5 THINGS TO AVOID WHEN STYLING A SHORT BODY TYPE

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I am so tired of magazines telling you to 'elongate' when you are short - there is nothing wrong with being short! If you don't know how to dress for your short body type, this video will help you learn to style outfits for petite lines. Learn the common style mistakes you are making for your short body type. In the body matrix, I establish that being short + looking short means dressing in short lines to avoid overwhelming your frame.
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⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 why we need to stop trying to 'elongate'
0:26 the body matrix + what is "short"
1:11 what is being short in 'Kibbe'
1:49 what to avoid: 1
2:26 what to avoid: 2
2:51 what to avoid: 3
3:21 what to avoid: 4
3:55 what to avoid: 5
4:23 case study 1
5:45 case study 2
6:00 case study 3
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@palomasaenz4055 Ай бұрын

Hi! I’m the Paloma in the video ✨🙆🏻‍♀️ thanks for using me as an example, since I usually struggle with balance and fit, especially for pants and shoes. Also, like you said, I like experimenting and having fun with my clothes regardless of fit. But, sometimes I do want to work within my proportions and it gets a bit confusing. I’ll take your advice and see how it turns out

@minervarose7664 Ай бұрын

Hi there! Just wanted to say you look insanely chic in the black top/ pants combo with the contrasting belt and bag! ❤

@giobruno859 Ай бұрын

Lovely before & afters 💕

@PippaPippaPippa Ай бұрын

Humble advice from a short girl: - mixing long-lined pieces and short-lined pieces is a good hack for shorter-petite people who still want to wear long lines (ex: short skirt, long jacket / maxi dress, cropped jacket). - If you’re wearing a shoulder bag, make sure it hits around the hip. If it hangs lower it can make the legs look shorter. -Weight of material: breaking up the weight/textures of fabrics is a good way to avoid the overall outfit looking too heavy. -If you are petite, wear petite sizes. Even if the article of clothing is oversized in some ways, it’s going to look much better if fits properly at the shoulders especially. Also having definition at the wrists looks really polished, rather than sleeves that hang over the hands.

@YumeraChauque Ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice

@BeaLucile Ай бұрын

This!!!

@trishhykes5574 Ай бұрын

Great tips!!

@Reflectors1 25 күн бұрын

Yes to all these tips.

@kaylathrasher2085 Ай бұрын

I find these practical tips so much more helpful than the vague and abstract Kibbe recommendations.

@MidModMeridianASMR Ай бұрын

Your hair . . . 😍 I mean, it’s just stunning. Getting away from blonde has to be one of your best ideas.

@melissatranfield4054 Ай бұрын

Good tips! I personally think that a baggier jeans/cargo pants with a baby tee or a tighter top is a great pairing for shorter girls. So long as there's a high waist, I think it can work.

@stephallen9819 Ай бұрын

And a cropped ankle too!

@danielled5883 29 күн бұрын

My thoughts too. This is my go to.

@jennababick Ай бұрын

It took me a while to figure out what looked best on my short frame. I was never able to explain why things looked good or bad on me, but that it just made sense to wear or not wear certain things. I’m so glad I found the language and logic behind WHY something is flattering or unflattering on a short frame.

@alessia9328 Ай бұрын

This time I disagree with you on 1 thing: if you are short you can do oversized without being swallowed. I think it's way more difficult if you are petite. But if you are just short you can wear oversized clothing that fits your other recommendations (fabric stiffness, round Vs angular, amount of waist definition, etc). For example i am 5'2 and I have a very short vertical line, but I wear oversized parachutes and get compliments on them! They are high-waisted, give me waist definition, and kinda create a round shape (kinda like balloon pants). I think that for every category of item of clothing (for example: oversized hoodie) there are multiple different version (sleeve shape, the way the hem was sowed, the fabric thickness and stiffness, the details, etc) and there will be one version for each body type. Some matches are way easier to make, some other times you need to find your unicorn.

@elliejeanroyden Ай бұрын

I somewhat agree here! I think it’s relative right - so dressing oversized relative your shape as opposed to dressing, say, Gigi Hadid’s definition on oversized!

