Throw away the idea that the color white is a neutral that everyone can wear. It’s just not true.
Believe it or not, all whites are not created equal. Depending on the kind of white you own in your wardrobe, it might not be working for you.
But since white is usually a staple for most women, how can you wear the “correct white” and look good in this color?
Every woman has a unique natural movement that is expressed in her body language, physical features, and overall approach to life. We look our best when we wear colors that match our natural movement and expression.
Just like our own natural movement, colors also express a movement.
Let’s look at the color white through a vibrational/movement lens.
Imagine a scale where one end of the scale represents no movement and the other end of the scale represents high-movement. Where would you place stark white on that scale?
Think about it: white is still, constant, and pure. White is color with nothing added. It would go on the no movement side of the scale.
Women with a more structured, bold nature will look best in stark white. It matches their still vibration, and they can hold this bold color very well.
But if you are the Type of woman with a more buoyant, subdued, or dynamic nature, this stark white is going to appear as though it’s sitting on top of your body rather than becoming a part of your whole expression of beauty.
What kind of white look best on you? Here are 3 alternatives:
Bright & Animated Type 1 Woman
If your natural movement is more buoyant and spontaneous, you will look best in winter white. Your naturally sunny nature is honored by the warmth of winter white. It has a lightness to it without feeling too bold.
Soft & Subtle Type 2 Woman
If your natural movement is more subdued and gentle, you will look best in eggshell white. Adding the grayed undertone supports your relaxed, calm approach to life.
Rich & Dynamic Type 3 Woman
If your natural movement is more swift and dynamic, you will look best in a shade of dirty white that we call wheat. This golden tan color honors your rich and substantial approach to life.
Bold & Stunning Type 4 Woman
If your natural movement is more still and constant, you’ll look best in stark white. Your black and white nature works perfectly with the pure color of white.
Wearing the correct white clothes can make you look thinner, and the wrong color of white can age you!
When you switch out your whites for the correct ones, it can take years to your face and take the illusion of added pounds off your body. With the “right white,” you’ll look younger and healthier! (With results like that, who wouldn’t want to switch out their whites!)
Have a look at Lisa’s Before & After picture:
Lisa is a soft & subtle Type 2 woman, but she’s wearing a stark white shirt in her Before picture. You can see how it clashes with her soft features and adds more shadows to her facial features.
But in her After picture, Lisa’s choice of an eggshell white softens her overall look and works with the natural movement in her facial features. There’s certainly no clashing going on here! Now that the white top is supporting her true nature, she looks more alive and elegant.
Finding the correct white clothes for you is not as hard as you may think.
Once you discover your natural movement and match your clothing to honor this natural expression, you’ll bring your true beauty to a whole new level that will surprise even yourself.
When you take my free Dressing Your Truth Before & After course, you’ll be able to purchase the Style Kit, which comes with Style Guides and Pattern Guides for all 4 Types of Beauty. These essential tools support you as you become your own color expert and determine whether an item of clothing is correct for you—or not!
Purchase your Style Kit today!
Lovely Lisa in the after photo, this truly brings out your soft and subtle beauty!!!
I’m a type 1 but white doesn’t work for me either. It totally washes me out. If there a tip for making white work?
Have you tried winter white? Are you a Lifestyle member Jenni?
I am a Lifestyle member. I have a hard time telling what winter white is exactly. I’m looking through videos on Lifestyle trying to find them :).
I’m a 4, but I dislike the way white looks on me, especially near the face (and no way am I wearing white pants). It’s ok if it’s just a bit of white in another pattern, like a zebra stripe or something, but I don’t wear it as a solid or the main color of a piece of clothing. And, well, I’ve just always gravitated toward darker and bolder colors.
I am your opposite. I am also a 4 but dislike too much black on me.
I don’t know that everyone will look good in all of their type’s colours. For example, I think I’m a T2 but I’m very pale so the T2 beige doesn’t look good on me. I just bought a creamy white top with T2 fabrication that seems to go either way with the T1 or T2 style guide cards and looks flattering on me. I sometimes choose other types’ colours that still seem to look good, so it’s possible I’m not actually a T2, but I can’t stand the feel of T1 crisp, T3 texture, or T4 structured fabrication on my body so I could never do DYT properly if I was another type.
I encourage you to join Lifestyle and learn how to bring in your secondary energy. There is a good chance you have mis-Typed yourself based on your comment. If Type 2 is you secondary, you would be drawn to Type 2 fabrication. Keep learning!
I tried Lifestyle a while back but I ended up more confused about my type. I think I see mostly T2/T4 for facial profiling, T2 body language, T2/T4 personality with some preferences I would consider T1, not much T3 at all. In the past when I’ve dressed T4, people have sometimes told me to smile or that I looked angry, or they would apologize more than normal, like they were maybe scared of me. I didn’t feel myself and felt like I had to do overs to reassure people. I’ve received compliments dressed as a T2 but sometimes I get bored and just want to dress for whatever mood I’m in that day.
I’m a Type 4. I love white and black and I love to wear bright stark white. But I attract dirt whenever I wear white! Black is so much safer, nothing shows! 🙂 … or black mixed with small areas of white, nothing that can attract dirt.
I’m trying to get bold enough to wear white pants… but the dirt!
I am a Type 2/4 and have white white hair at age 82. I think white looks good on me. I wear white jeans and capris as I live in Tucson , AZ and we wear those year round.
Hmmm, is it possible you could be a Type 4/2? It is much more common for a Type 4 to have white, white hair.
I had to read your book Child Whisperer to make sure I was a 2 but could be. I was a blonde but became prematurely gray like my mother who was dark complected. But I have her olive color skin.
Have you gone through my free course dressingyourtruth.com/freeoffer ? Women over 60 can often Type themselves as a Type 2 due to old cultural roles women thought they had to play.
Yes, a few years ago and I follow you whenever you email me. I like soft clothing and soft purses. I’m an introvert but I sell real estate when I can.
Fits with exactly what I already knew. I’m a T4 and pure, bright white has always looked best on me. I love pairing it with the true black/deep red or with magenta or cobalt blue. I have never been able to wear white with yellow or grey undertones, they wash me out and make my skin look very shallow and aged, even sickly. However, having said that, I LOVE Winter White so in the winter season I manage to fit it in by pairing winter white dress slacks with a deep rich cool brown or cool burgundy top so the color that compliments my energy and skin tone is nearest my face and hair.
What do you do if you are a type 2 and are in the medical field and must wear white?
Maybe you could wash your whites with a pair of blue jeans, or do a quick dip in silver or grey dye to give it the slightest bit of softness.
make sure your hairstyle and makeup is true to Type – and your shoes!
Thank you Carol. Why do the shoes matter? I try to wear type 2 shoes if I can find comfy ones to wear while standing all day
Because the eye goes to the one thing on your body that is out of balance. So, if you do not wear shoes true to your Type, it looks out of balance, and you feel out of balance. You can find comfy shoes in every Types colors!
It would be great if DYT could sell a style card with the 4 different whites. It’s hard to tell slight differences on a screen, and you can never be sure of exact colors do to screen calibrations & other factors.
Each Type’s whites will either harmonize or clash with each Type’s Style Guides. And since there are variable in the Types whites and ranges, if I had specific 1 color references, everyone would be trying to color match the one color! Trust the style guides, they work. Do you own them?
I thought t1s could wear regular white too. I do love a good winter white though!
Type 1’s can wear both.