Social Acceptance

I don't see why teenagers these days see the need to be so socially accepted.
I don't know if everywhere is like this but I notice where I live teenagers don't seem to be 'diffrent' and Uniuqe. They all buy the same clothes from the same stores. Shelling out alot of money for cheap fabric stitched together with a brand name logo on the front.
It's not just the clothes obviously. I mean teenagers try so HARD to look good all the time.
There clothes, hair, make-up has to be perfect. They NEED to have all these friends and get invited to the HOTTEST parties. I just really long to see people who are 'diffrent' and march to beat of their own drum. I'm not saying that there isn't any people like that. I mean my point is I have alot of respect for people who follow their heart and be them and don't care what other people think or what's 'IN'. But what bothers me is when people are so rude and mean to people who are diffrent. Why be so cruel to someone just because they aren't like everybody else. I thought of this because my bestfriend who is extreamly uniuqe and diffrent which is one of the zillions of reasons why she is my bestfriend and why she IS amazing. But people were calling her dirt, and ugly, and all sorts of horrible things. But I have a lot of respect for her because no matter what anyone says she stays true to herself. People like that I have alot of respect for.