The 13 Kibbe Body Types

The 13 Body Types - Explanations

Dramatic 

Dramatics look tall (long vertical line), have long and narrow bones and a more straight figure. An important factor is that the Dramatic skeleton is narrow in bones and the body type is also taut and narrow in flesh, as opposed to broad.

Soft Dramatic

Soft Dramatics have the basic Dramatic skeleton with romantic flesh on top. They may have a softer figure or even an hourglass shape. Their facial features are full and lush. They look very shapely, but remember, they are not delicate in bones, but angular, and their bones are also long!

Natural

Naturals also look tall (vertical line), maybe not as tall as Dramatics. Their bones are blunt and also elongated, they have wider bones, with thicker wrists and ankles. The flesh on their body is fairly taut and tends towards being muscular. 

Flamboyant Natural

Flamboyant Naturals have the basic natural skeleton, with some sharp influences (dramatic undercurrent), which can come from some of their flesh or bones, but most of the answers are still B. Jennifer and Julia are both in the Natural category, but you can see how much taller Julia looks.

Soft Natural

Soft Naturals also have the Natural skeleton, but with a romantic undercurrent, which is mostly found in the flesh. They may have a softer figure with rounded shapes in body and facial features. Like romantics, they are slightly wider in body type, but Soft Naturals have a completely different bone structure - their bones are still yang, aka long, as opposed to short! 

Classic

Classics are a blended mixture of sharpness and roundness. Their bones and proportions are very moderate and balanced, without extremely prominent features. It's like putting Yin and Yang in a blender and mixing it so well, that we can't tell what it is. It's right in-between.

Dramatic Classic

Dramatic Classics mostly consist of the Classic bones and body type, but have a dramatic undercurrent. Their dramatic influence shows up in some bones or flesh. Keep in mind that their base type is still classic, and their A answers will not be in the majority!

Soft Classic

Just like Dramatic Classics, Soft Classics have mostly C answers, but they have a romantic undercurrent. They can be similar to romantics, but they are not as small and as rounded - they are more balanced and proportional, and will likely not be extremely shapely and curvy. 

Romantic

Romantics will likely not be tall. They can be softly wide in body type, with very lush curves and rounded facial features, and often have a full hourglass figure. As opposed to Soft Naturals, their bones are short and rounded, not blunt and long. They will not have any angular bone structure.

Theatrical Romantic

Just like romantics, Theatrical Romantics have a primarily Romantic skeleton and body type, however they have a slight dramatic undercurrent that shows up in their bones. This will really be only two or three answers; they can have sharper cheekbones or longer arms and legs, for example. They are often slightly more trim in body type (delicate hourglass shape), and pure romantics are slightly wider, but not always.

 

Gamine 

Gamines are a mixture of sharpness and roundness, but unlike Classics, they are not a blend. Their body type and skeleton are a nearly even mixture of A/B answers and D/E answers.  For example, they can have longer arms and legs (yang) with a short vertical line (yin), sharp shoulders (yang) and dainty hands and feet (yin).

Soft Gamine 

Soft Gamines have a mixed skeleton, but with more sharp answers. Their flesh is mixed, but predominantly soft and curvy. They can have a short vertical line which contributes to their mixture in bones. 

Flamboyant Gamine 

Flamboyant gamines also have a mixed skeleton, with a slightly straighter and leaner body type. Some FGs have more Yin in their bones.