Why are most players content with putting on generic glamour?

[Lewtskie]

If you're not going to try and see the finer details then why makes such an uninformed boisterous claim that "They all look the same."? Attempt to justify it but all you're saying is "You all look the same from a distance and we're not really bothered enough to get a closer look. So we're sticking with we said before." Just shows you wanted to follow through with an initial biased opinion rather than consider what you just thought about in any sense.

[Maero]

I spent lots of time creating my character and name and glam all my jobs. I change outfits fairly frequent also, lol
End of the day people do with what they feel happy with, some even make multiple alts, etc..

[Paladinleeds]

I play a male Roegadyn right now, but when I was a female Au Ra, I used the Thavnairian set simply because I liked it. I didn't run into anyone that looked exactly like me despite me using a very common glamour choice. I was able to design my Au Ra to look more unique, I daresay more so than my male Roegadyn which is a far less played race. To put it simply, you need to try harder. If you go for that generic look, you will look generic, but if you take the time to think outside the box, you WILL be able to get something more unique.

[Reinha]

To put it simply, you need to try harder. If you go for that generic look, you will look generic, but if you take the time to think outside the box, you WILL be able to get something more unique.

No one in this thread has been able answer this one question - why? Why should people attempt to look different? To appease the hipsters who think, both here and irl, that by looking different you somehow are different, for example more creative? To appease the fashion police who think that only uniqueness counts as beautiful? It is just asserted at the beginning of the thread that looking like other people is not optimal, and there has been no attempt to explain why.

I disagree on a fundamental level that there is any need to look different from others. Of course people can look different, but to insinuate that it makes a difference is just boosting one's ego.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

To put it simply, you need to try harder. If you go for that generic look, you will look generic, but if you take the time to think outside the box, you WILL be able to get something more unique.

I don't have to "try harder" to find something "unique". Why? Because I don't give a flying fart in space if what I pick is unique. What I do care about is if my outfit is aesthetically pleasing to me. Anyone else's opinion on the matter is irrelevant. A "unique" outfit that makes me cringe when I look at my character is not an option just because it's "unique".

EDIT: OH LOOK! THOSE NEW SUSPENDERS ARE SO UNIQUE! OH WAIT NO THEY AREN'T. THEY ARE YET ANOTHER PSEUDO-DRESS! INTO THE BURN BIN WITH THEM!

[Lexia]

That new glamour top Wool Suspenders is hideous, so won't be wearing that.

[hallard]

That new glamour top Wool Suspenders is hideous, so won't be wearing that.

You just haven't embraced your inner lesbian.

[Serilda]

You just haven't embraced your inner lesbian.

Thank you for sharing the picture, you have made my day. I'm already cringing imagining it on my scrawny frame

[Serilda]

Paradoxically if nobody wore popular or matched glamours then the fashion police in this thread would have nobody to feel superior to, and their stylistic achievements would ring hollow.

Desperate to see these terrible suspenders but won't be home from work for hours

[Paladinleeds]

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And you both missed the point. The OP was saying how everyone looks the same when they play miqo'te and au ra, and the try harder thing was aimed at them. Like I said, I used the thav set because I liked the looks. If you like the looks, more power to you. But my post was squarely aimed at debunking the OP's point. I might have done it badly, but that was the intention.