@alessia9328 Ай бұрын

@@elliejeanroyden yes! Exactly! I absolutely love this concept. I am a kibbe romantic and I love street style, or a more slick 90's style. So I feel that the usual romantic recommendations can only bring me so far. But that's the real power of kibbe (or otherwise understanding your body type deeply) the fact thay you will be able to recognise what harmonises with your body, even if it doesn't fit the generic recommendations. I wear lots of items that are not from a category that is usually recommended for romantics, but they are a special version of those items. For example, I can never wear oversized hoodies, but my father had a vintage one, with dolman sleeves and the elastic part at the bottom is slightly smaller than the fabric at the hem, so when it was hemmed it almost created gathers, which combined with the type of fabric, creates a round and soft shape (as opposed to the straight fit that modern hoodies usually have), also the lenght works really nice for me. Sorry if I got carried away, but I love this subject, and I even feel it would be such a cool topic for a video. I think it would be very on brand for you, as your Style Roots are an amazing system that focuses on the style a person likes and wants to wear, rather than giving generic recommendations. Actually, this concept is really similar to your videos "look more playful/intimidating for the body types". I loved those videos so much. Also this ties to the "refine, focus, follow" methods, it's kinda like doing thay but also with your style roots/what you personally like. Maybe a follow up video on thay would be so neat! But I'm just giving you my 2 cents, you are doing an amazing job with your channel😊

@carolinareaper8089 Ай бұрын

I would love to see the examples - what you described is so interning !!!!

@katitadeb Ай бұрын

I agree, plus oversized shouldn't be "big in every direction", oversized in terms of width but keeping the short lines (at the top at least) have worked orders for my Gamine body ID, not to mention cropped oversized clothing has been trending since 2020

@alessia9328 Ай бұрын

@@katitadeb totally agree!

@helloneurons 28 күн бұрын

I would love a video like this for tall frames! Like I’m curious about where skirts/dresses should cut off… I’m tired also of only hearing maxi skirts work

@BBarn711 25 күн бұрын

I’m 5’5” and people are shocked when I tell them that. Everyone always thinks I’m shorter. Finding out that I was a Romantic in Kibbe and had an Ingenue essence really helped me realize why.

@ChyeallaMcBride Ай бұрын

Love this video! I can see how working shapes as a short person can be used to create classic, cool, and effortless looks, but also to create avant garde, cutesy, or playful looks. You really covered the spread here!

@adorablebelle Ай бұрын

Love the advice about breaking up sections and hem placement! (Your natural hair color makes you look more sophisticated! It looks lovely.)

@katesolis756 Ай бұрын

At first I wasn’t feeling the body matrix as compared to kibbe because I was thinking it just generalizes some groups together. (Like sg, tr and r would all be short, narrow, round.) but actually, I think that might be a benefit because it’s a lot more realistic to dress for those more general lines rather than something hyper specific like kibbe

@theresasteidl7925 Ай бұрын

Same! I love the concept. I‘d love a video where she connects the different kibbe types to her matrix! 😊

@ishtarsachmet Ай бұрын

Hey, could you please also include centimeters for the lovers of the metric system, when you talk about height?

@sherryedwards695 Ай бұрын

Not only interesting but very educational. I never thought about those issues. I will now need to consider all that. Thanks again for a very educational video.

@alexisb.8965 Ай бұрын

Can you clarify how "petite" and "short" are not the same thing? Not all "short" people have smaller proportions. I'm not super familiar with how your system addresses short v. medium.

@Pistachees Ай бұрын

I understand medium as your length is also medium And she said that petite means short and narrow so yes short doesnt mean skinny its about how your length look, cause you can be a short size and look taller, which wouldnt put you in the short category then

@stephallen9819 Ай бұрын

The petite would come in the next descriptive word - narrow vs wide..

@carolynduncan3117 Ай бұрын

Super investing! I struggle with styling myself because I am short and some of the things you said really resonated with me and made since.

@sadel21 Ай бұрын

I’m short and can wear a long skirt if it’s high waisted, soft and straight (silky or jersey blend materials that flow. Bias cuts work well).

