Are you spending too much energy worrying about what you look like: or not enough? Right now, your reputation might be your top concern, but you cannot do something just because it makes you look good or because it fulfills the goals of someone else. That's not genuine, and that's not very healthy. Ultimately, your reputation will suffer more in the long run if you succumb to peer pressure. No one can respect someone like that: and that's not who you are.