Originally Posted by DannoXYZ
.. It's not about what you think is cool, it's what they think is cool that's the deciding factor.
I disagree strongly.
If you have the personal style to carry it off, whatever you think is cool really becomes cool. As long as you are chasing whatever some mysterious "they" thinks is cool, you'll never develope a style of your own and the best that you can hope for is mediocrity.