@patriciaf3293 Ай бұрын

Loved this video and your system! The body matrix. I checked your pinterest boards and they are absolutely amazing ❤ thank you so much for your work

@hippiekansasgirl1632 Ай бұрын

i loove this hair color on you!!!!! also just pre-ordered your book. looking forward to september!

@elliejeanroyden Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for preordering I really appreciate it!!

@kittifire Ай бұрын

loved this! ( im five feet!) and everything is spot on. And loving the pinterest board. congrats on the book!

@yellow-perse Ай бұрын

Ohhh just what i needed !

@melissaanthonyxb2730 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this 😭🙏

@soffaerie Ай бұрын

Love the new background

@PapaHotelRLG Ай бұрын

Absolutely on point analysis for us short women! Completely off point: I love your natural hair colour🤩 It strikes me that if you would cut your first layer of hair a bit shorter (so that it ends somewhere between the apples of your cheeks and mouth), it would be totally glamorous and honouring your pretty bone structure❤

@mclainhunter 28 күн бұрын

Hey Ellie!! I would love it if you could make a video about the crossover with your body matrix and the kibbe system. And if you can use the body matrix, to help figure out more key components to the kibbe system.

@mjsalinas1032 Ай бұрын

I love this!!! Can you create something about the medium-medium-medium? I saw your Pinterest board, and I am so excited about it ❤❤❤

@mjsalinas1032 Ай бұрын

By the way, I'm supposed to be short, but I think that concept is also cultural. I'm 5,4 and that for Spain is average a generation ago it was considered tall here, but in other countries it would be really short. So I consider I am medium height.

@ll-sw3tm Ай бұрын

Yes! Please do Medium Medium Medium. I love your style system. Can't wait to receive my book : )

@ArmchairHistorian Ай бұрын

I agree that the hem placement on the pants/skirt makes a big difference. But I always thought that creating an unbroken vertical line was good for shorter people. One continuous line can look overwhelming on taller people because it may throw them off balance if they have a straighter frame (creating a pillar-like look), while on shorter people it can help balance them out by drawing the eye in a smooth vertical shape, opposed to many line breaks causing a similar effect as wearing horizontal stripes all over your body.

@chonntonwonton104 14 күн бұрын

I’m wide, short and round. I have always felt fat and not allowed to take space. So I’m glad that there’s somewhere I can actually belong. Bc I’m tired of being ashamed of my body! Oversized does not look good on me, i thought I just needed to lose more weight. but now I stopped fighting against it and want to work with my body now

@jules_2.0 Ай бұрын

I have a question. I tend to follow the advice from this video, like my skirt lengths are generally either above the knee or long skirts that fall to about the ankle, but not longer. However, the one exception I have is full circle skirts, like 1950s house wife dresses. I tend to find these look best if they fall just past my knee. Any idea why this is? I imagine it had something to do with the shape since they are going out instead of straight down, especially if I wear petticoats underneath.

@gini_b 21 күн бұрын

This has been my main problem... I'm 5'7, however, my vertical line is short. I look short in photos 😂 very much have theatrical romantic features but I'm tall. V confused with the kibbe stuff!

@abrasivecloud Ай бұрын

Omg I'm Melanie in the video 😊. This helps me but I'm still unsure if I'm a romantic or a soft gamine. I get really confused with which works for me

@Thisisabunny 7 күн бұрын

Hi, Melanie! I'm no expert but I think you look like a soft gamine. I understand the confusion! It can be hard to tell them apart when they have so much in common.

@theresasteidl7925 Ай бұрын

Hi! I love your video, I tried the body matrix myself and I think I got an overall understanding for my body. Nonetheless I would love a detailed video with examples for the different categories, as not all of them are obvious to me. I can clearly see the difference between straight and round shoulders and if they’re wide or narrow, but I don’t know what long or short shoulders would look like. Same for hands and feet, I know what wide/ narrow and long/ short looks like, but what are straight hands? How can a foot be rounded? Also, what exactly is the width of the chest, should I include my breast in this or is it just my ribcage? And does a straight chest also means a straight waist? I totally get that this system should be intuitive and capture the overall look and feel, but I’d love some more guidance because not every category feels self explanatory to me 🫶🏻

@pinkroses135 29 күн бұрын

Number #3 is where I've gotten tripped up. If you have a longer torso or waist and one section of your legs is shorter you might have to fiddle around with where you break up the lines. For instance a mid waist above the knee skirt makes me look top heavy.

