Surely not THE Claudia Winkleman?!?! V hard question. Those who try hard to look cool are inevitably uncool - the Johnny Depp's of this world just have 'it' - go figure. Just try to develop your own sense of style and don't be a sheep. Individuality and the courage to carry it off is cool in my book.

It's never okay to wear a beret.

I think that being cool is just about being you, and not trying to be someone you're not or hanging with ppl just because they appear "cool"!As its explained, drinking and smoking are sooo "cool"... but what do u really get out of it?... A lifetime of regret? Now I am not saying that drinking is always bad, if you are of legal age and u don't drive home it's not as bad... but having to sneak it and risk your life or others just to look cool actually makes you LAME! Sometimes, when ppl try to act a different way... thinking they're cool, they actually end up looking worse! The best way is to stay who u are!... and don't change unless the changes are good, cuz it's better to be u, than to change for ppl who would leave you in a heartbeat!

I definitely agree with Miss LindaCee. No one will pick you out of a crowd when you're trying to be like everyone else, and think to themselves, 'wow, he/she is so much cooler than the rest of them..'; it just doesn't happen that way. The day that you stop blending in and trying to live up to other people' standards is the day that people see something different in you, and you'll realize that your own uniqueness is the coolest thing about you. Don't blend in and don't let other people try to tell you who or what to be.