Quirky Cool

BE UNIQUE

Image is something we portray to the rest of the world. It's gets us attention - good or bad - and it's important to have one if we want to be remembered.

Dennis Rodman is an example of someone being very out-there with his look. Madonna obviously had a massive influence on him back in his rookie days when he took her advice 'image is everything' to new levels by stepping up on his wardrobe and body art transformations. 

So many of us are just trying to fit in. Many tend to go for very plain and uninteresting/non-fashion clothing/hair styles - that signals to others that they have little to offer with their creativity and maybe their personalities too. Others will follow a trend that appears to be adorned by the fashionably cool trendsetters of which they want to be associated with - to better help bolster their own unimaginative image presence and cover up for any insecurities they may have.

One such trend at the moment is to wear new jeans with a purpose made rip in the knees. I've seen it everywhere over the last year and it's now become so prevalent that I find it really hard to believe so many would want to be seen to be like sheep following a trend that has really become so untrendy. 

It's odd that just having a couple of rips in jeans, no matter what the variation is, can be all that's needed to make someone feel like they are making a statement or adversely, easily fitting in to an established trend. It was Malcolm Gladwell in his book 'The Tipping Point', that highlighted the phenomena of having the masses who pick up on trends after the Maverns and early adopters have taken something unique and quirky which then becomes mainstream. This rip trend, which re-surfaces from time to time - has surely long surpassed the stages of the early adopters and yet shows no signs of waning...

We can't all be be trend-setters but we can still be different in our own unique way to avoid being lost as the herd. This is why having a constant assessment on ones image is essential if we wish to remain out-there as one of the truly inspirational and quirky-cool mavericks.