@sheppin_ Ай бұрын

As a soft natural with a short vertical line, I'm personally walking away from fhis even more confused. I thought oversized clothing and unbroken lines were good for SNs?

@dolletician 29 күн бұрын

I've never seen oversized recommended for soft natural. Waist definition is always emphasized and terms like loose or flowy but not necessarily oversized.

@redmaple1982 27 күн бұрын

Finally someone is taking tallness to task!

@miaheinonen5016 25 күн бұрын

Video idea: how to accommodate shortness when wanting to be more modest and still cover up more, I think there are a lot of us Or if anyone knows a channel where modesty is considered in the suggestions I'd like to heard about it 😊

@trefoli1658 27 күн бұрын

Nooo but I love large earrings 🥲

@rokusashu7441 Ай бұрын

First. Gonna tell my short friend abt this video

@gingercollier7949 22 күн бұрын

You should be Nicola Coughlan’s stylist!

@susanstephan7689 24 күн бұрын

I'd love to see your suggestions for someone who is short, but for whom height is not their main consideration when it comes to clothing. I'm 5'3" and according to your matrix, I'm wide, round, and short, but because of the width in my frame, I'm not what most typing systems would consider 'petite' so a lot of the short body type recommendations don't work for me. However, because of my height, suggestions for people over 5'4" don't necessarily work either. What do you do when you're short, but not petite?

@kayceejames9769 13 күн бұрын

Can you please do a wedding dress video for the body types. I noticed as an example you put an x on a woman in a wedding dress because the other option, wearing things that split the upper and lower half, is better. But how would that translate to a wedding dress?

@Reflectors1 25 күн бұрын

I have a difficult time with waist definition because my belly is thick and I am very wide,(I’m the most narrow just under my breast). I look similar to the woman wearing black yoga clothes in front of the white door but I think I’m more compact. I’m under 5’3 and my chest is wider than my shoulders, (double curve?) with short limbs. I’m only one hand 🖐️ width from my clavicle to the bottom of my bra band and one hand 🖐️ width from my bra to my belly button and another from there to my thighs. I think I have a small bone structure as my head, wrists and feet look too small for my body. If I were just looking at a forward silhouette, I’d say a long solid color body con dress looks best, but I don’t know if or where to break the line. I’m also not comfortable wearing cropped anything because of my weight and age. I get very confused marrying fashion with body type and age because I’m not trying to look fashionable, I just want to look balanced. Thanks for all suggestions.

@Anna19093 Ай бұрын

Quick question as I’ve been confused for awhile now. How do I know if I’m a classic or a romantic? I see example pictures and honestly I can see myself in both. Don’t know if this helps but I have more rounded, soft shoulders, I am super short and appear short. I have very rounded, curvy features. I’m a typical pear shaped body carrying most of my weight in my lower stomach, thighs, hips, and butt. I have a rounded face shape and cheeks along with a rounded chest and buttocks. I have small hands and feet. My lips aren’t big but not thin either. I’ve been told my face almost looks like a bunny’s and my fiance even calls me bunny. I find that the clothing that looks best on me are dresses that are fitted at the top but Flowey at the bottom, anything v-neck, short shorts paired with a big chunky sweater, flowey pants, maxi skirts, shawls, drapped/flowy anything really, corsets, off the shoulder tops and maxi skirts paired together. The styles I look best in are very bohemian and feminine, kind of a retro rock and roll/grunge vibe, whimsigoth, and a kind of simple business casual. I look best in satin and velvet textured clothes. I’d appreciate if someone in the comments could help me out.😂 A plus would be if someone could give me my style essence/face type too!

