Flamboyant Natural vs Soft Natural

How to tell which one you actually are.

The short answer. both are broad and relaxed, but Flamboyant Natural is longer and wants no waist emphasis; Soft Natural wants a little.

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 Flamboyant Natural

Soft Natural has your broad, blunt bones on a shorter frame with rounder flesh and a real waist. It wants gentle waist definition where you want none. If a soft belt at the natural waist looks lovely on you rather than forced, you are more likely a Soft Natural.

Read from Soft Natural

Flamboyant Natural has your broad frame with a long vertical and straight flesh. It wants no waist emphasis and full-length everything. If cinching the waist looks like it is creating a shape rather than showing one, and a long open coat looks better than a belted one, read the Flamboyant Natural guide.

Check it on yourself

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?

The self-check from the Soft Natural guide

Best self, easy, and box: Soft Natural. Unnecessary cinch on the first points to Flamboyant Natural; untidy on the second points to Soft Classic.

Does a gently belted soft dress look like your best self, or like an unnecessary cinch?
Does a relaxed, unlined jacket look easy on you, or does it look untidy?
Does a stiff, structured shift dress look sleek, or does it look like a box?

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

Flamboyant Natural — the complete guide
Soft Natural — the complete guide

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