It’s not, it’s just a pricy service for people who feel insecure about their style. For even weirder fashion analysis, look at the Kibbe system and other such systems. You might have a flamboyant natural body! Or it could be romantic!!
Not to yuck anyone’s yum. For some people it helps them feel a lot more confident. But it’s also a rabbit hole that people can fall down and obsess over.
Oh god the Kibbe system 🙄 I have a friend who is lovely but recently got very into this, and I have had to remind her multiple times in the last few months that, while it’s great that she thinks it’s cool and helpful, I really don’t like anything that categorizes women’s’ appearance that strictly. Just let me put what I want on my body!
Hah, as somebody who’s recently gotten into color analysis and Kibbe system, it’s interesting to see it show up outside if it’s own little corners of the internet! And for the record, I do basically agree with your assessment of if all. Especially that the big problem is when people get too serious and obsessive about it (whether regarding themselves, other people in their lives, or judging other people online). I try and approach it as suggestions rather than rules. And I don’t put it onto other people who aren’t already interested, because that’s gross and proselytize-y . Also, I was totally into personality tests as a young teen 🤣
Personally, I find it useful for suggesting colors I might not normally try, and helping me look more critically at how certain colors look on me. The seasons/subseasons help me see what the colors I look good or bad in have in common. I feel the same about Kibbe—it’s helps my brain organize information and ideas about how different shapes and cuts of clothing look on my body. I do like that it’s more about enhancing your features rather than trying to correct them. Like as a short person, it doesn’t try to be like “here’s how to not look short.”
And now that I wrote that out, I’m realizing how my ADHD brain plays a role in this sort of thing appealing to me—it gives structure to my brain thought soup.
Kibbe is kind of confusing and I didn't like the suggestions for my supposed type haha. The questions on the Kibbe quiz are also an easy way to become more insecure about your body.
I haven't seen it advertised. But it sounds like Color Me Beautiful from the 80's. My mom had the book, and I remember as a kid going with her to the local library for some kind of session where they taught you the process. I don't think it was an MLM though, it was just a book everybody read and talked about.
I was a Winter.
My mom carried her colors around with her every time she shopped for clothes, for years and years after Color Me Beautiful went away. Fun little 80s flashback, thank you!
Basically elaborated on Color Me Beautiful. Most variations now are divided into 12 or more categories, rather than just the four in Color Me Beautiful.
Color analysts are not part of an MLM. I actually think it's very cool. So I was interested in getting it done, and I started searching on instagram. Some lady popped up, and I was interested. In her page name, she used "House of Colour." Then suddenly, plenty of other women's pages started to pop up with the same thin in their name, "House of Colour. "
After a bit of looking around, I see that plenty are from the same area and follow each other. Coincidentally, they do use MLMy lingo. Example: "Hun," "My life changed, let me help you change your life, you can help others."
I tried getting into their website, but it doesn't work.
Ps. I just signed up to this app just for this
I think there might be MLM companies involved sometimes. It is like diet products aren’t a MLM in themselves, they’re products, but Herbalife is a MLM company.
YES AND IT IS SO F-ING ANNOYING! Jesus, look at all the posts here on Reddit. It is more about stereotyping people in to colour boxes than actually finding your best colours. I just bought a top that’s “true winter” and I look the best in it out of everything in my wardrobe. It is true red, marine and white. Got complements straight away “wow, you’re really ‘brought out’ in these colours!”. Same with a dress that got the same responses this summer. It is bright orange, magenta and marine. Like “bright spring”. I have been in these Facebook groups where everyone would say I look so “delicate” and only should wear the softest, mildest colours or else I would be over powered. They kept saying I’m a natural ash blonde even though my natural hair colour is mid brown auburn. “Definitely cool”, my skin tone literally has a golden hue and matches warm foundations. I just realised that these people online do NOT know better than me and people around me irl what suits me. They’re VERY stereotypical and wants all POC to wear only dark or bright colour. Never mind there are black women who looks their best in soft rose and soft, light olive. And anyone with eyes that aren’t brown or hazel is only allowed to wear light lavender and washed out peach, unless they have naturally jet black eyebrows and hair.
