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Stylistic analysis of appearance from June 10, 2021

  • Writer: Sophia Kathermes
    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 foster career advancement—you'll need a solid foundation of facts about the potential of your appearance. Otherwise, you won't achieve a harmonious image, and that's precisely why we're all gathered here today.


In building this foundation, we are aided by a stylistic technical analysis—a derivation of those appearance characteristics that are difficult to ignore: 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.


Let's start, traditionally, with the color type.


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Color type is determined by key characteristics (warmth/coolness, lightness/darkness, brightness/softness) and further verified using collages. If you lack visual experience, you can check all color types using collages, but we'll stick with a few borderline ones. We'll also use a personal palette based on your appearance colors to help us determine these colors. What are these colors?


The first thing that's immediately noticeable is the softness of the colors, the dustiness, and the addition of gray pigment. This means we suspect the summer and autumn families. However, from the summer and autumn families, we can immediately exclude Light Summer, as the colors lean toward darkness, as well as Cool Summer and Warm Autumn, as there's no pronounced cold or extreme warmth. Only three options remain, and we'll consider them:

Dark Autumn - Soft Autumn - Soft Summer


Upon inspection, it becomes apparent that Dark Autumn is a bit too dense for our heroine. However, the "tasty" surroundings somehow seem harmonious, a feeling we'll remember. The fact that softness is the dominant characteristic was immediately apparent, so it remains to determine the temperature bias. The slightly cooler Soft Summer, while still defining the features, is slightly washed out. Soft Autumn looks most seamless with the complexion, and its sufficiently high contrast allows for a combination of colors from 2 to 7-8 on the scale below.

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In general, the ability to determine the expression of a particular characteristic seems more important to us than determining a specific color type—color types merely generalize and simplify subsequent palette selection. In our heroine's case, the dominant softness is complemented by relative darkness and a neutral-warm tone, which is also noticeable in the other photos provided for analysis. So, the first piece of the puzzle has been revealed: the darkish Soft Autumn color type. Let's move on.

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A brief introduction. Everyone knows what a color type is and understands its purpose (or maybe they don't fully understand it, but take its significance for granted). 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 decorate 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.

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Let's start looking for the lines that were meant to adorn our heroine. Let's engage our imagination and scan her face. What do we see? Do we see volume (that is, shapes) or just lines? Should we sculpt the face or draw it? Or maybe sketch it?


The first thing I'd like to note is the lack of tension in the features. Very calm features. Therefore, the exceptions are Aggressive, Flexible, and Firm lines. You can also notice that the features are mostly voluminous rather than flat. They flow smoothly into each other, with the possible exception of the lip lines. We'll choose between Firm and Soft face shapes, and also see how linear the lips are.


Rigid - Fragile - Soft - Solid - Languid


So, let's look first at the shapes—Soft and Hard. What do we see? We see that among the Hard faces, the facial expression becomes slightly frightened, while among the Soft faces, it's even contented. That's to put it simply. A certain relaxation, softness, and warmth in the features complements the Soft surroundings perfectly. Against the romantic, languid lines, our heroine appears too earthy, rational, and weighty. The languid lines, while they have a certain volume, are much more subtle and weak.

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Let's return to the lips—their outline is charcoal, so let's look for it among the Rigid, Fragile, and Solid types. At first glance, it looks most like the Rigid type. But in profile and when smiling, this isn't noticeable; the volume is noticeable. Overall, this can be ignored, but if desired, we think you could use faceted, voluminous accessories, like the earrings from the Solid Line collage, as a subtle nuance to the very soft base.



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 woman? We can base our analysis on the characteristics we've already identified, examining and correlating colors and lines with character types, but the simplest and most effective method is collages with a corresponding aesthetic. We examine and search for the "best role," first eliminating characters with a classical component, as there are no hints of it in the physical portrait.

Cheeky - Savage - Mystery - Cheerful - Tender - Sensual


The first thing I want to highlight is the dominant natural component. This is found in both the soft linearity and the warm color type. Let's look for what plays a supporting role in this dominant component. Are Sensual, Wild, or Cheerful closer to our heroine's aesthetic? Rather dark colors and expressive features suggest a touch of drama, meaning the girl's IT is Savage.


But it feels like something's missing. Some kind of refinement. I want to tone down the aggressive sexuality, to make the image warmer, not hotter, not more spicy, but savory and sweet. A slightly upturned nose, apple-shaped cheeks when smiling, and soft colors bring a touch of naivety and peace-lovingness to the image, counterbalancing the savage belligerence. So, let's add a touch of Cheerfulness to the familiar Wild image and get delicious associations, soft, relaxing colors, soft, enveloping shapes, pleasant textures—all this sensual splendor creates a picture of true paradise, but, importantly, paradise on earth.

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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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