@theresasteidl7925 Ай бұрын

Well, it’s hard to type someone just from a description, but the overall impression seems very romantic, for a classic your features don’t seem moderate enough. The aesthetics you like don’t necessarily have to tell something about your shape, you can wear any aesthetic when you consider your ‚right’ lines 😊 And for your essence, if you are a romantic bodytype chances are you got some romantic essence. I would guess the ‚bunny‘ resemblance might call for ingenue essence? Like big eyes and a youthful feel? I’m definitely no expert in this, so take it with a grain of salt 😅 but maybe it helps giving you some direction 🫶🏻

@Anna19093 Ай бұрын

@@theresasteidl7925 Thank you! Quick question though, can I have an ingenue essence with smaller eyes? My eyes are not narrow but not necessarily huge either. Kind of in the middle. I kind of figured ingenue as I have what you’d call a baby face but I was confused due to my eye shape.

@theresasteidl7925 Ай бұрын

@@Anna19093 Well, I guess large eyes are one possible feature for ingenue essence, but given that most people have a combination of different essences, you don’t have to have every aspect of it. And in general, it’s about the overall feel, and if you seem young and youthful, I guess that checks out for ingenue essence :)

@Anna19093 Ай бұрын

@@theresasteidl7925 Thank you!❤️

@user-pk1rm3sn4v Ай бұрын

On way home I'll be back hear to listen what your say lol coolcat dan

@pixi78 23 күн бұрын

😢 so interesting however what do I do when I am 5ft tall but have lipodema? (This means my legs hold a lot of fluid and fat-it’s hereditary) I don’t like to wear shorts or short skirts.

@ana-xx6tn Ай бұрын

Ok so im 5.2 and my kibbe was dramatic classic and i did it so many time , so us that mean its wrong ?

@elliejeanroyden Ай бұрын

Body Matrix rules are different to Kibbe - they're different systems x

@skummcdum 28 күн бұрын

Im 5'3 but people online always think im like 5'10 or taller because my legs are so long compared to my torso 😭😭

@kristinunpoisoned Ай бұрын

I'm 5'3" but I can't stand anything that hits at the ankle, I feel like it makes me look shorter and dumpy. Does that mean I might have a longer vertical line?

@ChyeallaMcBride Ай бұрын

It might have to do with where on the ankle and what shoes you wear. Can you see your entire ankle at that length? And are the shoes complimenting the width of your ankle bones and feet as well as the style and line of the outfit?

@kristinunpoisoned Ай бұрын

@@ChyeallaMcBride I just super dislike the whole look, it doesn't matter where on the ankle. I only wear barefoot shoes, so no heal at all in any of my shoes, since that throws the body's alignment completely out of whack.

@ChyeallaMcBride Ай бұрын

@@kristinunpoisoned that makes sense. If you prefer the look of floor length instead of ankle length, them perhaps you do have a longer vertical line.

@heatherinde Ай бұрын

@@kristinunpoisoned Okay this exciting another person who wears barefoot shoes and cares about fashion! I feel like we are kind of unicorns. Haha I actually made a video showing my barefoot shoes hiking and then promptly moved onto a fashion field trip. I was thinking will anyone who likes the shoe bit also like the fashion bit? I have the same issue with hating pants that show the ankle as well.

@Chrysaetos3 Ай бұрын

Same. I don't feel like I have a long vertical line at all, but for whatever reason, people do tend to think I'm taller than I am (and I'm not a habitual wearer of heels). Even people who are taller than me, so clearly it's there somewhere, even if I can't pinpoint it. All the advice says 7/8 ankle-length trousers and 3/4 should look good on me (romantic), but they don't. It has to have enough length to cover the ankle otherwise it looks like I'm wearing someone else's clothes that don't fit and they also make me look dumpy. If it's shorts, then they have to be very short, no more than halfway down my thigh. With trousers and cardigans, it looks better if I create an unbroken line of colour rather than making horizontal cuts with different colours. At least one of jacket or top has to match with bottoms to create that unbroken line of colour. The cute and quirky three different colours of blazer, top and trousers just looks so wrong on me. The strongest essences I have both are both romantic and ethereal. Since ethereal essence is one of the elongated ones, I think that's what limits some of the lines that should look good on a romantic (although a lot of romantic styles work on me). It good to find ideas and always fun to experiment with those to see if they fit for ourselves. Now I just look and styles I like and appreciate them on other people.