Fashion Nonconformists Gifts

"What do you consider your most attractive feature and what are you doing about it?"

'Let's not go by the book.'

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

"I'm not weird I'm a 'person of weirdness'."

Thinks he's too cool for school.

"'How We Die' - fabulous!"

Protest

'You have no idea how hard I've gotta work just to maintain my indie cred around here!'

Man sitting and reading 'Joy of Take Out' book surrounded by take out boxes.

The Mainstream

You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.

'You just don't seem to be fitting in.'

'Fashion Police Incident Area'

Dare to be different.

"I'm outside the fancy dress shop...."

"Of course I care about the environment, I never throw any clothes away."

"Picasso is at it again. I don't know what he does in there. all he says is that he's living his dream."

Frank Zappa

Loner sheep sings 'I gotta be me'.

"Without mentioning any names, certain questionable liberties have been taken with our dress code."

"I beg to differ."

'The kids were rebelling against the new school uniform policy, so we had to make some design changes.'

'That guy is SO tacky.'

"I just love these casual fridays."

'This associate has a first rate mind...and a third rate suit.'

"I used to be old, too, but it wasn't my cup of tea."

Men's Department. I want a tie that says, "I hate ties."

'Follow the crowd! Do what the other sheep do! Gad, child, why can't you remember that?'

'But the invitation says 'come as you are'.'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

The end of boardroom table establishes independence

"Your experience is impressive and your qualifications excellent but I'm afraid you're let down by not being the same as everyone else."

"Someone's been sending me J. Crew catalogues."

'At least we don't have to worry about getting those as gifts.'

"Look, you took a huge fashion risk and it just didn't work out for you."