Among the less-than-pleasant entries on this list is the first time you took a body shape test.

Better conceal those ample thighs with a strapless A-line gown.

Carry your weight in your midsection like an Apple?

Vintage Women Being Measured for Clothing

kindly hide that tummy with a nice tankini.


The 1980s was a perfect environment for style systems to flourish.

(Kibbe, an author and image consultant, worked with Jackson for that books style section.)

A woman has her waist measured in a design studio

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Art is inspiration and technique.

The four-season system Jackson taught is the ancestor of the many 12-season systems found on the internet today.

TikTok videos with the hashtag #kibbebodytypes have garnered more than 90 million views.

A man adjusts the hems of a woman’s skirt

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The book was written as a journey, Kibbe says.

The beginning was more inspirational, about who youre supposed to be before you even get to the quiz.

But thats not therethe quiz is there.

You cant punch in somebody.

And you especially cant have someone who doesnt know you pop in you.)

Can style systems actually help people better express themselves in 2023?

This is about freedom, not restraint, Kibbe says of his system.

But you cant fly until you learn how.

I know it was for methat was one of my driving forces toward this.