Ogden Nash Quotes

People have such a distinctive look to them these days. Whatever image they're doing, a lot of the time it sums up their character a bit. There are not many individual people anymore - they dress the same as their friends. It's a bit weird; everybody is trying to be different, but then they're exactly the same as whatever mob they hang out with.

I feel like it's important, especially at young age, to find exactly what it is that makes your style so important as opposed to just trying to fit into the iconic styles of performers out there.

I've always been the girl the kids in school would be like, 'What is she wearing?' Then eventually some trends would stick.

All I want to do is be normal. But really, it's other people who won't let me be that way.

I'm not going to change my entire wardrobe just because of what people have said.

I think it's boring when everybody wears the same brands or the same styles, and it's like, 'Oh, this is the new trend.'

Fashion can often be dictated. It's what people think we should do or wear. Style is totally personal.

Some people are afraid to dress in ways that they actually like because it might be different than what most people expect or how others dress.

The problem with all these fiercely individualistic girls was that they were all exactly the same.

If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.

In fashion, there are so many gangs, if you identify too much with one, you get caught - I would lose my freedom.

I have a problem with fashion magazines sometimes - they seem to have these dogmas or uniforms. 'This is the way you must look; this is this season's must-have.' I really resent the phrase 'must-have.' I prefer to decide for myself what I think is beautiful or fashionable.

At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.

There's a constant anxiety that comes from having an innate sense of self, yet existing within a homogenised, aspirational culture.

He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave.

As soon as something becomes 'trendy,' I go off it. I hate the idea of being a sheep and just following a look because I've been told it's fashionable. Individuality makes the world a much more interesting place.

It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

I just want to be like other people that are normal.

My big 'don't' would be wearing something just because someone told you it looks cool. I think a lot of people fall victim to that - of doing something that's a trend, but then you can tell if they don't own it or don't like it.

Conformism is a potent statement, and as much as we do talk about individuality in fashion, there's a sense that people are fearful of not conforming and not being part of action.

Hordes of young girls never copied my hairdos or the way I talk or the way I dress. I have, therefore, never had to go through the stress of perpetuating an image that's often the equivalent of one particular song that forever freezes a precise moment of one's youth.

The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.

The young always have the same problem – how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

I am very tall, and when you're a teenager, you want to be like everyone else. I used to slump a lot; it's very human at that stage to want to be part of the crowd and not want any part of you that is sticking out.