According to entertainment, pop culture, and lifestyle expert Mike, from Los Angeles, unusually designed outfits can end up getting their wearers a lot of attention.
"Wearing an outlandish or extremely fashion-forward outfit to a major event garners immediate attention and media coverage, which is exactly what most celebrities want," he told Bored Panda.
"It will basically guarantee press coverage, while other celebrities are being ignored. It’s all about standing out in a sea of celebrities." In other words, the stranger the look, the bigger the contrast compared to the rest of the crowd.
Bored Panda was interested to get Mike's take on how much celebrities influence their fans and the wider public with how they dress, what they eat, and what they buy.
Here's what he had to say: "Celebrity choices with fashion, food, and things they buy have been influencing our choices really since the beginning of Hollywood. Because celebrities have always been in the public eye, we naturally look up to them as trendsetters," the celebrity expert said.
"The inclination seems to be, if that dress makes them look good, maybe it will work for me. Or, if they’re eating that, and look that good, maybe I’ll try it too. Even a certain hairstyle will be eagerly copied, and not just for women. Think of all the men that asked for a haircut like David Beckham’s!" he explained the thought process behind everything.
Finally, Mike revealed to Bored Panda his personal list of stars with "the best fashion sense." His list of style-savvy celebs includes: Kristen Stewart, Billy Porter, Zendaya, Timothee Chalamet, Rihanna, Lil Nas X, Tom Holland, and Jennifer Lopez.
Funny Toheeb, also known as Korey Toheeb and Toheeb Adedokun Akorede, lives in Nigeria and got on many people’s radars after being featured on BBC Africa’s ‘One Minute’ video story.
Now, he has a whopping 635k followers on Instagram and another 47.2k fans on TikTok. The loyal fanbase he’s created is all due to his hard work, courage, and creativity.
After all, not everyone has the guts to wear a super weird celeb outfit, whether it’s low-cost or costs as much as renting a small apartment. (And with current prices in some parts of the world, that’s not an exaggeration when it comes to cost.)
Recreating outfits on a budget means that you have to find creative solutions to clothing challenges using random items, including what you might accidentally stumble upon at home.
Funny Toheeb has used pretty much everything, from plastic bottles to noodles and far (far!) more, to make himself look like well-known stars like 50 Cent, Kim Kardashian, Jared Leto, Cardi B, and others.
It seems like the entertainer will have inspiration as long as celebs continue to wear, errr how can we phrase this politely, questionable outfits. Sure, some of these looks might be fashion-forward, but some are so outside the box, they make the stars look a tad ridiculous.
However, at the same time, it really comes down to one’s self-esteem, whether someone can pull a look off. If you put your confidence ‘on’ first, there’s pretty much nothing you can’t make work. With enough mojo, even a plastic bag can look fa-bu-lous.
Funny Toheeb told the BBC that recreating celebrity looks is difficult. “Sometimes when I don't know what to do with the picture, I listen to music, then go through the picture [again] and I will kill it [the look],” he said.
“People laugh and that is just our main focus, bringing people out of depression,” the entertainer stressed that the core focus of what he does is to make people’s day a bit better and to bring a smile to their faces. And that’s a mission that we can get behind.
Despite how some of the costumes look, they aren’t put together in just a couple of minutes. They take time and effort to plan out. “It's not a day's job, some pictures we spend weeks [recreating them]. Sometimes we work at night. Sometimes the material will be around, like what we did with the plastic bottles, you just have to look around for it,” he told the BBC.
"I wasn't born with a silver spoon. I actually want to be the person that will change my family's story, that is why I keep working. 'Just keep doing and keep thinking outside of the box,' that's what my mum used to tell me. I tell her I will be a big celebrity one day, she doesn't believe me," Funny Toheeb said back in 2019.
