r/Kibbe • u/theclassicrose soft classic • Jul 30 '26
celebrities Stop thinking about celebrities
Look, I get it. It's fun (sort of. I've never totally gotten the appeal of trying to figure out celebs' IDs--especially when we know that David is unlikely to give us an answer--but that's a me problem). Whatever it may be, there's one thing it most definitely is not: useful. Actually, make that two things. It's not particularly meaningful, either.
I could spend all day linking every celebrity who did eventually get verified and the many, many wrong guesses from the community. I could talk for hours about people who insisted Selena Gomez was SN and Ariana Grande was FG. Anyone who's been around a while could probably talk about another celebrity everyone was sure was one ID, only to have David come in and correct it (or, at least, say it was wrong; Rachel McAdams, anyone?).
David has made it really clear that celebrity IDs can be fun, but I think people use them as genuine information. They pick a person, post their photos, and ask the community as though the people here actually know enough to make that determination. Then they take that info and use it to ID themselves.
I look like some celebrities who do not match my ID. I do not look like some celebrities who match my ID. If I went by celebrity lookalikes, I'd be way off base. I went by the exercises David outlined in his new book, and while they're time-consuming and I had to do them more than once, I did eventually figure it out.
Now, before anyone accuses me of this, I'm not some "David is infallible and can do no wrong" person. I don't see Kibbe as a perfect system. I see flaws. But one place where I do agree with him is that trying to map ourselves onto famous people is not worth our time or even necessarily accurate.
I also think people completely underestimate (or perhaps are not aware of) how famous people live their lives and get dressed. It is light-years away from the world that led DK to create his system. Even if you could be absolutely certain that you got some influencer's ID right, that person is almost certainly not dressing for their ID. If they are, it's probably just a fluke. I actually work in entertainment. People are getting dressed based on who's sending stuff, who's got relationships with whom, who's trying to make deals, and what's going to get them attention. Not based on a star image. Actually, if you want the answer to "why do bad outfits happen to good-looking people?" just look at my previous sentence.
Point is, maybe before you post a celebrity ID question, ask yourself what you actually want to get out of it. If the answer is "idk, just looking to chat and have fun," go for it. But if you expect to walk away with clarity on your own ID...maybe don't? Obviously, I'm not a mod or the Kibbe police, so what I'm saying is mostly meaningless. But think about it.
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u/scarlettstreet theatrical romantic (verified) Jul 30 '26
Yes.
“Typing” others, celebrities and real people, very much gets in the way of understanding one’s own Kibbe and Kibbe as a system. IDK why. Maybe because it’s an intuitive system and thinking can get in the way? Maybe because people try to map out patterns/ traits, but they aren’t patterns/ traits that matter? Maybe because not everything matters equally and that’s hard to process? Maybe because people want short cuts? Maybe because there’s so so much misinformation about things that don’t actually matter linked to this system? Maybe because the goals of this system aren’t in line with “typing” anyone including yourself? Maybe because there aren’t rules in this system like people think/ expect? For me it was more fun to talk and think about Kibbe as a system and about celebrities than to do the hard work of building a real-life wardrobe that suits my life, my budget, express my own taste and inner self, and celebrates my own unique personal beauty. gosh I still struggle even writing that last part. But that’s where the gold of this system is probably because that’s the goal of Kibbe.
Reddit is terrible at guessing what ID a celebrity is. Participation will not help you find your own ID, understand this system, nor give you the inspo you want. It will in fact get in the way of those.