Dramatic vs Flamboyant Natural

How to tell which one you actually are.

The short answer. both are long, but Dramatic wants sharp and structured; Flamboyant Natural wants relaxed and broad.

What separates them, from each side

Each guide describes the other from its own point of view, and the two tests are different. This is the only page that carries both.

Read from Dramatic

Flamboyant Natural is also long, but the bones are broad and blunt rather than sharp, and a relaxed, unconstructed jacket looks right on it. If a sharp-shouldered blazer looks stiff and borrowed on you, and an oversized soft one looks correct, you are more likely a Flamboyant Natural.

Read from Flamboyant Natural

Dramatic is also long, but the bones are sharp rather than blunt, and a hard-shouldered, structured jacket looks right on it. On you that jacket looks stiff and borrowed. If crisp, precise tailoring looks like it was made for you and a slouchy blazer looks messy, read the Dramatic guide.

Check it on yourself

The self-check from the Dramatic guide

Finished, part of you, and nothing to hold onto: Dramatic. Missing something plus glamorous points to Soft Dramatic; a sharp shoulder that looks borrowed points to Flamboyant Natural.

In a straight, structured column dress with no waist, do you look finished or do you look like you are missing something?
Does a sharp, padded shoulder look like part of you, or like it belongs to someone else?
In a bias-cut slip dress, do you look elongated and glamorous, or do you look like the dress has nothing to hold onto?

The self-check from the Flamboyant Natural guide

Right, not there, and cut off: Flamboyant Natural. Messy on the first points to Dramatic; natural on the second points to Soft Natural.

Does an oversized, soft-shouldered blazer look relaxed and right on you, or does it look messy?
Does cinching a belt at your natural waist look natural, or does it look like you are creating a shape that is not there?
Do short hemlines look proportionate, or do they make the whole frame look cut off?

Still not sure?

The Style-LORE quiz works it out from a photo taken in daylight and shows you the reasoning rather than just the label — then checks anything in your closet, or anything you are about to buy, against the answer. Free, and no account needed to start.

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The full guides

Dramatic — the complete guide
Flamboyant Natural — the complete guide

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