find your unique style: The ULTIMATE Style Roots Breakdown

This is my deep dive into the 8 style roots and how I define each one. This is how to dress for each of the 8 style roots, the kinds of personalities you usually see with each style root as well as some aesthetics for you. I also answer some FAQs on style roots, the things you all ask me everyday!

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🎀 My name is Ellie-Jean, a style analyst and content creator from Norfolk, UK. I make videos that make style systems easy, in order to help you curate a personalised AND flattering wardrobe.

⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 why you might need style roots
1:07 flower
1:35 fire
2:19 moon
2:53 sun
3:34 stone
4:14 earth
4:46 mountain
5:22 mushroom
5:56 what next?
6:13 star root?
7:22 water root?
7:44 my roots
7:51 can your style roots change
8:33 personality and roots

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[psaag]

Just want to put it out there, I once read somewhere that when you're sorted into a Hogwarts House, you are sorted based on the traits that you VALUE and would like to work towards, not necessarily the traits that you actually have right now. For me, the same applies here. I am not a particularly calm, serene type of person, I can be chaotic at times but I do love the Water (I like that name better) style root as it speaks to my higher self - who I want to be, what I want to embody and the life that I would like for myself :)

[katherineandini]

this is a great explainer as to why my boyfriend & I (accidentally) dress the same multiple times - we have similar style roots! We’re both quite mushroom-like & on formal occassions we lean towards mountain style root. The only difference is that his 3rd root could very well be stone & mine is totally moon 🤣

[ZwarteKonijn]

Personally I think it's okay to not have named a style root Water since water can have such a different vibe depending on what state it's in, the location and the weather.
My first association with water is for example the sea, beachy, surfer, more earthy vibes, or a creek in the mountain, that'll give more of a mountain backpacker style. Or the sea in a storm would give more of a dark, powerful vibe.

So I think mushroom fits better for what you're going for.

[AboutBritney]

I've been waiting for a style roots video! Honestly the most fun system I've come across

[SoyJGAko]

I recently made a couple discoveries in my style roots journey!
1) Conflating Essence with Roots — For a long time I thought my roots were 🔥⛰️🍄 but I realize now that they’re actually 🔥⛰️🪨! While I do love 🍄 I realized that to some degree I was conflating it with my Classic Essence, or subconsciously putting myself into the box of the Classic Essence. I still do love it and resonate with it to an extent (minimalism, timelessness, lightness), just not as a core root!
2) Distinguishing Foundational vs Undertone Roots — After a lot of processing I found that my *foundational* roots are definitely 🔥⛰️🪨 but sometimes I also draw from *undertones* of 🌙, 🌎, ☀️, or 🍄 depending on the fit! (My core look is definitely based on foundational roots but sometimes I lean into other aesthetics I love like vintage influences in the 70s, 90s grunge, 90s airport model aesthetic, and Mediterranean influences)
Experimenting with style roots this way gave me so much clarity, alignment and authentic expansion with my style! Thanks Ellie-Jean :)

[ourcozycorner]

2:15 😂 oh my goodness. Yes! Girl, maybe consider one of those “flameless” candles. 😉

[qkunluv]

I've commented before but I love this system so much because it lets me be analytical about my style while also giving me so much freedom. I love my style roots (moon x flower x stone), and I feel like they represent me as a person in every aspect

[myrrhmaidmana]

Water being within mushroom style root makes so much sense to me now, plus thematically considering high moisture is associated with mushrooms/fungi! 🤯 I think I still prefer mushroom as the name but maybe that's my moon root talking :p

[lettie.garcia]

Your Pinterest board with the combinations really helped me defining my style roots. I know the basis is always Mushroom x Mountain, but then it varies, the 3rd one always varies on the occasion, mostly moon. But it can be Stone for a more casual look, or fire/flower depending on the mood. 😅

[Nerdy-By-Nature]

I might make my own "Star" root board 😂 I love Ethereal but I passed on Flower because it's so heavily Ingenue and I look ridiculous in most anything Ingenue. I do love the flowy elements, large lace, florals, angelic. I went with Moon, but it does feel a little too heavy and gritty. I love the metallic aspect of it, the lace and sheer, some leather - but that could be coming from Mountain. I love the celestial aspects.

[mizzbee]

I am waiting for more of those short videos on the combinations of roots! I think mine are Earth, Moon and Mushroom. I am a soft classic body type with ethereal essence so I want to wear really whimsical things and it took me a long time to realize that my classic influence makes it better for me to pull everything back and simplify, which is why I connect with the mushroom root. And I don't consider flower as one of mine even though I'm very fairycore... I'm more of the inverse of the moon for SURE. 💚✨

[silverplim]

I love how passionate you are about style 🤍

[IllustrateLucy]

It’s earth, mushroom and flower for me ❤ this system works so well. It’s really helped me create my own thing instead of jumping around different aesthetics. I am also drawn to mountain and moon on Pinterest and instagram, but i don’t think they work well for me in reality. - gingham is a current fave. And it’s interesting that we dress fairly different to one another with the same roots as we express them through our own lenses ❤

[WaterPuppy]

Hi there Ellie! I discovered your channel very recently, and it's sent me down a deep rabbit hole of analysing my Kitchener essence, Kibbe body type, colour season and style roots. I feel like the content you're sharing is not only helpful to me as a person, but also with some character designs I'm working on. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

[GlitterPenPerspective]

I was lucky enough to stumble across your content and I'm obsessed. You're truly a creative visionary who deserves the world. I decided that my three styles are "flower" with a touch of "stone" and a dash of "sun, " but I was having trouble imagining what that would be like all together. When I found the "Stone x Flower x Sun" category on your "Style Roots Combo" Pinterest board, I fell in love. My style in a nutshell! Amazing job!!

[abigaelmacritchie]

Water speaks much more clearly to me than Mushroom ever did, and it makes the system more balanced in a way

[nonyabizness]

Your style root system is really so fun and beginner friendly 🙏 I really hope it spreads far and wide and you make way more content about it because it makes dressing myself feel easier and more fun instead of boring or stressful 😅

I don't have much of a knack for fashion and I hate clothes shopping so I've always just grabbed the quickest easiest thing in the store but now I want to dress in a way that actually represents me as a person and makes me feel more confident in my clothes- but I had no idea how to do that lol. Kibbe and essences are cool but they can sort of take away from the fun, style roots have really made it a lot more fun to keep going forward in my evolving style journey 😁🙏

[sissidg]

The Pinterest boards really helped me, as a visual person. I am mountain-flower-earth (classic preppy girly). Also, though: I feel like water helps me understand the concept of that root SO much better than mushroom does...so I'm a vote for renaming it, even though it's not at all my root.

[megjs]

Thinking of mushroom as water makes so much sense especially since the elements I like from mushroom were those nautical styles.
I find fire and flower to be the style roots I flip between ( mushroom and stone are set for me) as it gets colder I am more in-tune with fire and as it gets warmer I am more flower! I also believe I am a romantic body type so I often channel fire naturally and try to lean more cutesy with flower in certain settings
I love this system so much it has helped me immensely with my personal style

[alexbaley]

This is one of the clearest style roots overviews you've made. Great visuals and explanations.