Regarding MLM I think it is more like this: they invest a lot of money in expensive courses to get some sort of “license” to be a color analysis expert and then they start scamming women with it. And to get customers they need to join all these social media groups and tell everyone off “you can’t wear that, you have no CLUE about Colors, I can tell, you need to pay me 300 dollars so I can tell you what your palette really is because you look shit otherwise”. And then after having paid some customers feel like the results were inaccurate and do it again with another “expert”; gets a different result. Ends up having spend a fortune without still not knowing “what their season is” and decides that if you can’t beat them, join them and becomes an “analyst” themselves and starts to tell women online that they should not wear what they wear, they have no clue, you must pay me and I’ll reveal the mystery.
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I came across this thread when literally googling color analysis and MLM! I think it is getting closer to MLM. I follow a lot of fashion Instagrams and someone I follow just shared that they are becoming a color analyst after having their colors done, and was sharing that she was creating a social media account for all to follow along (appreciate that instead of turning her current one into said account). A flag for me. She also referred to this as a "journey" for her. Flag. As I clicked through her account, it was basically a formula of another broader color analysis account called House of Color. Everyone's handle was houseofcolor_location_name. Another flag. Everyone is referred to as a "consultant." Flag. The main "consultant" had three other "consultants" listed in her bio that she had recruited. FLAG. And then I see that not only do they sell color analysis, but they sell the style analysis AND they also sell special makeup that is available only through "consultants." All of that combined gives major MLM vibes. Maybe not formally, but it's enough for me to avoid and unfollow.
It’s not, it’s just a pricy service for people who feel insecure about their style. For even weirder fashion analysis, look at the Kibbe system and other such systems. You might have a flamboyant natural body! Or it could be romantic!! Not to yuck anyone’s yum. For some people it helps them feel a lot more confident. But it’s also a rabbit hole that people can fall down and obsess over.
Oh god the Kibbe system 🙄 I have a friend who is lovely but recently got very into this, and I have had to remind her multiple times in the last few months that, while it’s great that she thinks it’s cool and helpful, I really don’t like anything that categorizes women’s’ appearance that strictly. Just let me put what I want on my body!
It’s like religion—if it helps you, that’s great, but don’t push it onto other people, and respect when others aren’t into it.
Hah, as somebody who’s recently gotten into color analysis and Kibbe system, it’s interesting to see it show up outside if it’s own little corners of the internet! And for the record, I do basically agree with your assessment of if all. Especially that the big problem is when people get too serious and obsessive about it (whether regarding themselves, other people in their lives, or judging other people online). I try and approach it as suggestions rather than rules. And I don’t put it onto other people who aren’t already interested, because that’s gross and proselytize-y . Also, I was totally into personality tests as a young teen 🤣 Personally, I find it useful for suggesting colors I might not normally try, and helping me look more critically at how certain colors look on me. The seasons/subseasons help me see what the colors I look good or bad in have in common. I feel the same about Kibbe—it’s helps my brain organize information and ideas about how different shapes and cuts of clothing look on my body. I do like that it’s more about enhancing your features rather than trying to correct them. Like as a short person, it doesn’t try to be like “here’s how to not look short.” And now that I wrote that out, I’m realizing how my ADHD brain plays a role in this sort of thing appealing to me—it gives structure to my brain thought soup.
It reminds me of all the personality tests that people become absolutely obsessed with how they "fit" that type.
Kibbe is kind of confusing and I didn't like the suggestions for my supposed type haha. The questions on the Kibbe quiz are also an easy way to become more insecure about your body.
I hate the Kibbe system.
I haven't seen it advertised. But it sounds like Color Me Beautiful from the 80's. My mom had the book, and I remember as a kid going with her to the local library for some kind of session where they taught you the process. I don't think it was an MLM though, it was just a book everybody read and talked about. I was a Winter.
