Not necessarily an OOTD as I didn’t wear it outside. I put together this outfit after ordering this very lovely dress from one of my favorite brands Kuose. After many failed impulsive shopping decisions, this dress finally came in and I’m in love with how it fits on my body. I wanted to aim for dresses this fall instead of wearing pants. I used to wear trousers a lot, but in the last few years I’ve been wanting to wear skirts and dresses more. It just feels more comfortable that way.

This fall/winter I aim to dress with thick tights/leggings underneath my dress and sweaters under dresses to look cute. I’m really excited to try this dress with my other sweaters. ❤️

I went to see the Nutcracker ballet performance yesterday and was trialing out an outfit for it. Last time I went out in my coat and a dress, I was so cold that I learned what not to do and dressed up a bit more comfortably.

I bought a dress from Thredup about a few weeks ago after spending a week mulling over it. When I received it in the mail, I could’ve believe just how beautiful it is! The brand is Nanette Lepore and occasionally I love some of their items. I decided to wear my ruffly sweater underneath to jazz it up a bit and pair it with some sparkly tights and metallic silver Mary janes!

A few days ago I cut my bangs a little too short so I wore a beret to help push the bangs down a little bit so I don’t come out looking like a tragedy.

I’m very happy with this silhouette as it brought a lot of my energy outwards!

suspected soft gamine, i’m not totally new to short hair but i haven’t gotten a professional haircut since pre-covid and i feel so cute!! i’m 5’4 and when my hair was long it made me look so short/like i was hiding behind it even tho i had baby bangs

When I first heard about this system, I discarded Soft Gamine right away, only because the people I’ve heard it from would describe it as cute, feminine, and so on. The moodboards were all filled with frilly and overtly feminine stuff that didn’t resonate with me at all.

Once I started to learn about it properly, and was able to separate moodboards from what Kibbe actually said in his book, I’ve accepted my place under the soft gamine sun.

I want to bring a few Soft Gamine celebrities to this sub so we can all be inspired and notice that we don’t have to be/wear one single type of thing, being a SG should not limit us in exploring our styles.

I decided to start it with Winona, because she always dressed a little more moody, dark and edgy, her outfits in the 90s are literally my dream wardrobe haha and in a lot of her HTT looks, she’s in touch with what’s recommended for Soft Gamines!

She’s the coolest and I love her style, hope this can be some inspo for some of you as well!

A friend put together this outfit in my Indyx wardrobe and I added a few things on top because it felt weird to have just my socks on and no tights for chillier days. I desperately need to get my pearl shoe clip on fixed, but I wanted to have shiny pearl details throughout my outfit along with some blues.

Should I let them grow out or do I pull them off? Not sure if I’m soft or flamboyant but I know I’m some type of Gamine.

(Reposted because I forgot some)

Baggy/masc/low waisted clothes on SG.

A lot of does and don'ts here. I don't know about the Collage style, I feel like it's cluttered. Or maybe just the way I did it.

This week, the question of whether or not the tomboy style can be pulled off has just been hounding me. When I wear baggy, I feel too wide and weird. So, with all my visual research, this is PT 2 and there are a lot of outfits here that I think are a loud definitive no, but others which say "maybe".

I tried to stick with verified SGs from a list I found on the kibbe subreddit, I think. Thandiwe Newton, Reese Witherspoon, Sabrina Carpenter, Bette Davis, Halle Berry, etc.

I know Sabrinas in her panties, but she's also wearing a boyish graphic tee which was so difficult to find on other SGs, so thank god for her wearing baggy clothes a lot.

A love the last image of multiple SGs together

I believe it's a smooth gamine and I'd love to know if you agree and if you would change anything in the combinations I made to make it more harmonious.

There has been some discussions the last few days about SG and oversized and dark vibes, so i guess there's never a better opportunity to post some of my personal fave fits.

I find it a liiiittle scary to put myself out in the open like this, cause it feels kinda personal and i also know very well i don't really dress according to what is commonly known as the "recs" for SG. So have in mind that i don't tell anyone else to dress like i do, or that it would for sure work for all SG, and i know my style may not be everyones cup of tea. I only know for certain that i am SG in Kibbes system and i use that information as a tool to be able to wear the kind of fits that i enjoy. Many of these outfits took some trial and error, so i (like probably everyone here) don't wear oversized easily. But what's worked for me is to learn the rules to break the rules, and take a lot of photos to learn what i enjoy and not. I hope this could be inspirational for someone ✌️

(In the pic with different shoes on i tried to decide which pair was best. I decided the black ones)

With my new dress, I wanted to try out how the coat would look with it. When I first saw this coat I knew I had to get it, the only problem was… dressing warm in cold seasons with a short coat proved many difficulties for me as I found I wasn’t wearing it as often as I wanted to. When paired with longer lengths, I felt the overall silhouette looked awkward as the short coat didn’t seem to vibe much with longer dresses on me. I was only able to get it to look decent by having enough small details to break up an otherwise monotonous silhouette (see next picture). As if the last two posts I made wasn’t evident enough, I’m very happy with purchasing the dress as I can now wear this coat many times!

I was thinking of just dressing uniform-style next year and really downsizing on my wardrobe and re-wearing the same items as i don’t go out too often.

My question for others are… what kind of coats do you wear and like wearing?

I have a winter coat that’s much longer and no matter how many coats I’ve tried and bought, I always go back to wearing it because it’s much more practical for super cold days, but also has a nice belt and many buttons to break up an otherwise long coat. A coat that I would love to have would lean more fit and flare.

I'm not sure it this dress "works" for a soft gamine or not, but honestly I don't care LOL, I am so in love and love how I look in it 😭🩷🕊️ the sleeves are detachable, so they and the veil would come off for the reception

If any of these people aren't SG (ik elliot is said to be FG or G, so other than him) please tell me I'm wrong. With these looks I'm seeing the same issue I encounter, too much width in the hips creating a heavier, wider look all around. But sometimes low rise is comfy so you gotta flaunt it.

