“Polished Rockstar”

While some face types showcase the beauty of softness and curves, Dramatic Classic Gamines embody the beauty of edges and edginess.

The original image of Maggie Q actually looked like this:

She’s stunning either way, but if you compare her with sleeker versus wavier hair, you might find that sleekness is what best showcases the powerful beauty of her highly Dramatic (plus Classic and Gamine) face.

Importantly, even if you don’t have straight hair, you can absolutely make your texture work with your DCG aesthetic. More on that below!

Dramatic Classic Gamine Celebrities

DCG celebrities are on Pinterest here and listed below:

Autumn Reeser
Camilla Belle
Cheryl Cole
Dani Evans
Danielle Panabaker
Dua Lipa
Emma Watson
Emily Hampshire
Gina Rodriguez
Hailee Steinfeld
Jordana Brewster
Karlie Kloss
Kiernan Shipka
Kristin Kreuk
Lindsey McKeon
Maggie Q
Nicole Kidman
Norah Jones
Vivica A. Fox

Dramatic Classic Gamine Fashion

DCG fashion is sculptural, innovative, irreverent, and dignified.

Purely Dramatic Gamine fashion is the edgiest of any essence blend—think oversized or skin-tight silhouettes, wild colors or prints, and eye-catching fabric like snakeskin:

As a DCG, you get a more wearable, timeless version of Dramatic Gamine fashion:

The theme of DCG is standing out, but in a way that always has a conventional quality, too.

The Dramatic Classic Gamine Wardrobe Staple

Your top wardrobe staple as a DCG? The blazer:

Head to toe monochromatics, especially in black, embody Dramatic.
Cropped pants, boots+socks, and the blazer’s fun buttons add Gamine.

Overall the blazer feels simple enough in silhouette to have Classic, too.

As a DCG, blazers typically embody one or more of your essences: sometimes timelessly Classic, but often playful and Gamine, especially when cropped or in a vibrant color.

They can also easily feel Dramatic:

The extra-long blazer—hem extending past the hips, sleeves almost to the fingertips—feels Dramatic.
What adds Classic: the basic black turtleneck.
Gamine emerges from the shorts and tights combo.

While an all-black outfit is great for DCG, vibrant color is also a Dramatic Gamine hallmark:

In this super sexy look, the sexiness comes not from a glam Romantic impression, but instead from Gamine’s fitted and ultra-cropped silhouettes.
And though the breeze makes it harder to tell, the jacket paired with the matching skirt creates a long line of shocking orange—adding Dramatic.

The orange ensemble doesn’t have much Classic, so you could add a minimalist accessory, like a simple watch—or throw on a timeless trench.

While bold colors do flatter Dramatic and Gamine, you can absolutely rock the DCG aesthetic even if your color season is characterized by gentler hues:

Wearing a monochromatic outfit in your season’s darkest neutral will look intense on you if you’re, say, a Light Summer, even if that neutral is gray instead of black.
Similarly, if you’re a Soft Autumn, wearing a Soft Autumn muted orange mini skirt with a matching orange top will still look bold on you.

Now back to blazers, because as a DCG, you can pretty much live in them:

What’s striking about this is that you can trace angular lines over the whole outfit, from the collar of the top to its hem through the lengths of the pants to the blazer with its emphatic lapels and simple plaid print. Fun Gamine ankle boots and sunglasses complete the look.

One final monochromatic look:

Another super simple DCG outfit formula: fitted top with angular, unusual Dramatic neckline, Gamine skinny jeans and playful sneakers, Classic moderate-sized minimalist purse.

You could also swap the skinny jeans for simple dress pants to add more Classic, especially if your percentage of Classic is greater than your percentage of Gamine.

If you do have a ton of Gamine, you might feel that a monochromatic aesthetic isn’t exciting enough for you. So you could add a pop of color with a jacket or jewelry, or even color-blocking by wearing your pants and top in markedly different colors, like purple and green.

Dramatic Classic Gamine Subtypes

Dramatic Classic Gamines can look very different depending on whether they have primarily Dramatic or primarily Gamine:

Dramatic Classic Gamine Nicole Kidman—highly Dramatic and intimidating, with smaller amounts of Classic and Gamine.

She is *so good* in this sleek hair, angular neckline, bold matte lip, and otherwise understated makeup. The definition of “harmony.”

Dramatic Classic Gamine Autumn Reeser—highly Gamine, with very playful, flirty beauty.
Gamine beauty often reads as flirty. When we tease people, we’re kind of figuratively “poking” at them—illustrated by the idiom “poke fun at.” So flirting can be thought of as a playful, figurative poking—embodied by the short, pointy features in Gamine faces.

What about DCGs who have primarily Classic? I’ll be honest—I don’t know of any. In my view, it seems rare to have Classic as a person’s strongest essence, and I wouldn’t say there’s any celebrity I’ve found so far who fits that category.

But another special aspect of DCG faces is that because their features tend to be straighter and more angular than other types, it can be easier to really see the pleasing Classic proportions.

Dramatic Classic Gamine Vibe

Chiseled. Sleek. Angular. Pointy. Balanced. Symmetrical.

Dramatic Classic Gamines have stunning faces. There can be a majestic, sculptural quality to their beauty, with its emphasis on straight, controlled lines and balanced proportions.

