Color season and body type analyses are supposed to help... so what gives?

After years and years of hating wardrobe shopping - because I had no idea what would look good on me and I would pick up whatever looked whatever and go to the dressing room and then be frustrated when the garment didn't fit right or made me look sick - I found systems...

...like the Kibbe system, which categorizes people into five different body type ("image identity") groups according to the amount of yin and yang in their features and then tells you what shape of clothing to wear;

...and like the season color analysis system, which takes into account the skin tone, undertone, and contrast of your face, as well as hair and eye color, to tell you which colors you should wear to look harmonious.

(I never liked the fruit system or whatever it is that has rectangles and inverted triangles and pears and the like.)

Let's start with Kibbe. I took the test and decided that I was a dramatic classic. Since the test can be quite confusing, here's my own quick test you can use to determine which main type you belong to:

If you look very tall (but can't wear ripped jeans), you're a dramatic.
If you look good in ripped jeans, you're a natural.
If you look good in a skirt-and-blazer suit, you're a classic.
If bold artificial hair colors look good on you, you're a gamine.
If you either look like a little bird or are short and luscious, you're a romantic.

What's interesting is that your type is not at all determined by genetics. (My mom is a romantic, my younger sister is a gamine, and my older sister is a natural - all of which differ from my type.)

So what I learned from figuring this thing out is that I look great in shoulder pads and tailored clothing and that I should avoid, definitely and forever, shapeless, over-sized drop-shoulder knits and A-line skirts.

Great. Moving on to the other system - seasonal color analysis. This is where confusion hits the fan.  

Looking at some old WIP videos, I think I look a little weird in the summer when I tan. However, in the winter, I suppose I resemble a spring: cool and muted. However -

They say that springs can't wear pure, crisp white, and I look amazing in pure crisp white!

So what gives? According to the system, only winters can wear white and black because they have the natural contrast to pull it off. But perhaps contrast isn't the only thing that allows you to wear such extreme colors? What if being a dramatic leaning Kibbe type accomplishes the same drama?

When it comes to the spring color palette, I agree with dark grey and dark muted jewel tones - those look excellent on me. But whenever I try on the soft off-white that they recommend springs wear instead of pure white, I look washed out.

So what I learned from looking at the color season system is that I should just ditch it and wear whatever colors I want.