If you think that the only way you can stand out in school, in work or in any place crowded is if you dye your hair with the colors of an early warning device, then you're absolutely wrong. (Well, you can paint your face too or wear used custom street banners as clothing.) Aside from the additional options I've enclosed in the parentheses, you can also consider having a signature accessory and stick with it.

For Gossip Girl's phenomenal Chuck Bass, it was his colorful scarf. He wore it with him everywhere he went and any outfit he dons. For The Devil Wears Prada's Miranda Priestly, it was her Hermes scarf. Yes, they are both scarves. This is because scarves are so versatile, you can wear them around your shoulders, your waist, wrist, bag, double as a headband, or let it flap on your neck like racing flags. But don't worry, your signature accessory need not be a scarf. It can be a necklace (the goes well with a lot of things), a bright nail color which you are willing to maintain or a tattoo, even.

Your frequent exposure with a unique piece makes you "own" it. This is the same concept that happens when you are always with a person—they assume you’re together. Or when you're always using a car—they assume it's yours even when the company issued it to you.

So come up with something unique, bold and daring, and own it! Be an icon.