Black-and-white photography that focuses on clean lines and geometric shapes can have a DCG vibe. If you’ve ever been mesmerized by a photograph showcasing seemingly ordinary subjects (staircases, fences, windows) in a way that makes them feel extraordinary—that’s kind of what DCG fashion and faces have the ability to do. They arrest us with the beauty of their conspicuous angularity.

Somewhat confusingly, Dramatic Classic Gamine faces won’t be composed entirely of straight lines.

Of course, the nature of our facial features, especially our eyes and lips, is that there is some amount of curve to these features, regardless of our style essences.

But on a DCG face, the curves tend to be minimal and, most importantly, the face’s overall aura will feel intense, mischievous, and streamlined. So DCG faces will feel figuratively “edgy,” even though of course their literal facial features will have some curves.

Dramatic Classic Gamine Hair

Dramatic and Gamine have interesting relationships to the Classic essence. All three types tend to be flattered by relatively straight lines—hence the ubiquity of blazers in DCG fashion.

And if you have straight hair, your hair can easily read as Dramatic, Classic, OR Gamine, depending on its length:

Chin-length and above, Gamine;
Around shoulder length, Classic;
Several inches below the shoulders (and beyond), Dramatic.

Because Dramatic and Gamine are so flattered by angular shapes, and Classic is so flattered by controlled, simple shapes, Dramatic Classic Gamines will often find that they’re extremely flattered by straight, sleek hair.

Dramatic Classic Gamine Kristin Kreuk. As seen here, Classic can handle a bit of controlled bend or slight wave in hair, too.

That’s not to say that other textures can’t work for DCG, because they absolutely can. Gamines especially are great with some tousle and movement, often achieved with piece-y layers, and can sometimes handle a playful texture that appears slightly wavy.

You can also braid your hair into long, sleek braids to achieve a fully Dramatic, Classic, or Gamine look (depending on the length).

Another option is to rely on an intense Dramatic hairstyle by slicking your hair back and pinning it behind your head, or securing it behind your head in a low braid or ponytail.

This hair is “mostly straight” or “straight-ish” (which tends to read as Natural), so it’s ok but not ideal for Dramatic Classic Gamine Jordana Brewster.

Straight bangs and a sleek ponytail, plus graphic winged liner, better frame the controlled lines of her face.

You could also argue that highly Dramatic faces can kind of wear anything.

Dramatic Gamine Classic Karlie Kloss—are the soft curls harmonious with her striking features? From a style analysis perspective, no. Does she somehow kind of pull them off, along with the incredibly bold, electric blue smokey eyes? Yeah.

When we say someone doesn’t “pull something off,” we of course mean that their features don’t fit with what they’re wearing.

The superpower of highly Dramatic faces is that their piercing eyes, brows, and bone structure are so strong and commanding, their features can push through whatever they’re wearing, and their features say, “Look at me, look how striking and gorgeous I am—even surrounded by an unharmonious context.”

That’s what we see with Karlie Kloss. Her face doesn’t harmonize ideally with the hair, but her features are so strong, we’re paying more attention to them, anyway—and of course the bold makeup helps with that.

Highly Dramatic faces are ultimately most harmonious in Dramatic lines. But of all the types, Dramatics tend to have the easiest time looking harmonious in fashion, hair, and makeup that goes outside their style guidelines. That’s the benefit of their imposing beauty.

Highly Gamine faces can also have the ability to bend their style guidelines:

Vivica A. Fox is really gorgeous here. At first glance, this isn’t textbook DCG hair, but it has:
Dramatic sleekness and length
Gamine playful piecey layers
Classic controlled wave
This is wavier than stereotypical DCG hair, but with her powerful and flirty beauty (and makeup that overall highlights the intensity of her features), she really makes it work.

Dramatic Classic Gamine Makeup

As we see above with Karlie Kloss, Jordana Brewster, and Vivica A. Fox, Dramatic Classic Gamines tend to be flattered by bold (even avant-garde) makeup, especially if they have a lot of Dramatic.

Bold brows, tightlining, and extended liquid liner are extremely flattering to Dramatics. Gamines can do these elements, too, though shorter wings and brows tend to be more flattering.

So Dramatic Classic Gamines are incredible in some of the hardest-to-pull-off makeup: the darkest eyeliner (within your color season) applied all the way around the eyes, and the darkest, most pigmented lips (for Dramatic), along with brightly-colored eyeliner and lipstick for Gamine.

What the DCG type has a harder time pulling off is soft, delicate makeup, like a very glowy skin texture. Matte textures (or matte sheen, also called a “hard shine”) are really what best embodies their beauty.

Your most flattering makeup is also highly dependent on your ratio of essences, as well as the essences expressed in your specific facial features. In general, more highly Dramatic makeup will consist of longer lines, darker colors (relative to your color palette), and an overall more intimidating, avant-garde feel.

In contrast, a Gamine look will feel much more colorful and lively, with shorter lines. Both types can experiment with inventive makeup, like double-winged liner or negative space wings, although if you have a high percentage of Classic, you’ll want to make sure that at least some aspects of your makeup appears conventional and polished, which can mean sticking to makeup that doesn’t exaggerate the sizes or shapes of your features much.

Polished Rockstar

Part of what’s fascinating about Dramatic Classic Gamine beauty is that it visually navigates the dichotomy of rule-follower (Classic) and rule-breaker (Dramatic and Gamine).

The concept of a rockstar who often incorporates very polished, conservative Classic pieces might seem like a contradiction. But if you’re a Dramatic Classic Gamine, it will make complete sense with your unique beauty.

Dramatic Classic Gamine