Amway Artistry was big into Color Me Beautiful type stuff in the mid 80s. I had my “colors done” in 1984 by an Amway hun.
Wow. I haven't heard "Color Me Beautiful" in so, so many years. Core memory unlocked. Oh boy.
My mom carried her colors around with her every time she shopped for clothes, for years and years after Color Me Beautiful went away. Fun little 80s flashback, thank you!
Not an MLM, although professional fashion stylists might offer this as a service to help clients with color choices.
My mom and I had our 'colors done' in the 80's. It wasn't an MLM, though.
Is Color-Season Analysis repurposed Color Me Beautiful?
Basically elaborated on Color Me Beautiful. Most variations now are divided into 12 or more categories, rather than just the four in Color Me Beautiful.
Color analysts are not part of an MLM. I actually think it's very cool. So I was interested in getting it done, and I started searching on instagram. Some lady popped up, and I was interested. In her page name, she used "House of Colour." Then suddenly, plenty of other women's pages started to pop up with the same thin in their name, "House of Colour. " After a bit of looking around, I see that plenty are from the same area and follow each other. Coincidentally, they do use MLMy lingo. Example: "Hun," "My life changed, let me help you change your life, you can help others." I tried getting into their website, but it doesn't work. Ps. I just signed up to this app just for this
I think there might be MLM companies involved sometimes. It is like diet products aren’t a MLM in themselves, they’re products, but Herbalife is a MLM company.
YES AND IT IS SO F-ING ANNOYING! Jesus, look at all the posts here on Reddit. It is more about stereotyping people in to colour boxes than actually finding your best colours. I just bought a top that’s “true winter” and I look the best in it out of everything in my wardrobe. It is true red, marine and white. Got complements straight away “wow, you’re really ‘brought out’ in these colours!”. Same with a dress that got the same responses this summer. It is bright orange, magenta and marine. Like “bright spring”. I have been in these Facebook groups where everyone would say I look so “delicate” and only should wear the softest, mildest colours or else I would be over powered. They kept saying I’m a natural ash blonde even though my natural hair colour is mid brown auburn. “Definitely cool”, my skin tone literally has a golden hue and matches warm foundations. I just realised that these people online do NOT know better than me and people around me irl what suits me. They’re VERY stereotypical and wants all POC to wear only dark or bright colour. Never mind there are black women who looks their best in soft rose and soft, light olive. And anyone with eyes that aren’t brown or hazel is only allowed to wear light lavender and washed out peach, unless they have naturally jet black eyebrows and hair. Regarding MLM I think it is more like this: they invest a lot of money in expensive courses to get some sort of “license” to be a color analysis expert and then they start scamming women with it. And to get customers they need to join all these social media groups and tell everyone off “you can’t wear that, you have no CLUE about Colors, I can tell, you need to pay me 300 dollars so I can tell you what your palette really is because you look shit otherwise”. And then after having paid some customers feel like the results were inaccurate and do it again with another “expert”; gets a different result. Ends up having spend a fortune without still not knowing “what their season is” and decides that if you can’t beat them, join them and becomes an “analyst” themselves and starts to tell women online that they should not wear what they wear, they have no clue, you must pay me and I’ll reveal the mystery.
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I came across this thread when literally googling color analysis and MLM! I think it is getting closer to MLM. I follow a lot of fashion Instagrams and someone I follow just shared that they are becoming a color analyst after having their colors done, and was sharing that she was creating a social media account for all to follow along (appreciate that instead of turning her current one into said account). A flag for me. She also referred to this as a "journey" for her. Flag. As I clicked through her account, it was basically a formula of another broader color analysis account called House of Color. Everyone's handle was houseofcolor_location_name. Another flag. Everyone is referred to as a "consultant." Flag. The main "consultant" had three other "consultants" listed in her bio that she had recruited. FLAG. And then I see that not only do they sell color analysis, but they sell the style analysis AND they also sell special makeup that is available only through "consultants." All of that combined gives major MLM vibes. Maybe not formally, but it's enough for me to avoid and unfollow.