Is Being Different From Every Other Girl A Bad Thing?

Just be yourself. You'll have the hardest time of it in highschool, but if you give in to the fad now, it'll be that much harder to be yourself in real life, where it really counts. You'll get overlooked by the guys who are a part of the trend, but you may catch the eye of the ones on the edges, who are also being themselves and ignoring the latest fad.

When you get out of highschool, that entire hierarchy will dissolve, you just have to wait it out.

Personally I don't like the typical "girly" personality, I like someone unique and comfortable with herself.

Its not bad to be different at all. I usualy liked the shy girls more then the outgoing ones when I was in high school. That's probobly cause I was a jock and opposites attract they say. A lot o guys think gossiping is a major turn off. So I think you are right on the money there. But you don't want to be to conservative either. Guys like a girl who can have some fun. So let your fun side out too. Let a guy see that you are fun and smart. People who like fun but don't work on there intelligence lack depth. But people who are intelligent and don't work on there fun side are stiff. Balance both and be as genuine as you are already and you will meet a lot of interesting people.

I think the fad is trying to be different & unique the same way everyone else is. They don't want to be considered mainstream, but individuality and creativity are definitely out of the question!

I don't know what your style is - or if you have one at all. I never did. I just wore what was comfortable. I'd say that 95% of my high school didn't know my name - I was referred to as "he", "him", "that guy", and when directly spoken to, "book guy" or "man/dude". If you couldn't already tell, I carried a book. Not for appearances, school just bored me. Rather than sit around and socialize between classes, I went ahead to class and started reading the textbook -- I'm a fast reader. While the other kids were reading theirs during class, I was either working on/finishing the assignment, or reading my book because I'd already finished.

The list of things I did and didn't do goes on for a while, but simply put, I didn't conform. Not because it was my goal to be different, but simply because I didn't want to do things I didn't like doing. Anyway. Being different isn't a bad thing in my eyes, though a lot of people feel comfortable when they're obviously accepted by the majority of society. They know they'll be accepted by conforming to the standards of society. To them, being different is a bad thing.

Don't fall into the trap, though, and turn your differences into a style or stereotype. If your friends are "different" like yourself, don't turn into just another group of like-minded clones who dress alike (conform) to show their allegiance to non-conformity.

Eh. I'll stop there.
/end rant

It's bad in high school, not as bad elsewhere, but still, this is a common theme anywhere you go. Conformity is attraction. I personally like non-conformity, but I'm a "weirdo" too, haha. And it isn't just guys, girls look at guys with this conformity lens also.

always be yourself whatever is in trend ushally doesn't stay trendy for too long just be who you are and if someone doesn't like you for you then screw them . that's what I say!