re allowed to be. The vertical line, the yin-yang balance, the blunt edges — these are descriptors, but they activate something personal. Which makes me genuinely curious: when you first encountered your Kibbe type, was your resistance about the clothes, or about the identity?
I’ve been going back and forth on this for months — my Austin style group literally had a whole debate about whether I’m FN or N last week. The shoulder width thing finally clicked for me. I kept thinking I had a “regular” frame but my shoulders are definitely broader than my hips, which is apparently the tell. My takeaway: I’m going to stop fighting my width and actually embrace it in my next shopping trip. Quick question though — can someone be borderline between the two, or does Kibbe see it as pretty black and white?