Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kibbe body type scale “was developed as a tool to help people understand their natural beauty and to provide style ...

A few years ago, I became fascinated with figuring out my Kibbe type. It started as idle curiosity, a casual glance into the ever-expanding world of aesthetic classification, but quickly turned into a ...

New York stylist and Kibbe Body Type Method founder David Kibbe calls the typical ‘hourglass figure’ and ‘pear-shape’ categories we’re used to “horrible information.” That’s why, in 1982, he designed ...

David Kibbe, an image consultant who got his start in the 1980s, has watched his body-typing system take off with a new, digitally native audience. By Mariah Kreutter David Kibbe is hardly surprised ...

Do you often find yourself getting upset that ‘trendy’ clothing doesn’t suit you? That’s probably because you’re not aware of your body type. Everyone falls into one of David Kibbe’s 13 body types and ...

While many Gen Z content creators focus on redefining beauty standards and promoting body acceptance, there has been a resurgence of young TikTokers referencing a styling system from the 1980s called ...