I can see this is a draft article about using the Kibbe body type system with photos. What would you like me to do with it? For example:
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Editor’s Note
Eight years of watching women take this test, and the pattern that surprises me most is how often people self-type incorrectly because they’re responding to their *weight* rather than their *bone structure* — two things Kibbe himself explicitly separates. A woman with a narrow, delicate frame will still have that frame whether she’s a size 4 or a 14, but the comments here consistently show people reading softness or fullness as a type indicator when it simply isn’t. The pictures help, but they can also anchor you to a specific body size rather than the underlying geometry. Which makes me wonder: when you were working through the visual examples, were you seeing your bone structure clearly, or were you seeing yourself through the lens of how you feel about your body right now?
Okay so I literally stood in front of my bathroom mirror for 45 minutes last night trying to figure out if my shoulders are “sloped” or just… shoulders?? The picture comparisons in this post finally made it click — I kept confusing width with sharpness. I’m in Seattle where it’s always oversized layers, so I’ve been hiding my actual lines forever. My takeaway: I’m going to try on a fitted dress before buying another boxy sweater to actually SEE what my body is doing first.