Geek Chic

Long gone are the days when glasses were associated with nerds. Everywhere we turn, people can be seen wearing thick-rimmed, oversized, plastic geek-style glasses. The stigma historically associated with wearing glasses has now disappeared, and glasses are becoming more acceptable than they have ever been. Madonna, our favorite style icon is often spotted wearing the latest in Buddy Holly style glasses and Madonna’s daughter, Lourdes is following her mum’s lead by donning the same specs. On the streets of LA, young Hollywood actresses, Kirsten Dunst and Ashley Olsen make these overbearing specs look sexy. Perhaps the ever so popular Harry Potter inspired the latest fashion trend? The media always plays an important part in changing trends and fashion designers like Michael Kors and Balenciaga have been featuring models wearing huge square glasses on the catwalk. Over the last couple of years, there has been a huge influx of catwalk models sporting the new trend and fashion magazines like GQ, Vogue and Elle have also been filled with models wearing Prada, Tom Ford and Oliver Peoples’ geek-style glasses. It doesn’t matter if they are round or square, as long as they are outrageously oversize, they are in. Thankfully, for those who used to get teased as a kid for wearing glasses, can now get their revenge by wearing the hippest specs of them all.

We have lots of styles available in all of our stores now!