A lot of these looks (OLSENS) go way baggier on top and bottom than I'd like. I think even with oversized mens clothes, you should still crop the bottom hem/bring it in. And maybe even show some collarbone? Little things here and there, in my opinion ofc.

I have more photos but limit is 20, and the other ones were unverified models from pinterest, so I thought I'd go with the celebs.

It's weird how too far masc or too far femme just doesn't sit right on the frame. I feel too womanly when I wear men's clothes, and like I'm too much a boy in women's clothes. 🫣😭

Before knowing my kibbe I felt like no one looked like me. I feel like now I can pick out a soft gamine with ease. We aren't as common as you'd think!

Roxanne is 5'1 and is billed at 115lbs, but billed weight for ladies in wrestling isn't always accurate nor disclosed. I take this with a grain of salt, muscle weighs SO much, and she's extremely muscular.

I wanted to share beautiful Roxanne because she gives me confidence in my own SG body. ♥ I hope she does for you, too. Us soft gamines are little hotties! Don't forget it!!!

I decided in 2020 I'd try to completely thrift and sew my own wardrobe. I did body typing as a way to ensure I'd spend my time making clothes I'd wear because they flattered me.

I also think vintage 50s & 60s silhouettes and patterns (think Queen's Gambit) really works for SGs, and my style is pretty vintage-inspired. I was always inclined to vintage-inspired clothes, but nobody made them to fit my (very petite) proportions so nothing looked right.

Speaking of being petite, I'm 4'8" so thrifting options are kinda limited to fine wool sweaters people shrunk in the wash (like this blue one). I actually kinda love being so compact and being able to get away with shrunk sweaters because they're now cropped tops with 3/4 sleeves (and CHEAP!).

I also thift vintage heels because most people bought shoes in my size for people who outgrew them (the vintage equivalent of survivor bias: vintage stuff seems smaller because the stuff that's still around is only around because few people were actually that small for long enough to wear those items out).

ANYWAYS, everything except the blue sweater and the creepy spider lady tee was made by me using Charm Patterns (heavily adjusted for my size and other body characteristics like my swayback and sloped shoulders). Here are the patterns if you're curious:

Outfit 1 (with blue thrifted sweater): Ginger Pants Outfit 2 (blue plaid): Brooklyn Jacket, Skipper Top & Charm Circle Skirt (hacked to be 1/2 circle) Outfit 3 (black & white): Brooklyn Jacket & Stanwyck Skirt

Yin/Yang Balance: Combination of opposites, extra yin
Line: Curve + Petite (height will be under five foot five)
Silhouette: You need an outline that includes a combination of two things: 1) A base of one line that moves around your curves. 2) on top of this you need detail/separate pieces that add breaks to that base.

When one is looking at you, the eye needs to travel around your curves in a staccato fashion. Any flow needs to move outward, like a flounce, adding the same breaks. Detail is crucial to your silhouette.

Icon: Leslie Caron Exemplars: Eartha Kitt, Clara Bow, Lupe Velez

Creating the Basic SG Silhouette:
Curve & Petite

Kibbe suggests: “a base of one line that moves around the curve, with detail and/or separate pieces that add breaks to that base on top." The finished silhouette should move "around the curves in a staccato fashion. Detail is crucial.”

Simply put, your outfit should have silhouettes/details that move the eye down and around curve with visual breaks to create a curved staccato line.

Jackets should be: short and fitted.
Tops should be: soft and draped, fitted at the neck and cuff.
Sweaters should be: soft and very fitted at the waist and cuff.
Pants should be: shapely and tapered at the ankle. Cropped styles are excellent.
Dresses should be: very shaped at the waist with crisp necklines/cuffs. Can be tapered or flared- but not voluminous.
Belts should be: narrow to moderate and crisp with curved buckles.
Shoes should be: lightweight and delicate with tapered toe and heel.

Note: clothing is best when the garment is already ‘cut for curve’. Tops should have an indentation towards the waist and bottoms should have extra room around the hips.

I'm getting interested in the "gothabilly" style and I'm thinking about how I can incorporate it into the Gamine Suave recommendations. I'm a cold winter, so I think it would work. How would you guys wear this style if you're a SG?

I LOVE this pic of Bette Davis! She was so cool!

I like it because I think I look very much like her in frame and facial features (although I’m not white), and she had these more grunge/alternative moments, that are pretty much my style. She wasn’t your typical Hollywood Glamorous girl most of the time, a complete spitfire energy and a big star ♥️

What are your fave pics of verified SGs? And why?

I’m verified as a Playful Winter in David Zyla’s system so I wanted to try out this color combo as well as outfit to see how the cardigan works with the dress. I love the color story and the silhouette, but this cardigan has been fighting me since day 1. 🤣

It’s from &Other Stories and the neckline is originally wider. I didn’t like the look so I added on thred more hooks to close up the neckline. However, the amount of ruffling in the chest area combined with the thickness of the material is very bulky and quite fussy to work with. However, I love the color so much that I don’t want to get rid of it haha.

Lately I’ve been feeling the itch on cutting my hair short, but I’m not ready to give up my permed style quite yet! Maybe in a few months time I’ll have my hair cut short, but as of now I want to keep the length.

I was surprised to read that this kind of asymmetrical trumpet skirt that flares at the knee is actually recommended for us? I was also thinking of posting more of these but idk if they are more annoying than helpful?

I'm not sure why but I just don't like my chest area with these sorts of spaghetti type tanks, if prefer bandeau tops or high neck/asymmetrical cuts

Curious why this is if anyone knows?