Stylistic analysis of appearance from 09/27/21
- Sophia Kathermes

- Oct 7
- 4 min read
Greetings, dear fellow travelers!
No matter the goal of your style search: whether you want to create your own vibrant character that reflects all facets of your soul or project an image that will facilitate career advancement, you will need a solid foundation of facts about the potential of your appearance. Otherwise, you will not achieve harmony in your image, and that is precisely why we are all gathered here today.
In building this foundation, we are aided by a stylistic technical analysis—a derivation of the appearance characteristics that must be considered: color type, linearity, and image type. With this analysis of a bold and beautiful female volunteer, I would like to once again illustrate the importance and accessibility of defining these characteristics.
Color type

By creating a personalized palette based on the colors of their appearance, we will help our own eyes evaluate their character - what are they like?
First, we note warmth, or rather the absence of cold. We cross out all cool-cold color schemes. We also cross out dark and light colors—this characteristic is not sufficiently expressed. All that remains is to determine the purity of the color and the dominant characteristic in the final result. To do this, let's consider the remaining options: Bright and Warm for Spring, Warm and Soft for Autumn.
Bright Spring - Warm Spring - Warm Autumn - Soft Autumn
Drawing conclusions from the collage test, we can confidently say that the colors of our maiden's appearance, despite the high tonal contrast, are still soft. The lush spring colors take center stage and manage to overpower even this expressive beauty. The autumnal colors look much better. Both look good, but one can notice a slightly excessive density of the Warm Autumn colors. They seem heavy and even suffocating, as if they lack a little cool air. The desired impression is supported by the Soft Autumn environment—natural, complex, and quite dense, yet at the same time lighter and fresher.
Let's move on.
A brief introduction. Everyone knows what a color type is and understands its purpose (or maybe they don't, but they accept its significance on faith). The topic of linearity is touched upon much less frequently, but it's no less (if not more) important. Once you become familiar with it, you stop dividing passersby into attractive and unattractive—they've either managed to adorn themselves with the appropriate frame, or "something went wrong." And almost always, the "wrong" lies in incorrect linearity, because beauty, as we know, is in harmony, and for this, the lines of the image must echo the lines of the appearance. Let's begin by looking for the lines that were intended to adorn our heroine.

What is the character of the lines that create her face? There is character, undoubtedly. And it is also obvious that it is lines, not shapes, that dominate.
The first thing I'd like to mention is the "Swift" line. Long, thin, taut lines and sharp angles. Naturally, we'll be talking primarily about the Aggressive line. While it's rare to see in such abundance, it's also difficult to miss. It almost completely fills out the face. The facial contour is smooth, but not sloping, so we'll consider the Smooth and Hard lines for it. Furthermore, skin texture and the fine angles of the lips can favor the Fragile line in nuances; we'll see if this holds true in practice:
Aggressive - Flowing - Solid - Fragile
Aggressive content – yes. Fragile texture – yes. The only thing left to decide on is the outline, and in this regard, I'd like to settle on a more dense and static Solid option for our heroine. A smooth line with its endless movement seems to slip away – it lacks solidity and steadfastness. Therefore, to summarize, we can say that our strong maiden should give preference to Solid silhouettes (streamlined, with rounded corners, but not flowing), Aggressive content (cut details, cutouts, prints, frames, and other large accessories), and, if desired, use Fragile fabric textures.
A personality type, to put it simply, is your attractiveness, your sex appeal, that vibrant image you project to the world with particular ease and can fully express by following these guidelines. This is your role in our life-theater.
How do we determine the role of our beautiful maiden? We can base our analysis on already-discovered characteristics, examining and correlating colors and lines with personality types, but the simplest and most effective method is collages with a corresponding aesthetic.
We will search for the "best role" for our vibrant heroine. And this role, given linearity as the leading means of expression, will be uncompromisingly dramatic:
Cheeky - Savage - Mystery - Influentinal
Of course, no Classic can contain such Drama, so we rule out the "cooled" Influential One right away. We also rule out the Daring One, as compactness and playfulness aren't our heroine's thing. Only scope, only strong feelings and equally strong actions. Savage—that's the one who could withstand this intensity, but, it seems, while he's quite strong, he's a bit simple-minded in his purest form. In addition to physical strength and fortitude, our Virgo possesses another power in her eyes—magnetism.
Therefore, we add a pinch of the Mystery to the Wild and obtain a unique magical collection of Omnipotence, which will reveal to us a breathtaking picture filled with air, the grandeur of nature and a sense of boundless freedom:

Possible figurative reference
That's all for now, dear fellow travelers. I hope you found this analysis useful and inspiring. I'm also always happy to receive volunteers for a similar public analysis under special conditions.
Peace between the outer and inner to each and everyone!
Thank you for your trust, and until next time!













































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