
You don't need a prescription (or a big budget, for that matter) to get in on one of the hottest trends for spring: Geek chic glasses are now wholeheartedly embraced by fashionistas everywhere as a slightly ironic, totally cool, statement-making accessory. This look certainly isn't new—retro nerdy specs are always "in" somewhere—but the question is: Will YOU be wearing them?
Photo credits: Cupcakes and Cashmere, Just Jared, Style.com
**UPDATE 7/6/10** Hilary Duff is wearing Cutler and Gross D-shaped acetate glasses, $470 at net-a-porter.com.






I don't mind someone needing glasses and choosing to get a stylish pair but the girls walking around in glasses with no lenses or etc....complete childishness.
I'll be so happy when this trend passes.
The only "nerd glasses" I'll be wearing will be those stupid 3D Imax things next weekend...
i would not wear them (i think that was already obvious though lol). there was a girl on idol trying to make this trend "work" and had like different glasses each round and it was really annoying. like wannabe-hipster-ish...if that makes any sense
1. I wear prescription glasses, and
2. When I was 5, I popped the frames out of my red sunglasses in order to rock this look. For a whole summer, I pretended I needed them to see. So, I've been a fan of this look for awhile.
~Robyn, chichisaysrobyn.blogspot.com
maybe ugly betty would have been a more appropriate pop culture reference (?)
very interesting comments, all around!
P.S I just want to feed the Marc model. Look at her legs, too skinny. Quite gross.
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The geek-chick look, like many looks, I think works on some people. ...Whereas most trends are more about fashion than function, for me, glasses have more of a function, and can be fashionable, but just don't work as an unnecessary accessory.
http://www.net-a-porter.com/am/product/66491?cm_mmc=ProductSearch--US--Sunglasses-_-D-shaped&siteID=_TWyBeWM8Ws-wTXXQuRcRZzVYpnSztreRw
Since they're kinda pricey, you might try anthropologie, urban outfitters or 80spurple.com to find a look for less!